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The principal increases are under Light Dues, $2,497.69; Light Dues, Special Assessment in respect of the Mongkoktsui Typhoon Refuge, $90,337.67; Junk Licences, $3,838.05; Fees for Storage of Explosives $2,637.73; Medical Examination of Emigrants, $7,567.25; Examination of Masters, &c., $237.50; and Sunday Cargo Working Permits, $600. The falling off in Revenue comes under the headings:-
Engagement and Discharge of Seamen, $1,052.60; Sugar Certificates and Permits, $550; Fines $430.35; Steam-launch Licences, &c., $369.75; Survey of Steam-launches, $330; Chinese Passenger Ship Licences, $270; Sale of Printed Forms, $127; and Registry Fees, $106.
17. The expenditure of the Harbour Department for 1909 was $169,672.04 including $3,204 specially expended on Buoys and the Crown Agents' charges for December 1908, but not including the Crown Agents' charges for December 1909. Compared with 1908, this shows an increase of $6,092.50 or 3.5 per cent.
4.-Steam-launches.
18. On the 31st December, there were 291 Steam-launches (including 9 Motor Boats) employed in the Harbour, of these, 137 were licensed for conveyance of passengers, &c., 136 were privately owned, 14 were the property of the Government and 4 belonged to the Imperial Government in charge of the Military Authorities.
Sixteen Masters' Certificates were suspended for incompetency or negligence in the performance of their duties, 3 for 6 months, 1 for 3 months, 6 for 2 months, and 6 for 1 month: one Master's Certificate was cancelled and one Master was cautioned. Three Engineers' Certificates were suspended, 1 for 6 months, 1 for 3 months and 1 for 2 months.
Six hundred and forty-one (641) engagements and five hundred and seventeen (517) discharges of Masters and Engineers were made during the year.
As in 1908, seven (7) steam-launches were permitted to carry Arms, &c., for their protection against pirates. No new permits were granted.
5.-Emigration and Immigration.
19. Seventy-seven thousand four hundred and thirty (77,430) Emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1909. Of these 52,923 were carried in British ships and 24,507 in Foreign ships. These figures show an increase, compared with those for 1908, of 6,349 (or 8.93%), which may be accounted for by the return of the business to normal conditions, and to the resumption of emigration to Banka and Billiton.
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The principal increases are under Light Dues, $2,497.69; Light Dues, Special Assessment in respect of the Mongkoktsui Typhoon Refuge, $90,337.67; Junk Licences, $3,838.05; Fees for Storage of Explosives $2,637.73; Medical Examination of Emigrants, $7,567.25 ; Examination of Masters, &c., $237.50; and Sunday Cargo Working Permits, $600. The falling off in Revenue comes under the headings:-
Engagement and Discharge of Seamen, $1,052.60; Sugar
Certificates and Permits, $550; Fines $430.35; Steam- launch Licences, &c., $369.75; Survey of Steam- launches, $330; Chinese Passenger Ship Licences, *$270; Sale of Printed Forms, $127; and Registry Fees,
$106.
17. The expenditure of the Harbour Department for 1909 was $169,672.04 including $3,204 specially expended on Buoys and the Crown Agents' charges for December 1908, but not including the Crown Agents' charges for December 1909. Compared with 1908, this shows an increase of $6,092.50 or 35 per cent.
4.-Steam-launches.
18. On the 31st December, there were 291 Steam-launches (in- cluding 9 Motor Boats) employed in the Harbour, of these, 137 were licensed for conveyance of passengers, &c., 136 were privately owned, 14 were the property of the Government and 4 belonged to the Im- perial Government in charge of the Military Authorities.
Sixteen Masters' Certificates were suspended for incompetency or negligence in the performance of their duties, 3 for 6 months, 1 for 3 months, 6 for 2 months, and 6 for 1 month: one Master's Certificate was cancelled and one Master was cautioned. Three En- gineers' Certificates were suspended, 1 for 6 months, 1 for 3 months and 1 for 2 months.
Six hundred and forty-one (641) engagements and five hundred and seventeen (517) discharges of Masters and Engineers were made during the year.
As in 1908, seven (7) steam-launches were permitted to carry Arms, &c., for their protection against pirates. No new permits were granted.
5.-Emigration and Immigration.
19. Seventy-seven thousand four hundred and thirty (77,430) Emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1909. Of these 52,923 were carried in British ships and 24,507 in Foreign ships. These figures show an increase, compared with those for 1908, of 6,349 (or 893 %), which may be accounted for by the return of the business to normal conditions, and to the resumption of emigration to Banka and Billiton.
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