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11. The Passenger trade and the numbers of Emigrants departing from and arriving at this port are shown in Tables XXII to XXVIII.
12. Details of Bunker Coal and Oil shipped will be found in Table XXIX. The figures show an increase of 42,836 tons in coal consumption and a decrease of 33,297 tons of Fuel Oil.
13. The nationality of crews in British and Foreign ships entered and cleared is shown in Table VII.
14. During the year eighteen ships were registered under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, and seventeen Certificates of Registry cancelled. Details are shown in Tables XX and XXI. 228 documents were dealt with in connection with the Acts and the fees collected amounted to $2,862 as compared with $2,168 in 1931.
15. 32,683 seamen were engaged and 31,831 seamen were discharged at the Mercantile Marine Office and on board ships during the year as compared with 40,384 engaged and 39,432 discharged in 1931.
16. Forty-five distressed seamen were received and admitted to the Sailors' Home and Boarding Houses. Of these sixteen were sent to England, four to Calcutta, three to Singapore, one to Canton, one deported by the Police to Canton and twenty obtained employment.
17. $918.06 was expended by the Harbour Master on behalf of the Board of Trade in the relief of these distressed seamen.
18. A statement of the surveys and examinations carried out by the Government Marine Surveyor and his staff is set out in Table XXX. The vessels surveyed totalled 430,512 tons gross as compared with 375,760 tons in 1931.
19. Of the 123 Hong Kong Passenger Certificates issued during the year, 105 were issued to British ships and 18 to Foreign ships.
20. Passenger Certificates were issued for the following trades:-
Class 1A Foreign Going
18
Class 1 Foreign Going (Coasting and Far
Eastern trade)
81
Class III River Trade...
24
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11. The Passenger trade and the numbers of Emigrants departing from and arriving at this port are shown in Tables XXII to XXVIII.
12. Details of Bunker Coal and Oil shipped will be found in Table XXIX. The figures show an increase of 42,836 tons in coal consumption and a decrease of 33,297 tons of Fuel Oil.
13. The nationality of crews in British and Foreign ships entered and cleared is shown in Table VII.
14. During the year eighteen ships were registered under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, and seventeen Cer- tificates of Registry cancelled. Details are shown in Tables XX and XXI 228 documents were dealt with in connection with the Acts and the fees collected amounted to $2,862 as compared with $2,168 in 1931.
15. 32,683 seamen were engaged and 31,831 seamen were discharged at the Mercantile Marine Office and on board ships during the year as compared with 40,384 engaged and 39,432 discharged in 1931.
16. Forty-five distressed seamen were received and admitted to the Sailors' Home and Boarding Houses. Of these sixteen were sent to England, four to Calcutta, three to Singapore, one to Canton, one deported by the Police to Canton and twenty obtained employ-
ment.
17. $918.06 was expended by the Harbour Master on behalf of the Board of Trade in the relief of these distressed seamen.
18. A statement of the surveys and examinations carried out by the Government Marine Surveyor and his staff is set out in Table XXX. The vessels surveyed totalled 430,512 tons gross as compared with 375,760 tons in 1931.
19. Of the 123 Hong Kong Passenger Certificates issued during the year, 105 were issued to British ships and 24 to Foreign ships.
20. Passenger Certificates were issued for the following
trades:-
Class 1A Foreign Going
18
Class 1 Foreign Going (Coasting and Far
Eastern trade)
81
Class III River Trade...
30
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