11. Details of Bunker Coal and Oil shipped will be found in Table XXIX. The figures show an increase of 44,770 tons in coal consumption and a decrease of 15,812 tons in Fuel Oil.
12. The nationality of crews in British and Foreign ships entered and cleared is shown in Table VII.
13. During the year seventeen ships were registered under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, and twenty-five Certificates of Registry were cancelled. Details are shown in Tables XX and XXI. 221 documents were dealt with in connection with the Acts and the fees collected amounted to $1,657 as compared with $2,862 in 1932.
14. 31,405 seamen were engaged and 30,961 seamen were discharged at the Mercantile Marine Office and on board ships during the year as compared with 32,683 engaged and 31,831 discharged in 1932.
15. Ninety-four distressed seamen were received and admitted to the Sailors' Home and Boarding Houses. Of these eighteen were sent Home, four to Calcutta, seven to Sydney, one to Brisbane, three to Singapore, thirty-six to Shanghai, seventeen obtained employment, three re-shipped, four shipped and one remained in the Sailors' Home.
16. $1,060.78 was expended by the Harbour Master on behalf of the Board of Trade in the relief of these distressed seamen.
17. A Fund known as "The Mercantile Marine Assistance Fund of Hong Kong" was established towards the end of the year, but did not come into active force until 1934. This Fund which is administered by a Committee consisting of the Harbour Master (Chairman) and four members appointed by the Governor is maintained by annual appropriation from the general revenue of the Colony for the purpose of granting assistance to distressed Mercantile Marine Officers and Seamen.
18. A statement of the surveys and examinations carried out by the Government Marine Surveyor and his staff is set out in Table XXX. The vessels surveyed totalled 481,780 tons gross as compared with 430,512 in 1932 showing an increase of 51,268 tons.
19. 36 vessels were surveyed at Kowloon Docks, 67 at Taikoo Docks, 6 at Cosmopolitan Dock and 13 at Chinese Slipways.
20. The following is a comparison of tonnage and nationalities of the various vessels granted Hong Kong Passenger Certificates during 1933.
British 102 vessels of 442,112 tons (Gross). Norwegian 11 26,173 Danish 19 11 1 4 Chinese 5 9,736. 3,759 99""