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Annexe A.
MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE.
Thirty-one thousand nine hundred and twelve (31,912) seamen were shipped and 28,556 discharged at the Mercantile Marine Office and on board ships during the year, compared with 21,623 shipped and 19,247 discharged during 1918.
One hundred and sixty-one (161) distressed seamen were received and admitted to Sailors' Home and Boarding Houses; of these 10 were sent Home, 1 to Bombay, 1 to Manila, 1 to Melbourne, 2 to New York, 1 to Sydney, 3 to Vancouver, B.C., 1 to Victoria, B.C., 25 passengers to Canton, 4 to Shanghai, 1 to Vladivostock, 2 joined Chinese Customs, 2 taken in charge by Danish Consul, 6 disappeared, 1 remained in Sailors' Home, 1 in Hospital, 1 in Gaol, and 98 obtained employment.
$2,383.54 was expended by the Harbour Master on behalf of the Board of Trade in the relief of these distressed seamen.
Annexe B.
MARINE SURVEYOR'S OFFICE.
The total number of vessels surveyed for Passenger Certificate and Bottom Inspection in 1919 was 138 vessels of 381,909 gross tons, 49 being surveyed at Kowloon Docks, 43 at Taikoo Dockyard, 17 at Cosmopolitan, 2 at Aberdeen Dock, 2 at Naval Dockyard, and 16 on Chinese Slipways; the remainder being surveyed in the harbour on bottom certificate previously granted at Hongkong or Shanghai.
The nationalities and tonnage of these vessels were as follows:-
British 101 vessels of 277,040 tons. Norwegian 16 " 26,670 Chinese 7 " 12,937 American 1 vessel of 1,632Emigration Surveys were held on 47 British and 58 Foreign Steamships as compared with 16 British and 60 Foreign Steamships in the previous year.
In 1918, the first and only vessel to be measured at this port for Panama Canal Tonnage was the "Autolycus", O. No. 139572, built at Taikoo Dockyard and owned by the "Blue Funnel" Line, Messrs. Alfred Holt & Co., Ltd., Liverpool. This vessel was lost through enemy action. During 1919, eight vessels of 44,558 gross tons-Panama Canal measurement-were measured locally, 4 at Kowloon and 4 at Taikoo Dockyards. Of these, 7 were to the order of the British Shipping Controller and one-the "Laertes" a sister ship to the "Autolycus"-to the order of Messrs. Alfred Holt & Co.