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Junks in Local Trade show a decrease of 4,809 vessels and a decrease of 274,592 tons or 12.6 per cent. in numbers and 2.5 per cent. in tonnage. This decrease is due to the number of Junks laid up during the Seamen's Strike.
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5. This table shows a decrease in British Ocean-going shipping of 83 ships or 90 per cent. and an increase of 441,694 tons or 32.8 per cent.
This decrease in numbers is due to the sale of the s.s. "Hailoong" to owners outside the Colony, the transferring of the s.s. "Burrumbeet" and "Majoristan" to the Chinese flag and to vessels being laid up during the Seamen's Strike. The increase in tonnage is due to larger vessels frequenting the Port.
British River Steamers have decreased by 876 ships with an increase in tonnage of 211,933 tons or 97 per cent. in numbers and 12.6 per cent. in tonnage. This decrease in numbers is due to these vessels being laid up during the Seamen's Strike. The River Steamers "Tin Sing" and "Wah Kiu" which were laid up, have now been put on the West River trade again. The increase in tonnage is due to the above vessels being put on the run and the tweendeck measurement in all River steamers being now included in the tonnage.
Foreign Ocean-going vessels have increased by 266 ships, with an increase of 1,463,698 tons or 12.1 per cent. in numbers and 41.6 per cent. in tonnage. This increase is due to more and larger ships, German shipping now frequenting the Port and newly built ships, and the transfer of the s.s. "Burrumbeet" and "Majoristan" to Foreign Owners.
Foreign River Steamers show an increase of 434 ships with an increase in tonnage of 152,627 tons or 44 per cent. in numbers and 25 per cent. in tonnage. This increase is due to the steam lighters "Hui Hoi", "Tai On" and "Wo Fu" being transferred and Registered as River Steamers, the tweendeck measurement in all River Steamers being now included in the tonnage.
6. The actual number of individual Ocean-going vessels of European construction during the Year 1922 was 1,092 of which 410 were British and 682 Foreign. In 1921 the corresponding figures were 988 of which 343 were British and 645 Foreign.
These 1,092 Ships measured 3,202,516 tons. They entered 5,318 times and gave a collective tonnage of 11,000,748 tons.
Thus 104 more ships entered 86 more times and gave a collective tonnage greater by 956,326 tons, an average of 2,067 tons per entry, not 11,1200 tons.