A comparison between the years 1927 and 1928 is given in the following table:—
1927 1928 Decrease Increase Class of Vessels No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. British Ocean-going, 3,861 9,660,440 4,513 10,792,701 652 1,132,261 Foreign Ocean going, 6,767 16,039,724 7,370 16,101,694 603 61,970 British River Steamers, 7,549 7,300,082 6,617 6,769,741 932 530,341 Foreign River Steamers, 1,165 561,155 1,235 542,300 70 18,855 Steamships under 60 tons For eign Trade... 7,893 233,374 8,514 241,043 621 7,669 Junks, Foreign Trade, 24,054 3,039,239 23,999 3,193,215 55 153,976 Total, Foreign Trade, 51,289 36,834,014 52,278 37,640,694 987 549,196 1,976 1,355,876 Steam Launches, Local Trade...... 219,555 5,771,970 215,974 5,666,901 3,581 105,069 Junks, Local Trade, *27,863 *1,521,177 †32,064 †1,576,170 4,201 54,993 Grand Total... 298,707 44,127,161 300,316 44,883,765 4,568 654,265 6,177 1,410,869 Net, 1,609 756,604* Including 15,358 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 993,280 tons.
† Including 15,966 ?? of 903,674 tons.
HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS.
Number & Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade entered & cleared.
Total Shipping Entered and Cleared.
Year Number Total Tonnage Percentage of British Tonnage British Tonnage Total Tonnage 1918 1919 41,985 16,955,332 41.7 7,072,021 29,518,189 1920 43,436 21,072,129 43.0 9,095,805 35,615,169 1921 43,364 24,194,022 43.8 11,608,069 40,122,527 1922 52,222 27,852,616 44.3 12,766,492 43,420,970 1923 50,427 29,543,564 45.4 13,420,118 46,566,764 1924 49,900 35,947,534 47.0 16,920,491 53,402,239 1925 57,765 38,770,499 47.3 18,369,413 56,731,077 1926 41,336 32,179,053 47.6 15,321,935 49,520,523 1927 30,231 28,371,104 51.5 14,730,846 43,796,436 1928 51,289 36,834,014 45.7 16,960,522 44,127,161 52,278 37,640,694 46.6 17,562,442 44,883,765