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NY.KUNE

THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES.

£120, £112, 110, £102 £88, via San Francisco.

G$440, G$420, via Japan and Seattle. BAN FRANCISCO vla Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolula,

• SIBERIA MARU (Calls Los Angeles) Tuesday, 6th March, TAIYO MARU

*Cals Keelung.

KATORI MARU

Tuesday, 20th March.

LONDON via Singapore, Suce, Marseilles & Ports.

ATSUTA MARU

Saturday,

Saturday,

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.

MISHIMA MARU

TANGO MARU

Thursday,

25th Febmary.

10th March.

23rd February. Wednesday, 21st March.

BOMBAY via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo,

+ MOJI MARU

SADO MARU

Tuesday, 28th February. Saturday, 10th March.

#

SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles,

Mexico & Panama.

Thursday,

ANYO MARU

15th March. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) vla Singapore, Cape Town & Poria.

KAWACHI MARU

Wednesday, 29th February.

NEW YORK and/or BOSTON via PANAMA. '-

† CALCUTTA MARU

Wednesday, 22nd February. LIVERPOOL via Singapore, Colombo, Port Said & Ports.

† LYONS MARU ....

Saturday, 10th March.

CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON.

† MORIOKA MARU

NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

AKI MARU

BRANGHAL KOBE & YOKOHAMA,

Wednesday, 22nd February.

16th March

Friday,

KANAGAWA MARU (Kobe direct). Tuesday,

† LIMA MARU":

† TOYOHASHI MARU

21st February.

Friday,

24th February,

Friday,

24th February,

25th February. Monday, 5th March.

NAGANO MARU (Moj direct).... Saturday, SUWA MARU

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M.M.

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES®

MAIL AND CARGO STEAMERS TO AND FROM MARSEILLES, DUNKIRK, U.K. HAMBURG & ROTTERDĀM.

From Marseilles

PORTHOS

..28th Feb. PAUL LECAT.....13th Mar. ANDRE LEBON ...27th Mar. CHENONCEAUX 10th Apr.

From Dunkirk, Antwerp, London

YALOU (Cargo) 28th Feb.

D. P. BENOIT (Cargo) 24th Mar.

For Shanghai, Japan and North

China

YALOU

For Shanghai and Japan PORTHOS..

.28th Feb. PAUL LECAT ....15th Mar, ANDRE LEBON...27th Mar. CHENONCEAUX 10th Apt:

For Marseilles

G. METZINGER SPHINX PAUL LECAT ANDRE LEBON

.28th Feb. 19th Mar. ,10th Apr. .24th Apr.

For Rotterdam, Hamburg, Dunkirk

LT. ST. LOUBERT BIE

(Cargo). 4th Feb.

(Cargo) 1st walk Mar.

(Cargo) 28th Feb. D. P. BENOIT (Cargo) 24th Mar.

For full Particulars, apply to:-

י.

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3, QUEEN'S BUILDING.

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THE CHINA MAIL,

SHIPPING

WORK ON HAND.

SCOTTISH SHIPBUILDING

NOTES.

FEW FRESH CONTRACTS.

SECTION.

OPTIMISTIC TONE.

SHIPBUILDING AND MARINE ENGINEERING.

WORLD-WIDE FIGURES,

LOCAL SHIPPING.

TO-DAY'S REPORT AND DEPARTURES,

THIS MORNING'S RETURN.

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The arrival of vessels recorded at the Harbour Office today (Feb. 20) are as follows:-6 British ves- sols; 1 American vessel, 1 Dutch and 1 French vessel; 2 Norwegian and 2 Japanese vessels; 8 Chinese Įvessels.

The cargo imported by the above ships altogether total 7,762 tons. Of this total the cargo Imported

While there Is at 1 large The optimistic tone which was by British vessols is 2,776 tons, amount of tonnage on order from a feature of Lloyd's Register ship-four of the British ships bring in Scottish shipbuilders, few fresh building returns for the quarter ao cargo. The through Hong Kong contracts have recently been placed..ending September 30 nat, is not tonnage amounts to 15,045 tons of The work on hand at present means only repeated, but fa intensified which 1,314 tons were shipped by a reasonable amount of employment in the returns covoring the period British vessels. Of these above during the next few months, but from October 1 to December 31 Agures the best returns of the day the unfortunate thing is that a re- last. These statistics show that le contributed by a British vesael, duction in staffs in a number of the the merchant shipping at present the a.s. "Halvard" (Gibb Living- yards will be a necessity if ship. under construction in Great Britain stone) from Hongay-2,436 tona owners do not again come into the and Ireland, totals 1,579,719 tona, coal. The highest through tonnage märket very soon. A few yards are which figure fa not only more than is contributed by the Hakone Maru well booked forward, but some double that reached twelve months (Japanese) from London, Singa- of the others cannot see ago, but is larger than the com- pore, N.Y.K.-6,467 tone general

ahend. The big output of last year, bined, tonnage building in gave the feeling of a return to old rest of the world." times, but continuity of orders is required if the pre-war standard is to be maintained. Referring to the work of the past year, it is inter esting to note the great amount of harmony which provalled in the industry.

the cargo.

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Departures.

For Tally Bay:-Mike Maru. For Amoy-Anhui,

For Macao-Tak Hing. For K. C. Wan:--Sinkong. For Swatow:--- Kaljo Marú,

The passenger list for to-day is Larger Than Since 1920. as follows:-768 Asiatic deck pas Furthermore, the shipping on sengers, 301 Asiatic cabin; 87) Euro- which work was suspended at the pean cabin. Total 1,144 end of December, 1927, amounted to only 5,550 tona. The total ton- nago launched during the fourth quarter of 1927, namely 498,550 Less "Ca Canny."

tons, was larger than that for any

December, The workers in most instances quarter since

1920, excelled themselves as good time while the tonnage commenced dur. Hiram, Haying, keepers, and seemed to have a ing the period. under review reach- greater desire. to do their bit for ed a total of 377,492 tons.

The the benefit of their employers. vessels under construction in Bri There was evidence throughout the tish and Irish shipyards on Decem year that there was less of the ber 31 last numbered 138; 232 of "ca' eanny policy" in the yards and these were steamships, 94, were fewer "clock watchers," The re-matorships, and 12 were sailing sult was that there were no serious ships and barges. Of these ves- British differences causing stoppages, and sels, 55 are intended for foreign Japanese therefore dislocation, and that the owners. little troubles which invariably crop

up

in industry were amicably settled without recourse to the pre- cess of censing work and holding

up output.

-

Merchant Tonnage.

For Haiphong:--Song Bo. For C. W. Tao:--Corona, For Canton-Shanal. For San Francisco-Crosskeys. Shipping Abstract.

Chinese Dutch

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1928.

When you go home-go by Canadian Pacific

to Europe

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Shortest Most interesting Way!

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In

Arrivals Departures Port

12

12

27

5

11

Norwegian

2

3

7

4

5

16

2

1

1.

0

20

29

71

LONDON,

The total merchant tonnage French under construction in other coun-American tries, namely 1,539,008, is only Portuguese about 1,860 more than that in hand Panama at the end of September, 1927. Germany still retains her leading position with 472,295 tona; Italy is again second with 183.216 tons; Holland is third with 174,887

EASTERN PORTS HEALTH. · France tons; and

with 116,029 tona. The shipping The health bulletin of Eastern launched abroad during the quar-ports for the week ended Feb. 11 ter, namely 397,073 tone, shows a reads:-- large increase as compared with |

fourth

Clyde's Price of Place. Dealing briefly with the tonnage of the year, the River Clyde again. takes pride of place with 274 ves sels of 483,628 tons, which is 142,000 tons above the River Tyne -the next highest British ship. building area for 1927. The Clyde total is well up to the pre-war average output, and although a long way behind the record year the previous quarter, but the ton- Aden 89 cases, 55 deatha (111 was 756,976 nage commenced; which aggregates infected rats in zone); Bassein 2 1918, when the total tons, it is well above 1926, and not 258,696 tons, has declined: As is deaths; Bombay 2 deaths; Moulmein so very far behind 1924 and 1925 the case with British, and Irish deaths; Rangoon 10 deaths; each of which years was over the yards, the tonnage commenced is Singapore 1 case, 1 death; Colombo 500,000-ton mark.-"Engineering." not sufficient to replace the. ton-2 infected rate found; Macassar 1

nage launched during the quarter. case, 1 death. **.

Great Britain's Share,

SANDAKAN LAUNCH. >

A new launch of the open river type measuring 25 by 59" has just been successfully taken over

by the Tamburaney Estate Brunel,

of the North: Borneo Timber Co., Ltd.

981,825 horse-power.

Bassein 1

Plague.

*

Cholera. The total horse-power of the

Calcutta 32 deaths; Madras 1 marine engines building, or being death; Negapatam 1 death; Ran- installed on board vessels, at the goon 1 death; Singapore 1 case; end of December, 1927, amounted Bangkok 26 cases, 16 deaths; Saf- Great Britain and Ireland supplied to 2,134,530. Out of this total con 2 cases, 1 death,

Small-pox. This figure includes. Reciprocating steam en-cases, 7 deaths; Calcutta 10 cases, свое; Bombay 18

gines, 405,984 indicated horse- deaths Madras 29 cases, 1

turbines, power;

202,500 shaft death; Moulmein 1 case; Nega- horse-power; and Sandakan branch of Harrisons 373,341 indicated horse power. The 28 deaths; Vizagapatam 2 cases, 1 oil engines atam 2 cases; Rangoon 97 cases, Crossfield, Ltd. of London, and a steam and oil engines built in Ger-

death; powered by a 10-h.p. four cylinder many together totalled 208,100 in death; Colombe 2 cases: Belawan- Pondicherry 1 case, 1 "Empire" marine motor.

As the fuel consumption of the regarding the number and

dicated horse-power but statistics Deli 10 cases, 3 deaths; Shanghai 8 deaths; Mukden 3 cases; Dairen engine is but 6 pints per hour

maximum speed, the running structed in that country are not

turbines

4 cases. costs of the launch are exceptionally available. low, a good reserve power, giving besides, ample cruising speed.

at

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