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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
The amount paid into the Joint Sinking Fund with accrued interest reached £61,813 4s. 4d.* on the 31st of December, 1907.
II.—TRADE AND SHIPPING, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE, AND LAND.
(A.) TRADE AND SHIPPING.
The total of the shipping entering and clearing at ports in the Colony during the year 1907 shows an increase of 77,908 vessels of 3,281,042 tons when compared with the corresponding figures for 1906, in which year there was a decrease of 1,437,823 tons due to loss of local vessels in the typhoon. The greater part of this is due to internal traffic—"steamships not exceeding 60 tons plying within the waters of the Colony." If local trade be eliminated, it is found that the remaining figures show the respectable increase of 3,110 vessels of 579,814 tons.
This increase is distributed as follows:
British ocean-going vessels, 59 ships of 26,698 tons.
Foreign ocean-going vessels, 334 ships of 627,380 tons.
British River steamers, 364 ships with a decrease in tonnage of 212,137 tons.
Foreign river steamers, 239 ships of 76,075 tons.
Steamships not exceeding 60 tons, 703 ships of 29,739 tons.
Junks in foreign trade, 1,411 vessels of 32,059 tons.
The actual figures of arrivals and departures are as follows:-
Foreign Trade.
Arrivals Departures Of British Ocean-going. 1,876 of 3,605,941 tons. 1,880 of 3,610,228 tons. Of Foreign Ocean-going. 2,315 of 3,861,570 tons. 2,316 of 3,859,305 tons. Of British River steamers. 3,412 of 2,316,889 tons. 3,416 of 2,313,475 tons. Of Foreign River steamers. 655 of 371,996 tons. 655 of 371,996 tons. Of Steamships not exceeding 60 tons. 791 of 3,015 tons. 790 of 3,006 tons. Of Junks in Foreign Trade. 14,782 of 1,320,892 tons. 14,782 of 1,330,578 tons. Total Foreign Trade 23,822 of 11,512,303 tons. 23,838 of 11,520,588 tons.* This includes the sum of £14,352 8s. 1d. surplus of interest paid by the Viceroy on the loan of £1,100,000.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
The amount paid into the Joint Sinking Fund with accrued interest reached £61,813 4s. 4d.* on the 31st of December, 1907.
IL-TRADE AND SHIPPING, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE, AND LAND.
(A.) TRADE AND SHIPPING.
The total of the shipping entering and clearing at ports in the Colony during the year 1907 shows an increase of 77,908 vessels of 3,281,042 tons when compared with the correspond- ing figures for 1906, in which year there was a decrease of 1,437,823 tons due to loss of local vessels in the typhoon. The greater part of this is due to internal traffic-" steamships not exceeding 60 tons plying within the waters of the Colony." If local trade be eliminated, it is found that the remaining figures show the respectable increase of 3,110 vessels of 579,814 tons.
This increase is distributed as follows:
British ocean-going vessels, 59 ships of 26,698 tons. Foreign ocean-going vessels, 334 ships of 627,380 tons. British River steamers, 364 ships with a decrease in
tonnage of 212,137 tons.
Foreign river steamers, 239 ships of 76,075 tons.
Steamships not exceeding 60 tons, 703 ships of 29,739
tons.
·
Junks in foreign trade, 1,411 vessels of 32,059 tons. The actual figures of arrivals and departures are as follows:-
Foreign Trade.
Of British Ocean- f 1,876 arrivals
going.
Of Foreign Ocean-
going.
Of British River
steamers.
Of Foreign River
of 3,605,941 tons.
3,861,570
**
1,880 departures, \3,610,228
**
2,315 departures 3,859,305
3,416 departures,,
2,306 arrivals
3,412 arrivals
"3
2,316,889 2,313,475
33
655 arrivals
371,996
655 departures
"3
371,996
791 arrivals
3,015
790 departures,,
3,006
**
14,782 arrivals
1,320,892
>>
14,782 departures 1,330,578
Total Foreign Trade 23,822 arrivals
» 11,512,303
steamers. Of Steamships not exceeding 60 tons. Of Junks in Foreign
Trade.
23,838 departures,, 11,520,588
* This includes the sum of £14,352 8s. 1d. surplus of interest paid by the Viceroy on the loan of £1,100,000..
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