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19. 45 vessels were surveyed at Taikoo Dockyard, 26 at Kowloon Dockyard, two at W.S. Bailey's Dockyard, eight at Cosmopolitan Dockyard, eight at Chinese shipyards and three 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 1937.
British 76 vessels of 339,423 tons gross. Norwegian 10 24,462 Danish 3 7,763 Chinese 3 3,248 Others 1721. Passenger certificates were issued for the following trades:-
Passenger & Safety. International Voyages. 18 Short 13 21 Coasting Voyages ? 19 River Trade 34 20 Class III River Trade 2 1822. Four vessels totalling 23,145 tons (gross) were surveyed and granted bottom certificates during the year as compared with seven vessels of 67,973 tons (gross) in 1936.
23. 72 passenger vessels and 54 cargo ships were surveyed for radiotelegraphy certificates during the year as compared with 61 passenger vessels and 38 cargo vessels in 1936.
24. 95 vessels of which 49 were British and 46 Foreign were surveyed for emigration certificates during the year as compared with 91 in 1936.
25. 36 vessels were surveyed for load lines during the year as compared with 41 in 1936. Of these 20 were British vessels registered in Hong Kong and 16 Chinese.
26. 98 new lifeboats and 519 units of standard buoyant apparatus were surveyed during construction at the makers' works during the year as compared with 31 and 598 respectively in 1936.
27. 16,330 new lifejackets were examined and stamped at the makers' works during the year as compared with 11,195 in 1936.
28. 610 surveys were carried out on steam launches and Motor boats during the year as compared with 631 in 1936.