# ANNEXES.
A. Report on Mercantile Marine Office. B. Report on Imports and Exports Office. C. Report on Marine Surveyor's Office. D. Report on Gunpowder Depôt.
E. Report on Lighthouses.
1.—Shipping.
The total of the Shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1909 amounted to 527,280 Vessels of 34,830,845 tons which, compared with that for 1908, shows a decrease in numbers of 4,832 vessels, with an increase in tonnage of 215,604 tons. Of this total, 43,794 vessels of 22,415,125 tons were engaged in foreign trade, and were distributed as follows:-
1909. 1908. British Ocean-going ships represented.... 9.3% in Nos. and 34.5% in tonnage. 9.8 Foreign Ocean-going ships represented,... 35.1 33.2 British River Steamers represented,..... 13.2 16.5 Foreign River Steamers represented,...... 19'2 3.2 Steam-launches (under 60 tons) represented,. 3.3 1 7.2 3.3 0'6 11 0.8 23 Trading Junks represented,... 573 10.0 9.8 100.0 100:0The movements of Fishing Junks are not included in the above figures.
2. Of ships of European construction, 4,191 Ocean Steamers, 7 Sailing Ships, 3,576 River Steamers, and 1,580 Steam-launches (i.e., steamships not exceeding 60 tons) entered during the year, giving a daily average entry of 25.6, as compared with 26.8 in 1908.
3. The average tonnage of individual Ocean vessels visiting the port has slightly decreased—from 2,448.6 tons to 2,390.4 tons. That of British vessels has remained stationary—2,594 as against 2,593—while that of Foreign vessels has decreased from 2,309.9 to 2,205.3 tons.
In this connection it is interesting to note that during the past twenty years the average tonnage of Ocean vessels visiting the Colony has risen from 1,182.3 tons to 2,390.4 tons.
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ANNEXES.
A. Report on Mercantile Marine Office. B. Report on Imports and Exports Office. C. Report on Marine Surveyor's Office. D. Report on Gunpowder Depôt.
E. Report on Lighthouses.
1.-Shipping.
The total of the Shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1909 amounted to 527,280 Vessels of 34,830,845 tons which, compared with that for 1908, shows a decrease in num- bers of 4,832 vessels, with an increase in tonnage of 215,604 tons. Of this total, 43,794 vessels of 22,415,125 tons were engaged in in foreign trade, and were distributed as follows:-
British Ocean-
going ships
represented....
Foreign Ocean- going ships represented,... British River Steamers re- presented,.....
Foreign River Steamers re- presented,...... Steam-launches
(under 60 tons) repre-
1909.
1908.
9.3% in Nos. and
34.5% in tonnage. 337%
9.8
35.1
33.2
"
"
13.2
16.5
19'2
3.2
3.3
1
3.3
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14
sented,.
7.2
0'6
0.8
11
23
Trading Junks
represented,... 573
10.0
9.8
1000
100.0
100:0
The movements of Fishing Junks are not included in the above figures.
2. Of ships of European construction, 4,191 Occan Steamers, 7 Sailing Ships, 3,576 River Steamers, and 1,580 Steam-launches (.e.. steamships not exceeding 60 tons) entered during the year, giving a daily average entry of 25 6, as compared with 26-8 in 1908.
3. The average tonnage of individual Ocean vessels visiting the port has slightly decreased-from 2,448 6 tons to 2,3904 tons. That of British vessels has remained stationary-2,594 as against 2,593— while that of Foreign vessels has decreased from 2,309′9 to 2.205·3 'tons.
In this connection it is interesting to note that during the past twenty years the average tonnage of Ocean vessels visiting the Colony has risen from 1,182-3 tons to 2,3904 tons.
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