1922-05-03 — Page 8

THE CHINA MAIL.

HONGKONG HARBOUR,

NOW IS THE TIME PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

TO TEST THIS

The following article written by Captain Basil Taylor, R.N., formerly printed from The Syren and Shipping (London):

Philippine Islands, though the Last run is now almost entirely Donopolized by evessels under the United States flag. Formota used to be served by the ships of the Douglas Steamship Company, a local British line of small steamers, but the Japa-

SOOTHING EFFECT Harbour Mastat at Hongkong, is enese have succeeded in ousting them

OF

from the ran, and they are now

restricted to the Southern Chinese As I have said, the shipping interest ports. The principal British cous- was quick to realim the advantages ters

those belonging

ta

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WHEN APPLIED

ON

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GENERAL MERCHANTS.

IMPORTS—Place Goods, Metal, Bendziet, Chemicals, Haerinery, Provision EXPORTS-Mional Orea, Rattan Gooda, all kinds of Oil. Feniker, Hide_and",

Porsiain Wacos, B and Kubroideries, Tus and Toimaco Laniz

authorities are credited with having the Indo-Chins SN. Company both failed to do so, and to have only of which have large fleets. The latter Fielded to pressure in the end. My include British Indian ports in the own opinion is that Captain Elliot's iterary of son of their larger ahips opposition to the use of the harbour Before the war they had a competitor was due to other causes, as I have in the coasting fleet of the already indicated. That the author Norddeutscher Hord Сотраву, ities concerned fully appreciated the formerly the old Scottish Oriental extraordinary value of their new Company's fleet, but these harbour is proved by the fact that appeared in Angust 1914, and have they appointed a naval officer not since emerged from their enforced harbour master in 1841, before the retirement. Treaty of Nanking, ander which Hongkang became British, had even been drafted.

At the time of the cession of Hong kong to us, all vessels trading to the

The tiver steamers,

running to Canton, Macao and the West River ports, from a not incore siderable portion of the shipping of the port, there, being about ten sailings daily. The great majority of

these vessels are British.

HONGKONG'S HEALTH.

*

LAST WEEK'S EIGHTY-FIVE

- PLAGUE CASES.

Eighteen cases of plague (big-iwtf) were notified yesterday, also one casse Teak 85 cases of plague (50 fatal and of small por. All were Chinese. Last

one imported) were reported, also all Chinese,

The following cases wers aho re ported last week-nine of small por six fatal), one Indian and eight Chinese; nine of enteric fever (ane Japanese, and one Indian; two of istal), four Chinese, two British, two influenza (both fatal), Chinese; one of puerperal fever, Chinese.

BEATEN FOR AN HOUR,

MUI-TSAT'S CHARGE AGAINST

CHINESS LADY.

A Chinese lady named Yip Sza, a visitor from Canton living with rela- tives at No. 251, Caine Road, wal before Magistrate Fraser this morn- ing charged with having illtreated a 14-year old maidservent

I elbow`ta wrisİ.

Far East were sailing-ships. They were small in tonnage and few in

Supplies are plentiful and good, number, and the trade they conducted though no longer cheap since the

The girl said that on Monday night was in its infancy. But it was American occupation of the Philippine healthy child, with excellant prospects falands. This is especially the case she was made to kneel down and was Dow extant, those giving the figures with fresh provisions, which of late barn for an hour by the defendant for the year 1844, show that in that rests have soared in price. The water with a feather duster, because the year 638 ships, aggregating 189,257 is excellent, and now that the storage latter alleged she had not attended tons, entered the port of Hongkong reservoir capacity has been placed on her properly. She was beaten on the but because it was a free port, no

a proper basis and enormously in-arms and legs, and the feather daiter record is available of the amount, creased, the supply is ample at all was split in the process. The next description or value of the cargo seasons of the year. Stocks of coal morning she ran away from the house carried by these vessels. In 1845 the for bankering are normally well up to and reported the matter at the

Central Police Station. first stemmers appeared, the P. & 0. demands, and almost any

The girl exhibited to the Magisterte a mail quality and quantity is obtain Company having started service, vis Egypt, to the East in

able at short notice. Chinese, an arm covered with bruises from that year, the mails and passengers Japanese, Borneo and Aus being conveyed across the Isthmus of tralian coals are ordinarily kept in Inspector Patterson said that he Sues by the Nils, canal, and desert mock in the Colony, for of late years counted 22 bruises on the girl's right between Alxandis and Suez. Since Welsh coal is only imparted for the thigh, and there were quite a number then, tail has gradually disappeared, Navy. Though the bunkering of weals on the arms and other leg.. except junks, while steamers have facilities are rather primitive, the The case was remanded until increased enormously both in num-work is carried out expeditiously by to-morrow morning for heating. ti bers and sise, until the record of 1913 means of native labour and 50-15. was reached. In that year the

baskets from lighters. About one arrivals at departures of trading million tons of banker coal was past eighteen months the general ressels in the foreign trade of the shipped on board merchant steamers slump in shipping and shipbuilding port totalled 47,820 ships aggregating during 1919. This does not, of has affected Hongkong, as it has no less than 25,821,652 nett register course, incinde oil fuel, of which large every other part of the world. tons During the late war the and increasing quantities are supplied The Taikoo Dockyard and Engineer figures declined at Hongkong, by the various oil companies repre- ing Company was established within they did elsewhere, but they recover sented in the Colony.

the past 15 years by Mesere. ed remarkably alter the Armistice.

Hongkong is well provided with Butterfield and Swite (representing I am able to give a comparison establishments for shipbuilding and the "Blue Funnel "Line) to deal with between the three ports, London. repairing, dry-docking, etc. The their own ships, which include the Liverpool and Hongkong, for the management and the leading skilled China Navigation Company's feet, seven-months ended October 31, artisans ..Bre in most cases and, before the war, also included the 1918, and 1919, as follows.

European, but the great majority coaster of the N.DL. (formerly the London Liverpool Hongkong of the workmen are Chinese, who Scottish Oriental Company't). Their 1918 6,083,848 7,741,583 9.811,196 often became most efficient engineers, extensive works are situated on the 1919 10,308,299 9,249,957 12.029,414 though generally-incapable of north shore of the island, just inside

For the whole of 1919 the arrivals initiaire or of responsibility for Lyeemun,

Biljoining the and departures in the foreign trade of departure from routine, or "rule of came firm's large sugar refinery. the port of Hongkong amounted to thumb." The result is that in the Here is a dry dock capable of scoot- 41,985 ships of 21,072,129 tons. For larger firms there is considerably more modating any vessel ever likely to 1920 the figures were 43,364 ships of overseeing required than in similar visit the port, besides slipways on 24,194,022 tons.

establishments at home. It is only which to haul up smaller ships, and Prior to the war we had no power fair to add that the essentially Chinese building slips. The shops contain a to demand, and no machinery to deal firms, which employ no Europeans in very complete and modern plant for with, the details of cargo carried in any capacity, turn out quite good for all purposes. "Taikoo Dock," ships calling at Hongkong, but in 1918 work at a cost considerably below as they are familiarly called, have, for the fint time such figures became that charged by their European like their older rival, built and engin- available. I am, therefore, able to give managed competitors.

ed ocean vessels, including “standard' the following values, which are for the

The two leading firms are the steamers and others, - up year 1919-

Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Com 3,500 nett register tons. Imports to Hongkong.. 82,693,992 pany, and the Taikoo Dockyard and ing part" (1921), they Exports from Hongkong. 97,105,784 Engineering Company. Of these, the have launched the following from former is of old standing, and, as their yard for the China Navigation Total........£179,799,776 their title implies, wiginally had a Company-the Changsha," twin- These figures are, however, not branch at Whampos. Their principal screw, steel, river steamer, of 2,480 complete, for they do not include cer- works are at Hanghom, where dry tons gross and 1,150 h.p.: the tain land-borne goods, principally im- docks, slipways for smaller craft, "Kwangtung," "Kwangchow ports from the Chinese hinterland building slips, foundries, very com "Kaying" ach of 2,450 tons gross and a quantity of small junk cargoes plete construction and repair shops, and 1,600 Lh.p.; and the "Kating," catried to and from cutlying parts of etc., are kept up to date. On the river steamer of 920 tons grow and the Colony. But the excess of ex-west side of the same peninsula, at 3,000 ih.p. In addition they built ports over imports of nearly fourteen Mong-kok-tsui, is the Cosmopolitan for the Ocean Steamship Company and a half million pounds sterling in Dock, with dry dock, repair shope, two steel tags-the "Hermes" and valne, is real, though suprising. It boat-building slips, etc., while on the the "Aphrodite," each of 88 tons gross is accounted for by the fact that in south side of the Island of Hongkong, and 375 i.hp. At the present time recent years local manufactures and at Aberdeen, are two more dry docks, they have in hand a steel steamer of industries have greatly increased, and now seldom used. During sad aizce 7,600 tons gross and 6,500 i.h.p., and the difference between the valnes of the war this firm has built and engineda 125-ton tug of 400 i.h.p.

Besides the above two firms there imports and exports is the difference steal vessels up to 3,500 nett gister between the values of the imported tors, including several "standard" are others which undertake repaira raw materials and the exported steamers, and at present they are and build small craft. Among these engaged in the construction of several I may mention the following:-Mesza manufactured articles.

Hongkong is the home port of a tankers for the Anglo-Saxon Per-MacDonald & Co., Mease Bailey and large fleet of coasting and river toleum Company. For many years they Company, Meears Carmichael & Co. steamers. The former trade along have produced smaller ships, steam and the Chinese firms of Kwong Hip the costs of the China and Yellow and motor launches, tags, lighters; etc., Loong and Kwong Tuck Cheong, all Sess as far sa Japan and Siam and' of wood, iron and steel. During the of whom turn out excellent work

ard

year

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