## Step 1: Understand the task
The task is to proofread OCR output of a historical record related to Hong Kong, specifically a table detailing the number, tonnage, crews, and cargoes of vessels cleared at ports in the Colony of Hong Kong to each country in the year 1920.
## Step 2: Identify the corrections needed
The OCR output contains various errors such as spelling mistakes, incorrect spacing, and formatting issues. The task requires correcting these errors while preserving the original word count and order.
## Step 3: Correct spelling errors
Correcting spelling errors in the given text, such as "Cargoes" to "Cargoes", "Toos" to "Tons", "Cos" to "Crews", "SUIPPED" to "SHIPPED", etc.
## Step 4: Fix spacing issues
Removing extra spaces and adding missing spaces where necessary. For example, "BRITISH." should be followed by a proper spacing before the next section.
## Step 5: Rejoin broken sentences and restore paragraph breaks
The text is mostly in a table format, so rejoining broken lines and restoring paragraph breaks where necessary is crucial. However, the original text is already quite structured, so this step mainly involves ensuring that the table is properly formatted.
## Step 6: Format the text in Markdown
The text should be formatted using standard Markdown syntax. Headers, tables, and bold text should be properly formatted.
## Step 7: Apply the rules for file references and page numbering
File references should not have spaces inside parentheses, and page numbering should be preserved as is if detected.
## Step 8: Reorder newspaper texts and reconstruct tables if necessary
Since the given text is a table, reconstructing it into a proper Markdown table format is necessary.
## Step 9: Finalize the proofread text
After applying all the necessary corrections and formatting, the final step is to output the text in the required HTML format using `
` for paragraphs.
The final answer is:
COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED.
-D 20
Table II.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, CREWS, AND CARGOES OF VESSELS CLEARED AT PORTS IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG TO EACH COUNTRY IN THE YEAR 1920.
WITH CARGOES
IN BALLAST
TOTAL
WITH CARGOES, FOREIGN
IN BALLAST, FOREIGN
TOTAL, FOREIGN
TOTAL
BRITISH.
Vessels
Tons
Crews
Bunker Coal
Australia
33
11
44
1
1
45
58,674
20,268
78,942
37,796
37,796
116,738
2,887
1,160
4,047
677
677
4,724
3,000
3,000
3,200
3,200
6,200
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