Table II.
Comparison between the years 1936 and 1937 of all Shipping entering and clearing Ports in the Colony:
CLASS OF VESSELS 1936 1937 INCREASE DECREASE No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage British Ocean Going, 4,616 11,943,751 4,322 11,709,589 294 234,162 Foreign Ocean Going, 6,364 18,025,915 5,202 15,920,808 1,162 2,105,107 British River Steamers, 6,449 6,781,720 5,962 6,108,760 487 672,960 Foreign River Steamers, 2,514 1,048,446 1,733 733,360 781 315,086 Steamships under 60 tons, 5,487 142,245 4,082 106,283 1,405 35,962 Junks, Foreign Trade, 15,196 2,171,586 12,481 1,612,924 2,715 558,662 Total Foreign Trade, 40,626 40,063,663 33,782 36,191,724 6,844 3,871,939 Steamlaunches, Local Trade 19,742 667,125 19,379 654,719 363 12,406 Junks, Local Trade, 23,203 1,000,228 20,096 984,317 3,107 15,911 Grand Total, 83,571 41,731,016 73,257 37,830,760 10,314 3,900,256 Net, 10,314 3,900,256- D 11