# D 3
1. Shipping.
A comparison between the years 1926 and 1927 of all Shipping entering and clearing Ports in the Colony is given in the following table:
Class of Vessels 1926 1927 Decrease Increase No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage British Ocean-going 3,401 9,257,417 3,861 9,660,440 460 403,023 Foreign Ocean-going 4,468 12,057,279 6,767 16,039,724 2,299 3,982,445 British River Steamers 4,276 5,473,429 7,549 7,300,082 3,273 1,826,653 Foreign River Steamers 230 107,735 1,165 561,155 935 453,420 Steamships under 60 tons (Foreign Trade) 2,829 87,330 7,803 1,387,914 4,974 1,300,584 Junks, Foreign Trade 15,027 233,374 24,054 219,555 9,027 ... Total, Foreign Trade 30,231 28,371,104 51,289 36,534,014 21,058 8,162,910 Steam Launches, Local Trade 146,044 5,064 1,651,325 Junks, Local Trade 13,950 144 5,771,970 280,869 1,475,188 27,863 1,521,177 219,555 2,355 ... Grand Total 560,273 43,796,436 298,707 44,127,161 261,566 330,725* Including 16,294 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 736,688 tons.
* 15,358 of 993,280 tons.
It will be seen from the above table that the total Shipping entering and clearing Ports in the Colony during the year 1927 amounted to 298,707 vessels of 44,127,161 tons, which compared with the figures of 1926 show a decrease of 261,566 vessels and an increase of 330,725 tons.
Of the above 51,289 vessels of 36,834,014 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade as compared with 30,231 vessels of 28,371,104 tons, in 1926.
There was an increase in British ocean-going shipping of 460 ships of 403,023 tons.
Foreign ocean-going vessels show an increase of 2,299 ships and an increase of 3,982,445 tons.