AnnualReport-1934 — Page 156

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21. Passenger Certificates were issued for the following

trades:-

Passenger and Safety. International Voyages... 20 Class A Foreign Going

Class I Foreign Going (Coasting and Far

Eastern Trade)

Class III River Trade

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22. Nine vessels totalling 63,308 tons (gross) were surveyed and granted Bottom Certificates during the year as compared with 18 vessels of 177,288 tons (gross) in 1933.

23. 20 Passenger vessels and 20 cargo vessels were surveyed for Radio Telegraphy certificates during the year as compared with three Passenger vessels and 10 cargo vessels during the last four months of 1933.

24. 83 Vessels of which 46 were British and 37 Foreign were surveyed for Emigration Certificates during the year as compared with 82 vessels in 1933.

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41 Vessels were surveyed for Load Lines during the year as compared with 47 in 1933. Of this number 20 were British vessels registered in Hong Kong and 21 Chinese.

26. 15 New Lifeboats and 105 Units of Standard Buoyant Apparatus were surveyed during construction at the Makers' works during the year as compared with 23 and 135 respectively in 1933.

27. 19,179 New Lifejackets were examined and stamped at the Makers' works during the year as compared with 14,465 in 1933.

28. 682 surveys were carried out on Steam Launches and Motor Boats during the year as compared with 689 in 1933.

29. During the year there were four Marine Courts of Inquiry:-

On the 24th January 1934, to inquire into the circum- stances attending the collision between the British S.S. "KWONG FOOK CHEONG", official No. 152106 of Hong Kong, and Steam Launch "TOMMY ATKINS." On the 26th April 1934 to inquire into the circumstances attending the stranding of the British Motor Vessel "SVALE" official No. 121210 of Hong Kong on Breakwater Rock near Foochow on 11th March, 1934. On the 21st June 1934 to inquire into the circumstances attending the stranding of the British S.S. "CHANGTE" Official No. 153594 of Hong Kong at Basilan Island in the Basilan Straits on the 7th June 1934.

On the 17th October, 1934, to inquire into the circumstances attending the stranding of the British S.S. "CITY OF CAMBRIDGE", Official No. 144236 of Glasgow on the Pratas Island on the 6th October, 1934.