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Comparative Shipping Return for the Years 1905 and 1906.

1904-1919

HONG KONG, 1906.

1905 1906 Increase Decrease Ships Tonnage Ships Tonnage Ships Tonnage Ships Tonnage British river steamers 8,995 British ocean going 3,697 7,189,471 3,845 7,093,495 298 482,853 Foreign ocean going ... 4,287 5,820,785 4,287 7,272,710 1,451,925 Foreign river steamers 7,488 5,554,022 6,404 4,842,501 1,042 711,521 Steamships under 60 tons (foreign trade) 975 659,597 1,071 667,917 06 8,320 1,800 71,448 878 40,282 922 31,166 Junks in Foreign Trade 23,475 2,875,440 28,153 2,619,411 5,322 256,029 Total 51,578 Steam launches plying in the Colony 337,913 Junks in Local Trade 63,267* Grand Total 22,653,616 44,550 22,458,077 9,169,312 333,560 2,362,163° 51,616† 34,185,091 429,726 538 1,281,030 7,566 1,481,569 8,251,536 4,353 917,776 2,042,655+ 11,651 319,508 32,747,268 538 1,281,030 Nett 23,570 2,718,853 23,032 1,437,823

* Including 32,424 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 1,176,625 tons. † Including 23,430 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 858,746 tons.

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