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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

COLONIAL REPORTS- ANNUAL.

II-TRADE AND SHIPPING, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE AND LAND.

(A.) TRADE: AND Shipping.

The following table shows the principal articles of export in the year 1903 in vessels of European construction, compared with similar returns for 1902. The figures represent the tonnage :-

Articles 1902 1903 Increase Decrease Beans 300 時裝 1,040,906 1,186,686 145,780 Bones 3,120 2,820 Coal *** *** Cotton yarn and cotton 11,498 20,795 9,297 Flour 107,826 120,430 12,604 Hemp *** 22,923 24,149 1,226 Kerosine (bulk) 54,461 40,607 13,854 编 ** (case) *** 60,400 82,960 22,560 Lead 625 550 75 Liquid fuel *** 6,299 1,000 5,299 Opium *** *** KOREANS 4,871 4,997 126 Pitch 1,900 1,900 Rattan *** 4,742 4,020 Rice *** *** Sandalwood *** 819,919 5,374 597,730 4,713 722 222,189 661 Sulphur 961 961 Sugar *** 268,268 229,946 38,322 Tea 25 1,746 1,721 Timber 75,023 64,400 10,623 General ... 1,480,003 1,594,600 114,597 Total Transit *** 3,963,463 3,985,310 313,592 2,872,397 2,874,950 502,553 291,745 Grand Total *** 6,335,860 6,860,260 816,145 291,745 Nett *** 524,400

The total tonnage entering and clearing during the year 1903 amounted to 24,039,862 tons, being an increase, compared with 1902, of 2,511,082 tons, and the same number in excess of any previous year.

There were 53,991 arrivals of 12,027,092 tons, and 54,009 departures of 12,012,770 tons.

Of British ocean-going tonnage, 3,396,314 tons entered and 3,382,121 tons cleared.

Of British river steamers, 2,237,249 tons entered and 2,234,613 tons cleared.