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British river steamers show a decrease of 932 ships and a decrease of 530,341 tons.
Foreign river steamers show an increase of 70 ships and a decrease of 18,855 tons.
In steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in foreign trade there is an increase of 651 ships with an increase in tonnage of 7,669 tons.
Junks in foreign trade show a decrease of 55 vessels, and an increase of 153,976 tons.
In local trade (i.e. between places within the waters of the Colony) there is a decrease in steam-launches of 3,581 and a decrease in tonnage of 105,069 tons. 59 launches were laid up in 1928 as compared with 26 in 1927.
Junks in Local trade show an increase of 4,201 vessels and an increase of 54,993 tons.
Of vessels of European construction 5,912 ocean steamers, 3,927 river steamers and 4,249 steamships not exceeding 60 tons entered during the year, giving a daily average of 38.5 ships.
Thus
Steamers. No. of times entered. Total Tonnage. Flag. 1927. 1928. 1927. 1928. 1927. 1928. British, 346 371 5,702 5,562 8,466,960 8,786,202 Japanese, 264 250 1,109 1,016 2,927,207 2,829,121 U.S.A., 79 83 245 251 1,495,775 1,471,424 Chinese, 81 75 1,315 1,670 847,073 812,037 German, 43 60 151 163 487,160 564,429 Danish, 11 14 48 70 153,341 196,780 Dutch, 41 36 251 245 849,766 823,506 French, 32 33 246 312 629,144 724,176 Italian, 6 5 26 26 141,566 143,918 Panamanian, 1 1 388 Norwegian, 61 74 472 419 657,005 613,765 Portuguese, 5 5 73 81 15,526 14,380 Swedish, 9 11 30 43 103,182 128,955 Mexican, 1 1 1,183 Total, 997 1,018 9,669 9,859 16,774,788 17,109,051