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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

COLONIAL REPORTS.

-ANNUAL.

The following facts may therefore be of some general interest. The total tonnage entering and clearing during the year under review amounted to 15,632,113 tons, as compared with 14,248,670 in 1894 and 14,349,122 in 1893.

There were 36,908 arrivals with a tonnage of 7,827,398 tons, and 36,853 departures, with a tonnage of 7,804,715 tons.

The daily average of entries was 85 vessels (including junks) as against 75 in 1894, and it may be mentioned that on one occasion there were in the harbour 241 trading vessels, viz., 69 steamers, eight sailing vessels and 164 junks. For European-constructed vessels the average daily entry was 12.45 as against 11.57 in 1894, and of the steamers arriving 73 per cent. were British. It is an interesting fact that the total tonnage entering and clearing at Hong Kong (exclusive of local trade) in 1895 exceeded the 1894 tonnage entering and clearing at London (exclusive of coasting trade) by 775,706 tons, also that, excluding our junk trade entirely, the tonnage entering and clearing in 1895 exceeded the 1894 tonnage at Liverpool (exclusive of coasting trade) by 1,036,008 tons, and that of Cardiff by 1,047,195 tons, while at Hong Kong in 1895, British tonnage alone exceeded the British and Foreign tonnage (exclusive of coasting trade) at Newcastle, the next port in the United Kingdom, by 3,641,524 tons. Hong Kong being a free port, no perfectly accurate statistics of imports are obtainable, but, from enquiries made of shipping firms, it appears that the total amount of cargo imported was 2,760,954 tons, as against 2,625,610 tons in 1894. The principal variations are as follows:

1894 1895 Flour 60,250 101,766 Rice 619,075 764,368 Sugar 170,499 185,616 Timber 16,040 26,399 Kerosine 100,367 67,051 General 1,079,676 1,026,004

The above figures cannot, of course, be relied upon as strictly accurate, but they may be regarded as fairly trustworthy.

Population, &c.

The population of the Colony in 1895 is estimated by the Registrar General as follows:

British and Foreign 10,828 Chinese 237,670

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152 10 Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941 COLONIAL REPORTS. -ANNUAL. The following facts may therefore be of some general interest. The total tonnage entering and clearing during the year under review amounted to 15,632,113 tons, as compared with 14,248,670 in 1894 and 14,349,122 in 1893. There were 36,908 arrivals with a tonnage of 7,827,398 tons, and 36,853 departures, with a tonnage of 7,804,715 tons. The daily average of entries was 85 vessels (including junks) as against 75 in 1894, and it may be mentioned that on one occasion there were in the harbour 241 trading vessels, viz., 69 steamers, eight sailing vessels and 164 junks. For European-constructed vessels the average daily entry was 12.45 as against 11.57 in 1894, and of the steamers arriving 73 per cent. were British. It is an interesting fact that the total tonnage entering and clearing at Hong Kong (exclusive of local trade) in 1895 exceeded the 1894 tonnage entering and clearing at London (exclusive of coasting trade) by 775,706 tons, also that, excluding our junk trade entirely, the tonnage entering and clearing in 1895 exceeded the 1894 tonnage at Liverpool (exclusive of coasting trade) by 1,036,008 tons, and that of Cardiff by 1,047,195 tons, while at Hong Kong in 1895, British tonnage alone exceeded the British and Foreign tonnage (exclusive of coasting trade) at Newcastle, the next port in the United Kingdom, by 3,641,524 tons. Hong Kong being a free port, no perfectly accurate statistics of imports are obtainable, but, from enquiries made of shipping firms, it appears that the total amount of cargo imported was 2,760,954 tons, as against 2,625,610 tons in 1894. The principal variations are as follows: 1894 1895 Flour 60,250 101,766 Rice 619,075 764,368 Sugar 170,499 185,616 Timber 16,040 26,399 Kerosine 100,367 67,051 General 1,079,676 1,026,004 The above figures cannot, of course, be relied upon as strictly accurate, but they may be regarded as fairly trustworthy. Population, &c. The population of the Colony in 1895 is estimated by the Registrar General as follows: British and Foreign 10,828 Chinese 237,670

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152 10 Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941 COLONIAL REPORTS. -ANNUAL. The following facts may therefore be of some general interest. The total tonnage entering and clearing during the year under review amounted to 15,632,113 tons, as compared with 14,248,670 in 1894 and 14,349,122 in 1893. There were 36,908 arrivals with a tonnage of 7,827,398 tons, and 36,853 departures, with a tonnage of 7,804,715 tons. The daily average of entries was 85 vessels (including junks) as against 75 in 1894, and it may be mentioned that on one occasion there were in the harbour 241 trading vessels, viz., 69 steamers, eight sailing vessels and 164 junks. For European- constructed vessels the average daily entry was 12:45 as against 11:57 in 1894, and of the steamers arriving 73 per cent. were British. It is an interesting fact that the total tonnage entering and clearing at Hong Kong (exclusive of local trade) in 1895 exceeded the 1894 tonnage entering and clearing at London (exclusive of coasting trade) by 775,706 tons, also that, excluding our junk trade entirely, the tonnage entering and clearing in 1895 exceeded the 1894 tonnage at Liverpool (exclusive of coasting trade) by 1,036,008 tons, and that of Cardiff by 1,047,195 tons, while at Hong Kong in 1895, British tonnage alone exceeded the British and Foreign tonnage (exclusive of coasting trade) at Newcastle, the next port in the United Kingdom, by 3,641,524 tons. Hong Kong being a free port, no perfectly accurate statistics of imports are obtainable, but, from enquiries made of shipping firms, it appears that the total amount of cargo imported was 2,760,954 tons, as against 2,625,610 tons in 1894." The principal variations are as follows;— 1994. 1895. Flour 60,250 101,766 Rice 619,075 764,368 Sugar 170,499 185,616 Timber 16,040 26,399 Kerosine 100,367 67,051 General - 1,079,676 1,026,004 The above figures cannot, of course, be relied upon as strictly accurate, but they may be regarded as fairly trustworthy. Population, &c. The population of the Colony in 1895 is estimated by the Registrar General as follows:- British and Foreign · Chinese 10,828 · 237,670

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152

Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

COLONIAL REPORTS.

-ANNUAL.

There were 36,908 arrivals with a tonnage of 7,827,398 tons, and 36,853 departures, with a tonnage of 7,804,715 tons.

The daily average of entries was 85 vessels (including junks) as against 75 in 1894, and it may be mentioned that on one occasion there were in the harbour 241 trading vessels, viz., 69 steamers, eight sailing vessels and 164 junks. For European- constructed vessels the average daily entry was 12:45 as against 11:57 in 1894, and of the steamers arriving 73 per cent. were British. It is an interesting fact that the total tonnage entering and clearing at Hong Kong (exclusive of local trade) in 1895 exceeded the 1894 tonnage entering and clearing at London (exclusive of coasting trade) by 775,706 tons, also that, excluding our junk trade entirely, the tonnage entering and clearing in 1895 exceeded the 1894 tonnage at Liverpool (exclusive of coasting trade) by 1,036,008 tons, and that of Cardiff by 1,047,195 tons, while at Hong Kong in 1895, British tonnage alone exceeded the British and Foreign tonnage (exclusive of coasting trade) at Newcastle, the next port in the United Kingdom, by 3,641,524 tons. Hong Kong being a free port, no perfectly accurate statistics of imports are obtainable, but, from enquiries made of shipping firms, it appears that the total amount of cargo imported was 2,760,954 tons, as against 2,625,610 tons in 1894." The principal variations are as follows;—

1994.

1895.

Flour

60,250

101,766

Rice

619,075

764,368

Sugar

170,499

185,616

Timber

16,040

26,399

Kerosine

100,367

67,051

General -

1,079,676

1,026,004

The above figures cannot, of course, be relied upon as strictly accurate, but they may be regarded as fairly trustworthy.

Population, &c.

The population of the Colony in 1895 is estimated by the Registrar General as follows:-

British and Foreign ·

Chinese

10,828 ·

237,670

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