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HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS.
Ships engaged in foreign trade cleared and entered.
Total shipping entered and cleared.
Year Number Total Tonnage Percentage of British Tonnage British Tonnage Total Tonnage 1897 9,944 12,124,599 1898 11,058 13,252,733 58 67 66 1899 10,905 13,437,147 65 1900 10,940 14,022,167 65 1901 10,807 14,599,141 53 1902 1903 12,461 16,275,998 59 14,489 19,018,411 9,571,787 21,333,566 59 1904 16,976 19,333,096 70 11,250,296 23,853,384 13,406,094 24,648,258 1905 18,103 19,778,176 67 1906 16,397 19,833,666 61 34,185,091 32,747,268 1907 18,096 20,381,421 51.5 1908 19,604 20,104,795 58.6 11,846,533 36,028,310 14,903,106 34,615,241 1909 18,714 20,171,755 56.7 11,437,678 34,830,845 1910 17,557 20,966,504 57.8 12,112,019 36,534,361 1911 19,644 20,490,520 57.1 11,706,731 36,179,152 1912 21,010 21,614,995 56.1 11,977,714 36,735,149 1913 21,867 22,939,134 55.4 12,528,168 37,742,982 1914 23,740 22,069,879 56.9 12,312,404 36,756,951 1915 23,051 19,561,318 58.1 11,381,439 33,884,919 1916 23,303 19,106,690 50.3 10,995,794 36,381,457 1917 21,959 17,329,841 52.9 9,167,595 33,827,325 1918 19,997 13,982,966 51.9 7,072,021 29,518,189 1919 21,275 18,474,996 54.6 10,095,805 35,615,169 1920 21,498 21,576,139 53.8 11,608,069 40,122,527 1921 24,697 24,360,880 52.4 12,766,492 43,420,970 1922 24,272 26,635,467 50.3 13,420,118 46,566,764 1923 25,347 32,382,530 50.2 16,920,491 53,402,239 1924 18,369,413 56,731,077 1925 48.5 15,321,935 49,520,523 1926 31,941 26,983,190 54.2 14,730,846 43,796,436 1927 57,765 40,705 33,794,775 50.2 38,770,499 47.4 15,204 27,235 16,960,522 44,127,161KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
1. The principal item of interest was the introduction in June of an arrangement entered into with the Administration of the Chinese Section whereby British Section engines hauled the two express trains daily each way for the whole distance between Kowloon and Canton, 111 miles of which 89 are through Chinese Territory.
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HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS.
Ships engaged in foreign trade cleared and entered.
Total shipping
entered and cleared.
Year
Number
Total Tonnage
Percentage of British Tonnage
British Tonnage
Total Tonnage
1897
9,944
12,124,599
1898
11,058
13,252,733
58
67
66
1899
10,905
13,437,147 65
1900
10,940
14,022,167 65
1901
10,807
14,599,141 53
1902
1903
12,461 16,275,998 59 14,489 19,018,411
9,571,787 21,333,566
59
1904
16,976
19,333,096 70
11,250,296 23,853,384 13,406,094 24,648,258
1905
18,103
19,778,176 67
1906
16,397
19,833,666 61
34,185,091 32,747,268
1907
18,096
20,381,421
51.5
1908
19,604
20,104,795
58.6
11,846,533 36,028,310 14,903,106 34,615,241
1909
18,714
20,171,755
56.7
11,437,678 34,830,845
1910
17,557
20,966,504
57.8
12,112,019 36,534,361
1911
19,644
20,490,520
57.1
11,706,731 36,179,152
1912
21,010
21,614,995
56.1
11,977,714 36,735,149
1913
21,867 22,939,134
55.4
12,528,168 37,742,982
1914
23,740
22,069,879
56.9
12,312,404 36,756,951
1915
23,051 19,561,318
58.1
11,381,439| 33,884,919
1916
23,303
19,106,690
50.3
10,995,794 36,381,457
1917
21,959
17,329,841
52.9
9,167,595 33,827,325
1918
19,997
13,982,966
51.9
7,072,021 29,518,189
1919
21,275 18,474,996
54.6
10,095,805) 35,615,169
1920
21,498 21,576,139
53.8
11,608,069 40,122,527
1921
24,697 24,360,880
52.4
12,766,492 43,420,970
1922
24,272 26,635,467
50.3
13,420,118 46,566,764
1923
25,347 32,382,530
50.2
16,920,491 53,402,239
1924
1925
1926
1927
57,765 40,705 31,941,703 15,204 26,983,190 27,235 33,794,775 50.2
38,770,499 47.4
18,369,413 56,731,077
48.5 54.2
15,321,935 49,520,523
14,730,846 43,796,436
16,960,522 44,127,161
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
1. The principal item of interest was the introduction in June of an arrangement entered into with the Administration of the Chinese Section whereby British Section engines hauled the two express trains daily each way for the whole distance between Kowloon and Canton, 111 miles of which 89 are through Chinese Territory.
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