# D 2
# ANNEXES.
A.-Report on the Mercantile Marine Office.
B.-Report on the Marine Surveyor's Office.
C. Report on the Gunpowder Depôt.
D.-Government Coaling Depôt Yaumati.
Slipway
Yaumati Harbour Office.
Tables A. B. C.
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1.-Shipping.
1. A comparison between the years 1922 and 1923 is given in the following table :
Class of Vessels 1922 1923 Increase Decrease No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage British Ocean-going, 4,517 9,688,891 Foreign Ocean-going, 5,389 11,222,141 6,095 12,282,271 706 1,060,130 7,248 14,671,917 842 1,533,250 1,153 2,389,646 British River Steamers, 4,866 3,731,227 4,244 3,267,715 622 463,512 Foreign River Steamers. 6,008 5,698,350 Steamships under 60 tons 1,891 657,730 (Foreign Trade), 6,520 200,363 4,811 142,392 1,709 57,971 Junks, Foreign Trade, 26,155 2,908,097 24,553 2,619,003 1,602 289,094 Total, Foreign Trade, 50,427 29,513,564 49,900 35,001,333 318 75,809.019 3,661 422,050 Steam Launches plying in Waters of the Colony, 639,554 15,903,758 705,544 17,077,346 65,990 1,173,588 Junks, Local Trade, *18,263 *1,119,442 †22,778 †1,313,340 4,515 193,918 Grand Total, 708,244 46,566,764 778,222 53,402,239 73,642 7,257,525 3,664 422,050 Net Increase, 69,978 6,835,475* Including 11,134 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 795,926 tons.
+ 15,134 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 961,910 tons.
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