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19. 53 vessels were surveyed at Taikoo Dockyard, 38 at Kowloon Dockyard, 4 at W. S. Bailey's Dockyard, 1 in Cosmopolitan Dock, 11 in Chinese shipyards, and 1 in Japan.
20. The following is a comparison of tonnage and nationalities of the various vessels granted passenger certificates at Hong Kong during the year 1936.
British 87 vessels of 391,480 tons (gross)
Norwegian 18 32,337
Danish 3 7,763
Chinese 5 5,119
21. Passenger certificates were issued for the following trades:
Passenger & Safety. International Voyages. 19
Short >" Coasting Voyages **
River Trade +7 ?? J
Class I A Foreign Going 25 >> 15
Class I Foreign Going (Coasting & Far Eastern Trade) 22 23
Class III River Trade 2 2 22
22. Seven vessels totalling 67,973 tons (gross) were surveyed and granted bottom certificates during the year as compared with four vessels of 40,606 tons (gross) in 1935.
23. 61 passenger vessels and 38 cargo ships were surveyed for radio telegraphy certificates during the year as compared with 19 passenger vessels and 16 cargo vessels in 1935.
24. 91 vessels of which 45 were British and 46 foreign were surveyed for emigration certificates during the year as compared with 102 vessels in 1935.
25. 41 vessels were surveyed for load lines during the year as compared with 40 in 1935. Of these, 22 were British vessels registered in Hong Kong and 19 Chinese.
26. 31 new lifeboats and 598 units of standard buoyant apparatus were surveyed during construction at the makers' works during the year as compared with 9 and 727 respectively in 1935.
27. 11,195 new lifejackets were examined and stamped at the makers' works during the year as compared with 15,085 in 1935.
28. 631 surveys were carried out on steam launches and motor boats during the year as compared with 666 in 1935.