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No. 4.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of VESSELS of EACH NATION CLEARED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong, in the Year 1896.

CLEARED.

NATIONALITY OF VESSELS.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons.

Crews. Vessels. Tous. Crews.

American,

51 81,822 2,489

6 7,014

104

57. 91,886 2,593

Austrian,

24 59,314 1,520

**

21 59,314 1,520

British,

3,063 1,138,495| 154,748

161 237,253

6,013

3,224 4,375,748| 160,756

Chinese,

195 235,689

9,612

15

11,547

701

210 247,236 10,313

Chinese Junks,

18,979 1,481,673 218,612

10,719 103,981 72,178

29,728 1,885,657 290,790

Danish,

51

25,914 1,102

7

3,770

280

58

29,684 1,382

Dutch,

10 14,218

395

...

:

10 14,218 395

French,

119 164,531 11,218

2

1,526

57

121

166,057 11,275

German,

622

758,406 23,079

101

10,080

2,924

723

958,486 26,003

Hawaiian,

2 2,497

36

2,497

36

:

Italian,

12

762 17,496

I

646

14

13 18,142

776

Japanesc,

56 97,859

4,018

21

47,134

1,401

80

144,493 5,419

Norwegian,

$2 71,004

2,201

48

1,196 54,170

130 125,174 3,397

Russian,

4 11,587

419

Siamoso,

Spanish,

Strodish,

:

1

656

15

:

11,587

419

1

656

15

9,039

258

7

9,039 259

9

8,901

209

1

989

24

10

9,890

233

TOTAL,... 23,280 7,172,040 430,430

11,122 877,671

85,150

34,402 8,049,714 515,580