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Annexe A.
MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE.
40,847 seamen were shipped and 39,688 discharged at the Mercantile Marine Office and on board ships during the year, compared with 41,649 shipped and 38,379 discharged during 1923.
115 distressed seamen were received and admitted to Sailors' Home and Boarding Houses; of these 57 were sent Home, 4 to Calcutta, 2 to Canton, 1 to Colombo, 1 to Kobe, 7 to Singapore, 6 to Sydney, 5 to Vancouver, 2 disappeared, 2 remained in Hospital, 1 remained in Gaol and 27 obtained employment.
$2,991.11 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 Certificates in 1924 was 145 vessels of 382,603 gross tons, 58 being surveyed at Kowloon Docks, 47 at Taikoo Dockyard, 5 at Cosmopolitan Docks, 2 at Aberdeen Dock and 22 on Chinese slipways, the remainder being surveyed in the Harbour on bottom Certificates previously granted at Hongkong or Shanghai.
The nationalities and tonnage of these vessels were as follows:-
British, Chinese, 119 vessels of 337,874 tons (gross) Norwegian, 18 25,687 Danish, 7 14,328 1 4,71111 vessels of 97,573 gross tons were granted Bottom Certificates at Hongkong during the year.
The nationalities and tonnage of these vessels were as follows :-
British, 9 vessels of 90,507 tons (gross) Chinese, 1 6,218 Portuguese, 1 848Emigration surveys were held on 39 British and 79 Foreign Steamships, as compared with 35 British and 70 Foreign Steamships in the previous year.
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