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Annexe A.
MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE.
39,846 seamen were shipped and 36,520 discharged at the Mercantile Marine Office and on board ships during the year, compared with 40,847 shipped and 39,688 discharged during 1924.
50 distressed seamen were received and admitted to Sailors' Home and Boarding Houses; of these 19 were sent Home, 1 to Aden, 2 to Bombay, 3 to Calcutta, 3 to Colombo, 1 to Singapore, 1 to Suez, 1 to Sydney, 2 remained in Hospital, 1 died in Hospital, and 16 obtained employment.
$913.69 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 1925 was 111 vessels of 338,036 gross tons, 39 being surveyed at Kowloon Docks, 36 at Taikoo Dockyard, 11 at Cosmopolitan Docks, 2 at Aberdeen Dock and 19 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:-
94 vessels of 311,209 tons (gross) British, Chinese, Norwegian, 11 14,153 6 12,67411 vessels of 87,679 gross tons were granted Bottom Certificates at Hongkong during the year.
The nationalities and tonnage of these vessels were as follows:
10 vessels of 86,971 tons (gross) British, Chinese, 1 708Emigration surveys were held on 36 British and 62 Foreign Steamships, as compared with 39 British and 79 Foreign Steamships in the previous year.
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