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1--Shipping.
A comparison between the years 1929 and 1930 of all shipping entering and clearing Ports in the Colony 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 going, British River Steamers, 7,809 17,134,589 7,749 17,993,202 60 13 206,453 Foreign River Steamers 4,734 11,151,152 4,721 11,357,605 13 206,453 1,601 561,061 2,289 668,909 688 107,848 Steamships under 60 tons Foreign Trade... 7,434 211,067 6,326 204,179 1,108 6,888 Junks, Foreign Trade, 23,522 3,003,404 21,235 2,602,265 2,287 401,139 Total, Foreign Trade, 52,574 39,871,149 49,609 38,511,650 3,653 748,413 668 1,388,911 Steam Launches, Local Trade..... 24,875 5,560,116 24,533 5,805,031 190,342 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, 4,995,569* Including 18,012 Conservancy and Dustboats of 1,109,384 Tons.
It will be seen from the above table that the total Shipping entering and clearing Ports in the Colony during the year 1930 amounted to 94,090 vessels of 40,190,612 tons, which compared with the figures of 1929 shows a decrease of 206,467 vessels and a decrease of 4,995,569 tons.
Of the above 49,609 vessels of 38,511,650 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade as compared with 52,574 vessels of 39,871,149 tons, in 1929.
There was a decrease in British ocean-going shipping of 13 ships is not mentioned, and an increase of 206,453 tons.