HONG KONG, 1908.
111
A loan, consisting of inscribed stock at 31/2 per cent. interest, £341,799 was incurred in 1893 for Praya Reclamation; Central Market; Water, Drainage, and Sewerage Works, &c., to be paid off on 15th April, 1943.
5
A second loan, consisting of inscribed stock, £1,143,933 at 31/2 per cent., was raised to cover a loan to the Viceroy of Wuchang of £1,100,000. The Viceroy in accordance with the terms of the loan had, up to the end of 1908, repaid £330,000 which was placed to the credit of a special account for construction of the British section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway.
The amount paid into the Joint Sinking Fund with accrued interest reached £74,674 14s. 8d. on the 31st of December, 1908.
II.—TRADE AND SHIPPING, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE, AND LAND.
The total of the shipping entering and clearing in the Colony during the year 1908 amounted to 532,112 ships of 34,615,241 tons, which, compared with the figures for 1907, show an increase of 24,478 ships and a decrease of 1,413,069 tons.
Of this total 45,437 ships of 22,306,037 tons were engaged in foreign trade, and were distributed as follows:
Numbers. Tonnage. 1907. Tonnage. 1908. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. British ocean vessels represented. 8.3 33.7 31.4 Foreign ocean vessels represented. 9.2 33.2 33.5 British river steamers represented. 13.8 19.2 20.1 Foreign river steamers represented. 2.9 3.3 3.2 Steamships not exceeding 60 tons. 8.9 0.8 0.3 Trading junks 56.9 9.8 11.5 100.0 100.0 100.040,951 vessels of 1,848,522 tons were engaged in local trade and were distributed thus:-
1907. Tonnage. 1908. Numbers. Tonnage. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Steamships not exceeding 60 tons. 91.58 84.98 86.31 Junks 8.42 15.02 13.69 100.00 100.00 100.001904-1919
HONG KONG, 1908.
111
A loan, consisting of inscribed stock at 31 per cent. interest, £341,799 was incurred in 1893 for Praya Reclamation; Central Market; Water, Drainage, and Sewerage Works, &c., to be paid off on 15th April, 1943.
5
A second loan, consisting of inscribed stock, £1,143,933 at 31 per cent., was raised to cover a loan to the Viceroy of Wuchang of £1,100,000. The Viceroy in accordance with the terms of the loan had, up to the end of 1908, repaid £330,000 which was placed to the credit of a special account for construction of the British section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway.
The amount paid into the Joint Sinking Fund with accrued interest reached £74,674 14s. 8d. on the 31st of December, 1908.
ÎI.-TRADE AND SHIPPING, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE, AND LAND.
The total of the shipping entering and clearing in the Colony during the year 1908 amounted to 532,112 ships of 34,615,241 tons, which, compared with the figures for 1907, show an increase of 24,478 ships and a decrease of 1,413,069 tons.
Of this total 45,437 ships of 22,306,037 tons were engaged in foreign trade, and were distributed as follows:
Numbers. Tonnage.
1907. Tonnage.
1908.
Per cent. Per cent.
Per cent.
British ocean vessels repre-
8.3
33.7
31.4
sented.
Foreign ocean vessels rep-
9.2
33.2
33-5
resented.
British river steamers rep-
13.8
19-2
20.1
resented.
Foreign river steamers
2.9
3.3
3.2
represented.
Steamships not exceeding
8.9
0.8
0.3
60 tons.
Trading junks
56.9
9.8
11.5
...
100.0
100-0
100.0
40,951 vessels of 1,848,522 tons were engaged in local trade and were distributed thus:-
Steamships not exceeding
60 tons.
Junks
1907. Tonnage.
1908.
Numbers. Tonnage.
Per cent.
Per cent.
Per cent.
91-58
84.98
86.31
8.42
15.02
13.69
100.00
100.00.
100.00
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