(v.) The interport traffic suffered from the strike, etc., as a result of which the Canton service was discontinued on June 26th, and has not since been resumed. Owing to the inability of the Swatow Station to maintain communication with Hong Kong, the Swatow service was very irregular from January to the end of May, but from June until its discontinuance at the end of October, a greatly improved service was maintained, with the result that the volume of traffic increased considerably. The Indo-China service has attracted a larger volume of traffic since the commencement of the direct service with Hanoi in October. The Yunnanfu service via Hanoi was opened on November 1st, and the traffic increased 100% in December.
The volume of ordinary ship traffic remains about the same, the normal increase being counterbalanced by the loss due to the disturbed conditions which prevailed, thereby causing ships to be laid up or diverted to other trade routes.
228. Wireless Telegraph School. As the demand for Asiatic Operators in the Government Service has been met, the School was closed.