Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS. -ANNUAL.
of gold which has added considerably to the silver value of imports, but the comparison may be taken as a fair indication that, whilst the import trade from gold standard countries has not fallen off proportionately to the depreciation in silver, the export trade has benefited to the full thereby.
Shipping.
Turning to the shipping of the port, as an indication of the condition of the Colony generally, the returns for 1894 under the unfavourable circumstances recorded, are more than satisfactory. The total tonnage of vessels entered and cleared during the year amounted to 14,248,670 tons, a decrease of 100,452 tons as compared with the returns for 1893, but an increase on 1892 of 95,821 tons.
The decrease as compared with 1893 was distributed as follows:-
No. Tonnage. Foreign Ships 306 66,677 Foreign Junk Trade- 1,336 5,883 Local Junk Trade 1,408 27,892It is almost certain, judging from the shipping returns for the first quarter of 1894, that instead of the above decrease there would have been an increase over 1893 of some 700,000 tons but for the visitation of the plague and the severity of the quarantine restrictions universally enforced against Hong Kong, which kept many vessels from entering the harbour. During June, July, and August, for instance, the large mail steamers of the Messageries Maritimes Co. would neither enter the port nor take cargo or passengers from Hong Kong. The P. & O. S. N. Co. followed suit in the latter respect, and several other large companies similarly "boycotted" the Colony.
British shipping still reigns supreme in Eastern waters, and in the year under review represented over 70 per cent. of the total tonnage of foreign ships entered and cleared at this port. It is also satisfactory to note in this connection that, notwithstanding that 106 fewer vessels flying the British ensign entered and cleared, there was an actual increase in the tonnage of British shipping of some 46,200 tons in 1894, as compared with 1893, a result to be attributed to the gradual supersession of smaller by larger and more powerful vessels.
Passenger Traffic.
The passenger traffic returns show a marked decrease on the previous year, but compare favourably with the returns for 1892 and preceding years. The number of emigrants amounted only
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS. -ANNUAL.
of gold which has added considerably to the silver value of imports, but the comparison may be taken as a fair indication that, whilst the import trade from gold standard countries has not fallen off proportionately to the depreciation in silver, the export trade has benefited to the full thereby.
Shipping.
Turning to the shipping of the port, as an indication of the condition of the Colony generally, the returns for 1894 under the unfavourable circumstances recorded, are more than satis- factory. The total tonnage of vessels entered and cleared during the year amounted to 14,248,670 tons, a decrease of 100,452 tons as compared with the returns for 1893, but an increase on 1892 of 95,821 tons.
The decrease as compared with 1893 was distributed as follows:-
Foreign Ships
Foreign Junk Trade-
Local Junk Trade
No.
Tonnage.
306
66,677
1,336
5,883
1,408
27,892
It is almost certain, judging from the shipping returns for the first quarter of 1894, that instead of the above decrease there would have been an increase over 1893 of some 700,000 tons but for the visitation of the plague and the severity of the quarantine restrictions universally enforced against Hong Kong, which kept many vessels from entering the harbour. During June, July, and August, for instance, the large mail steamers of the Messageries Maritimes Co. would neither enter the port nor take cargo or passengers from Hong Kong. The P. & O. S. N. Co. followed suit in the latter respect, and several other large com- panies similarly "boycotted" the Colony.
British shipping still reigns supreme in Eastern waters, and in the year under review represented over 70 per cent. of the total tonnage of foreign ships entered and cleared at this port. It is also satisfactory to note in this connection that, notwith- standing that 106 fewer vessels flying the British ensign entered and cleared, there was an actual increase in the tonnage of British shipping of some 46,200 tons in 1894, as compared with 1893, a result to be attributed to the gradual supersession of smaller by larger and more powerful vessels.
Passenger Traffic,
The passenger traffic returns show a marked decrease on the previous year, but compare favourably with the returns for 1892 and preceding years. The number of emigrants amounted only
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