# D3.
1.—Shipping.
A comparison between the years 1925 and 1926 is given in the following table:-
Class of Vessels 1925 1926 Decrease Increase No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage British Ocean-going 3,916 9,866,820 3,401 9,257,417 515 609,403 Foreign Ocean-going 5,763 13,786,954 4,168 12,057,279 1,595 1,729,675 British River Steamers 4,058 455,115 4,276 5,473,429 218 18,314 Foreign River Steamers 1,266 452,878 230 107,735 1,036 345,143 Steamships under 60 tons (Foreign Trade) 5,386 165,197 2,829 87,330 2,557 77,867 Junke, Foreign Trade 15,027 2,451,789 13,387 1,063,875 1,640 1,387,914 Total, Foreign Trade 41,336 32,179,053 30,231 28,571,101 11,105 3,607,952 218 18,314 Steam Launches plying in Waters of the Colony 310,924 8,050,939 249,902 6,975,072 61,022 1,075,867 Junke, Local Trade *26,917 *1,239,592 †30,218 †1,475,188 3,301 235,596 Grand Total 379,177 41,469,584 310,381 36,821,364 72,335 4,902,130 3,519 253,910 Net Decrease 68,816 4,648,220* Including 15,890 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 693,660 tons.
† Including 16,294 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 736,688 tons.
The total Shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1926 amounted to 310,381 vessels of 36,821,364 tons, which compared with the figures of 1925 show a decrease of 68,816 vessels and a decrease of 4,648,220 tons.
Of the above 30,231 vessels of 28,571,101 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade as compared with 41,336 vessels of 32,179,053 tons, in 1925.
Table 1 shows a decrease in British ocean-going shipping of 515 ships of 609,403 tons. This decrease in ships and tonnage is due to the present boycott in China generally.