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XX.—Vessels registered.
XXI.—Vessels struck off the Register.
XXII. Comparison in Number and Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade entered and cleared since 1908.
XXIII.—Revenue and Expenditure of the Harbour Department. XXIV.—Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.
ANNEXES.
A.—Report on Mercantile Marine Office. B.—Report on Marine Surveyor's Office. C.—Report on Gunpowder Depôt.
1.—Shipping.
1. The total of the Shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1917 amounted to 621,090 vessels of 34,105,067 tons, which, compared with the figures for 1916, shows a decrease of 21,704 vessels, with a decrease of 2,276,390 tons.
Of the above, 48,026 vessels of 20,547,119 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade, as compared with 48,350 vessels of 22,808,311 tons in 1916, and were distributed as follows:-
1916. Numbers.1917. Numbers.1916. Tonnage.1917. Tonnage. British Ocean-going Ships,7·7%6.3%30.8 %25.3 % Foreign Ocean-going Ships,7.88.630.734.6 British River Steamers,14.613.818.519.5 Foreign River Steamers,4.73.44.74.1 Steam-launches (under 60 tons),13.313.61.00.9 Trading Junks,51.954.314.315.6 100.0100.0100.0100.0N.B.—The movements of Fishing Junks are not included in this Table.
2. Of vessels of European construction, 3,570 Ocean Steamers, 3 Sailing Ships, 4,135 River Steamers, and 3,223 Steamships not exceeding 60 tons entered during the year, giving a daily average of 299 ships, as compared with 319 in 1916, and 316 in 1915.