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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 the Mercantile Marine Office. B.—Report on the Marine Surveyor's Office. C.—Report on the Gunpowder Depôt.
1.—Shipping.
1. The total of the Shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1918 amounted to 579,541 vessels of 29,518,189 tons, which, compared with the figures for 1917, shows a decrease of 53,537 vessels, with a decrease of 4,974,484 tons.
Of the above, 43,436 vessels of 16,955,332 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade, as compared with 48,026 vessels of 20,547,119 tons in 1917, and were distributed as follows:—
1917 Numbers 1918 Numbers 1917 Tonnage 1918 Tonnage British Ocean-going Ships, 6.3% 5.6 % 25.3% 21.4% Foreign Ocean-going Ships, 8.6 9.8 34.6 36.1 British River Steamers, 13·8 13.3 19.5 20.3 Foreign River Steamers, 3.4 3.5 4.1 3.6 Steam Launches (under 60 tons), 13.6 13.8 0.9 1.1 Trading Junks, 54.3 54.0 15.6 17.5 100·0 100.0 100.0 100.0N.B.—The movements of Fishing Junks are not included in this Table.
2. Of vessels of European construction, 3,337 Ocean Steamers, 6 Sailing Ships, 3,660 River Steamers, and 2,986 Steamships not exceeding 60 tons entered during the year, giving a daily average of 27.3 ships, as compared with 29.9 in 1917, and 31.9 in 1916.