Table II.
Comparison between the years 1932 and 1933 of all shipping entering and clearing Ports in the Colony :—
CLASS OF VESSELS 1932 1933 DECREASE INCREASE No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage British Ocean Going, 5,014 12,201,690 4,815 12,014,232 199 187,458 Foreign Ocean Going,.. 6,475 17,067,383 6,641 17,354,645 166 287,262 British River Steamers,... 8,249 8,216,528 7,989 7,639,230 260 577,298 Foreign River Steamers,.. 2,768 1,096,287 1,986 790,878 782 305,409 Steamships under 60 tons,...... 7,294 7,972 3,014,360 678 2,959,962 Junks, Foreign Trade, 22,559 197,757 22,089 203,636 470 5,879 Total Foreign Trade,....... 52,359 51,492 867 41,794,005 43,824,906 766,180 1,224,563 Steamlaunches, Local Trade, 23,348 22,982 366 770,289 781,525 11,236 Junks, Local Trade, 28,408 34,148 5,740 1,410,509 1,443,038 54,398 86,927 Grand Total, 104,115 108,622 4,507 43,862,583 46,043,381 844 1,711 2,180,798 Net, 40,862,583 43,043,381 1,224,563 2,180,798