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2. The total shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1923, amounted to 778,222 vessels of 53,402,239 tons, which, compared with the figures of 1922, show an increase of 69,978 vessels, and of 6,835,475 tons.
Of the above 49,900 vessels of 35,011,533 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade as compared with 50,427 vessels of 29,543,564 tons in 1922.
3. Table I shows an increase in British Ocean-going shipping of 842 ships or 18.5 per cent. and an increase of 1,533,250 tons or 15.8 per cent. This increase in ships and tonnage is due to new steamers built in Europe being put on the Eastern trade, new steamers locally built being put on the coasting trades, the Norwegian s.s. "Helios" put under British Registry and re-named the "Wong Shek Kung".
Foreign Ocean-going vessels have increased by 1,153 ships, and by 2,389,646 tons or 18.9 per cent. in numbers and 19.4 per cent. in tonnage. This increase in ships and tonnage is due to new German steamers being put on the Eastern trade, new Spanish Mail steamers being put on the Eastern trade, the Chinese s.s. "Ling Nam" being put on the South American trade. New Nippon Yushen Kaisha steamers being put on the run to Europe and a number of new vessels put on the coasting trade principally Dutch and Norwegian. The British s.s. "Wong Shek Kung" being put under the Chilian Flag and the s.s. "Haimun" being put under Panama Flag. The s.s. "Dashtestan" being put under the Portuguese Flag and renamed the s.s. "Coloan".
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British River Steamers have increased by 1,142 ships with an increase in tonnage of 196,123 tons or 23.1 per cent. in numbers and 52.7 per cent. in tonnage. This increase in ships and tonnage is due to new River Steamers "Lung Shan" being put on the Canton run, the "Kwong Fook Cheung" being put on the West River run and the Chinese River Steamer "Wah Kiu" renamed the "Fook Sing" and put under British Registry.
Foreign River Steamers show a decrease of 353 ships with a decrease in tonnage of 74,985 tons or 8.3 per cent. in numbers and 10.2 per cent. in tonnage. This decrease in ships and tonnage is due to a number of vessels being unable to run owing to the unsettled state on the West River and the Chinese Steamer "Wah Kiu" being put under British Registry and renamed "Fook Sing".
In steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in Foreign trade, there is a decrease of 1,709 ships with a decrease in tonnage of 57,971 tons or 26.2 per cent. in numbers and 28.9 per cent. in tonnage. This decrease in launches and tonnage is due to a number of launches employed in Foreign trade being laid up or trading in the waters of the Colony owing to the unsettled state on the Canton and West Rivers.