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No. 28.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Report of the Harbor Master, with Returns aunexed for the Year 1869, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th March, 1870.

No. 20.

SIR,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary,

Harbor Master's DepartmeNT, VICTORIA, HONGKONG, 21st February, 1870.

1. I have the honor to forward the following Annual Returns of Shipping and other matters con-

juected with the Department under my control:-

I. Number, Tommage and Crews of Vessels entered.

II. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared.

III. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation entered.

IV. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation cleared.

V. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered at each Port. VI. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared at each Port. VII. Return of Junks entered at each Port from Macao.

VIII. Return of Junks cleared at each Port for Macao.

IX. Return of Junks entered at each Port from Coast of China and Formosa.

X. Return of Junks cleared at each Port for Coast of China and Formosa.

XI. Gross Total Number of Junks entered at each Port.

XII. Gross Total Number of Junks cleared at each Port.

XIII. Return of Junks (Local Trade) entered.

XIV. Return of Junks (Local Trade) cleared.

XV. Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all Vessels, and of all Chinese Passengers.

XVI. Return of Vessels Registered.

XVII. Return of Vessels Registered and Struck off.

XVIII. Return of Emigrant Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer.

XIX. Return of Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Ilongkong from places out of China.

XX. Ainouut of Fees received under Ordinance No. 10 of 1860.

XXI Return of Marine Cases tried.

SHIPPING.

2. It is satisfactory to find that the trade of the Colony in 1869 shows an improvement on that

of the previous year, and although the difference of grand total of European shipping and of Junks is lut 23,593 tons, the excess in British ships is 45 vessels measuring 41,615 tons, and in Foreign ship- ping, exclusive of Chinese, is 135 vessels with a capacity of 95,230 tons, or a total of 180 ships and 136,845 tons, the difference being made up by loss on the Junk Trade.

3. This large increase of trade is mostly due to the extended traffic between the Colony and

Australasia, the United States, the Phillipine Islands, and Japan.

4. The trade between this and British India remains nearly the same.

5. The amount of tonnage arriving during the current year will probably exceed that of any other similar period during the Colony's existence.

6. The successful opening of the Suez Canal, the anticipated doubling the number of steamers belonging to the Messageries Impériales, and to the Pacific Mail Company, together with two newly formed local Steam-ship Companies will add immensely to the activity, progress, and it is to be hoped,

wealth of the Island.