HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS.
Number & Tonnage of Vessels
in Foreign Trade entered &
Total Shipping
Entered and Cleared,
cleared.
Year
Number
Total Percentage Tonnage of British Tonnage
British Total Tonnage Tonnage
1918
43,436
1919
41,985
16,955,332 41.7 21,072,129 43.0
7,072,021 29,518,189
9,095,905 25,615,169
1920
43,364
24,194,022
43.8
1921
52,222
27,852,616
44.5
1922
50,427
29,543,564
45.4
11,608,069 40,122,527
12,766,492 43,420,970
13,420,118 46,566,764
1923
49,900 35,947,534
47.0
16,920,491 53,402,239
1924
1925
1926
57,765 38,770,499 47.3
41,336 32,179,053
20,231 28,371,104
51,289 36,834,014 45.7
1927
52,278 37,640,694 46.6
52,574 39,871,149 47.5
1929
49,609 38,511,650 48.8
18,369,413 56,731,077
47.6
51.5
15,321,935 49,520,523
14,730,846 43,796,436
16,960,522 44,127,161
17,562,442 44,883,765
18,961,028 47,186,181
18,827,095 40,190,612
A comparison between the years 1929 and 1930 is given in the following table :-
1929.
1930.
Decrease.
Increase.
Class of Vessels,
No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.
No.
Tonnage. No.
Tonnage.
British Ocean-
going, Foreign Ocean
4,734 | 11,151,152 4,721 11,357,605
13
going, British River
7,809 17,131,589 7,749 17,993,202
60
Steamers,
7,474
Foreign River
Steamers.... 1,601
7,809,876 | 7,289
561,061| 2,289
7,469,490 185 310,386
884,909
: :
206,453
858,613
668
323,848
Steamships!
under 60
tons For -
eign Trade... 7,434
Junks. Foreign|
Trade,
211,067 6,326
23,522 3,003,404 21,235
204,179 1,108
2,602,265 2,287
6,588
401,139
Total, Foreign
Trade,
52,574 |39,871,149 49,609 | 38,511,650 || 3,653
718,413 668
1,388,914
Steam Laun-!
ches, Local! Trade...... 214,875 5,560,116 24,533
805,031 190,342 4,755,085
Junks, Local!
Trade,
*33,108 +1,754,916 19,948
873,931 | 13,160 880,985
Grand Total... 300,557 47,186,181 94,090 40,190,612 207,155 6,384,483, 668 1,388,914
*
Net,
206,487 4,995,569
5,560|
Including 18,012 Conservancy and Dustboats of 1,109,384 Tons.