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HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS.
Ships engaged in foreign trade cleared and entered.
Total shipping entered and cleared.
Year Number Total Tonnage Percentage of British Tonnage British Tonnage Total Tonnage 1897 9,944 12,124,599 1898 11,058 13,252,733 58 67 66 1899 10,905 13,437,147 65 1900 10,940 14,022,167 65 1901 10,807 14,599,141 53 1902 1903 12,461 16,275,998 59 14,489 19,018,411 9,571,787 21,333,566 59 1904 16,976 19,333,096 70 11,250,296 23,853,384 13,406,094 24,648,258 1905 18,103 19,778,176 67 1906 16,397 19,833,666 61 34,185,091 32,747,268 1907 18,096 20,381,421 51.5 1908 19,604 20,104,795 58.6 11,846,533 36,028,310 14,903,106 34,615,241 1909 18,714 20,171,755 56.7 11,437,678 34,830,845 1910 17,557 20,966,504 57.8 12,112,019 36,534,361 1911 19,644 20,490,520 57.1 11,706,731 36,179,152 1912 21,010 21,614,995 56.1 11,977,714 36,735,149 1913 21,867 22,939,134 55.4 12,528,168 37,742,982 1914 23,740 22,069,879 56.9 12,312,404 36,756,951 1915 23,051 19,561,318 58.1 11,381,439 33,884,919 1916 23,303 19,106,690 50.3 10,995,794 36,381,457 1917 21,959 17,329,841 52.9 9,167,595 33,827,325 1918 19,997 13,982,966 51.9 7,072,021 29,518,189 1919 21,275 18,474,996 54.6 10,095,805 35,615,169 1920 21,498 21,576,139 53.8 11,608,069 40,122,527 1921 24,697 24,360,880 52.4 12,766,492 43,420,970 1922 24,272 26,635,467 50.3 13,420,118 46,566,764 1923 25,347 32,382,530 50.2 16,920,491 53,402,239 1924 18,369,413 56,731,077 1925 48.5 15,321,935 49,520,523 1926 31,941 26,983,190 54.2 14,730,846 43,796,436 1927 57,765 40,705 33,794,775 50.2 38,770,499 47.4 15,204 27,235 16,960,522 44,127,161KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
1. The principal item of interest was the introduction in June of an arrangement entered into with the Administration of the Chinese Section whereby British Section engines hauled the two express trains daily each way for the whole distance between Kowloon and Canton, 111 miles of which 89 are through Chinese Territory.