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The remaining 28 vessels representing 18,889 tons, or 0.91 per cent. of vessels and 0.73 per cent. of tons, are composed of 7 Italian with a tonnage of 4,827 tons; 7 Norwegian with a tonnage of 4,5 19 tons; 5 Swedish with a tonnage of 2,007 tons; 3 Portuguese with a tonnage of 1,664 tons; 2 Austrian with a tonnage of 2,303 tons; and one each of Belgian, Burmese, Nicaraguan and Russian with an aggregate tonnage of 3,569 tons; the Belgian vessel which represents 2,297 of the 3,569 tons is the "Perusia," really a British vessel, for a time under the Belgian flag.
5. The Steam trade of the Colony is represented by 2,326 vessels with a tonange of 2,136,832 tons; the Sailing vessels, exclusive of junks, number 731 with a tonnage of 454,340 tons. Of the 2,326 Steam vessels, 1,922 with a tonnage of 1,715,895 tons, or 82.63 per cent. of vessels and 80.30 per cent. of tonnage, were British; the balance of the Steam trade being made up by the different Nationalities in the following proportions :-Germany, 148 vessels with a tonnage of 123,078 tons, or 6.36 per cent. of vessels and 5.75 per cent. of tons; France, 78 vessels with a tonnage of 149,891 tons, or 3.35 per cent. of vessels and 7.02 per cent. of tons; China, 70 vessels with a tonnage of 63,742 tons, or 3.27 per cent. of vessels and 2.98 per cent. of tons; Spain, 59 vessels with a tonnage of 24,040 tons, or 2.54 per cent. of vessels and 1.12 per cent. of tons; Denmark, 17 vessels with a tonnage of 12,904 tons, or 0.73 per cent. of vessels and 0.61 per cent. of tons; America, 12 vessels with a tonnage of 32,219 tons, or 0.52 per cent. of vessels and 1.51 per cent. of tons.
The remaining 14 Steam vessels representing 15,063 tons, or 0.60 per cent. of vessels and 0.71 per cent. of tons, are represented by 9 Dutch with a tonnage of 9,612 tons; 3 Norwegian with a tonnage of 2,715 tons, and one each of Belgian and Burmese, the former (the "Perusia ") of 2,297 tons and the latter of 409 tons.
6. Seven hundred and thirty-one Sailing vessels, exclusive of junks, measuring 454,340 tons, entered at this Office during 1878; this is a decrease of 29 vessels and 9,292 tons on the previous year. Of the 731 vessels, 247 with a tonnage of 207,368 tons, or 33.79 per cent. of vessels and 45.64 per cent. of tons, were British,
7. The grand total of arrivals in the Colony including junks, but exclusive of Local Trade, is 28,779 vessels of 4,352,668 tons; this is a decrease of 590 in the number of vessels, but an increase in the tonnage by 108,125 tons.
The Summary (Return XV) shows that 66,820 vessels, measuring 8,982,593 tons, have entered and cleared at this Office during 1878; this is a decrease on 1877 of 1,131 vessels, but an increase in tonnage of 388,245 tons.
8. The trade between this port and the Colonies of Australia and New Zealand shows a decrease on 1877 of 9 British vessels and of 8,443 tons, and a decrease of 5 Foreign vessels with an increase of 161 tons.
9. The trade with Great Britain shows a decrease in British bottoms of 17 vessels and 6,524 tons, and in Foreign bottoms of 3 vessels and 2,352 tons.
10. This year the trade between Hongkong and Cochin-China has been divided under two heads; namely, between Hongkong and Cochin China, which means Saigon, Turon, Quinhon, &c., and between Hongkong
and Ports in Hainan and the Gulf of Tonquin, as this is the first year this trade has been so divided it is difficult to tell whether there has been an increase or decrease under the separate heads, but taken collectively there has been, as compared with the year 1877, an increase of 10 vessels and 9,801 tons.
11. There has been a considerable increase in the trade between this port and India and Singapore as well as with Japan. The increase with Japan is represented by 49 vessels and 52,739 tons, and between this port and India and Singapore by 18 vessels and 6,009 tons.
JUNK TRADE.
12. During 1878 this trale has decreased in Arrivals and Departures by 1.561 vessels and 69,296, tons there has also been a decrease of 8,304 in the number of the crews as well as 14,368 in the number of passengers carried; this is inclusive of the Local Trade.
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13. The principal decrease is between Hongkong and the Const of China and Formosa, which amounts to 1,165 vessels and 58,512 tons, the decrease in the numbers of crews and passengers is 6,656 and 9,641 respectively.
14. The Local Trade has also decreased in the numbers of vessels and passengers, but the tonnage has increased by 4,685 tons and the crews by 2,441.
EMIGRATION.
15. The number of Chinese Emigrants leaving this port during the year 1878 was 38,653 as compared with 39,741 during 1877, showing a decrease of 1,088.