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P. & O.-British India Apcar and

Eastern & Australian Lines

(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND). MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS. TAKING CARGO FOR

STRAITS, JAVA, BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF, WEST INDIES, MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA, INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.

PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)

Destination.

N.S

Tona

From Hong Kong About

"KIDDERPORE NALDERA

**SOUDAN

1932. 5,300 20th Feb. 18,000 27th Feb.

Noon 6,800

Straits, Colombo & Bombay.

Rotterdam, Anworp & Bull.

CARTHAGE RAJPUTANA

15,000 12th Mar. 17,000 í 20th

Marseilles & London.

Mar.

Marseilles & London.

*BURDWAN

CORFU

Bombay, Marseilles & London

Bon

THE CHINA MAIL.

BRITISH COASTAL TRADE

DECLINE NOT DUE TO FOREIGN

COMPETITION.

воте

ders in this respect, France and America, possessed only eight ves- sels between them which loaded) cargo coastwise in 1930. Other: inations contribute 574. The aver- age tonnage of these vessels was a little over 350 net. It has also been.

A good deal has been said recent-mate ratio of 3.5 tons of cargo to a suggested that our most dangerous ly, by seafarers, shipowners, poli-net ton of shipping, probably a rivals are the small Dutch vessels ticians and in the Freas, in support greatly exaggerated figure. Apply of 75 tons net or less. It has been of flag discrimination on the Bri-ing this figure to the tonnage of ald that such vessels are subsidised tish coasts. By flag discrimination British ships, we find that

by the Dutch Government, that they is meant the restricting of the Bri- thing like 84,500,000 tons of cargo run with a smaller crew than would tish coastwise trade to vessels flying is annually carried by British ves-be permitted to a British owner. the British or Empire flags. It is sels, as compared with the 750,000 It can be definitely stated in reply thought by many that foreign ves tons of the foreigner. It has, how that no subsidy of any kind is given sels are able to load cargoes at ever, been suggested that as coal is either to the owners or the banks British ports coastwise, and by rea- seldom carried by foreign ships, that finance them. As regards the severely damage the trade of our total. About 18 million

of their low running costs this should be deducted from the crew-and it is true that many of these little craft are run entirely tons of own vessels, to the ultimate harm coal is carried coastwise every year, by the members

of one family- of the whole Merchant Navy and and deducting this from 84%

there is nothing in British law to shipping trade. It has been alleged millions

we get 664 millions prevent our people doing likewise, that three-quarters of a million tons against the 750,000 tons carried by nor are there any Board of Trade of cargo is annually carried in this the foreign vessels. Actually, of restrictions in the manning of small way by foreign vessels. It has been course, coal is sometimes carried by coasters.

Further proof, if any be needed, that our own small coas- the policy of Britain for over a foreign vessels. century to encourage free trade, and

tera are not suffering great harm wherever possible we have sought It will no doubt come as a shock is given by the figures for laid up! to remove trade barriers or aur-to many men to learn that over 99 tonnage for 1981. On October 1, mount them by reciprocative agreeper cent. of the entire British coast-16.9 per cent. of the gross tonnage ments. The result of this has beening trade is the hands of British owned in the United Kingdom was that for three-quarters of a century shipowners, and many will ask lald up. Only 1.4 per cent, of the the seas have been practically free. themselves what is to be gained by gross tonnage under 500 tons was What restrictions do exist in vari-restriction. If we, the leading ex-

laid up. ous countries have came to a great ponents of a polley of free shipping cline in the British coasting trade?

What, then, has caused extent since the war as the result trade, should close our coasts to the Chiefly rail, and secondly road, com- of pante following upon trade de-foreigner, a most unfortunate pre- pression. This condition of affairs cedent would be given

to other Petition.

To meet the competition was only secured after a stand-up nations; and we could expect imme-from ashore the British shipowner fight lasting many years against diate reprisals on many aides. To must have small, fast, efficient the conservatiam of many ship-realise how much we depend upon vessels, preferably, motor craft of the light draft. There is little doubt

Other Countries' Coasts.

the de-

owners and merchants at home and other countries allowing us abroad. However, the British freedom of their coaste

that he will rise to the occasion, and we have coastal trade was thrown open to only to consider the enormous num-the latest figures show that the up- all comers in 1853, in common withĺber of vessels employing British ward grade is already commenced. that of many other nations, and it officers and flying the British flag Before the war the movement of 6th Mar. Marseilles, London, Havre, Hamborg would appear that the commerce of which trade regularly on foreign shipping in the coastal trade between

the whole world received a tremend-coasts. South America,

U.K. ports amounted to over 45 mil- China, Bombay, Marseilles, London, Hayre, will be as well, therefore, to con- Indies, all

ous fillip as a result thereof. India, the Baltic States, the Dutch lion net tons. In 1918 that figure] H'burg, R R'dam,

A'worp & Huli.

these coasts know our was reduced to 14 millions. Since Apr. Marselles &

London

sider the position of the British vessels and welcome them. What then, however, there has been an al- Apr. Bombay, Marellen & London. coasting trade after three-quarters would be the result if, say, China most unbroken upward trend, and

closed her doors against our coast- of a century of freedom.

Pre-War and Present. Figures. ing vessels, acting on our example? 87 million net tons had been reach- Taking pre-war figures first, we

In 1929, 131 million net tons of ied. There can be little doubt that | find that

6,500 2nd Apr.

15,000 9th RAWALPINDI 17,000 23rd

17,000 7th

6,900 14th

RANPURA

+*SOMALI

CHITRAL

RANCHI **BANGALORE

15.000 21st 17,000 4th 6,500 11th

NALDERA

16,000 18th KAISAR-I-HIND 12,000 2nd RAJPUTANA 17,000 18th

May Bombay, Marseilles & London. May Bombay, Marseilles, London, Havre,

Mayburg, Herdam, Antwerp & Hull.

June Jabo

Marseilles Marze&London.

Marseilles & London.

Marseilles,

Jane Bombnyterdam Havre having an aggregate tonnage

July Bombay, Marseller London.

Bombay,

MANTUA

+*SOUDAN

11,000 30th

6,800

8th

RAWALPINDI

17,000

RANPURA

18th 17,000 27th

Aug. Aug.

Marseilles London.

11,000 10th Sept.

MALWA

Bombay, Marseilles & London. Cargo only. Cails Casablanca, Calls Djibouti. Frequent conneettan from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Con- stantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by steamers of the Khedival Mail Steamship Co.

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

vessels

with

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1932.

ROUND

THE

WORLD

OR ACROSS THE PACIFIC Special Round Trip Fares to Europe.

WEEKLY TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICE

To San Francisco, Los Angeles

New York via Panama. The Sunshine Belt via Honolulu

To Seattle & Victoria.

The Short, Straight Boute

to America

Fortnightly sailings on Tuesdays Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays

Pros. Lincoln Prem Coolidge Pres. Wilson

mu

.Mar. 1,

Pres, Taft

.Mar. 15 .Mar. 29

Mar. 5 Pres. Jefferson ......Mar. 19 Pres. Madison ..Apr. 2

£79 £112 £120 Special through rates to Europe vis

United States. Direct connections with all Atlantic Unes. Choice of rall lines across United States and Canada, liberal stop-over privileges for sight-seeing.

ROUND TRIP FARE TO EUROPE. From Hong Kong to Naples ...

F

Marseilles

London

Full particular upon application, EUROPE AND NEW YORK DIRECT

ROUND THE WORLD.

£152, 5.04 $161. 0.04 $159.15.01

Fortnightly sailing on Sundays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Bombay, Suez Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Maraeilles, New York and Boston.

Pres. Polk......Mar. 6, 8 Pres. Adams .....Mar. 20, 8

a.m.

Pres. Harrison ...Apr. 3, 6 Pres. Hayes....Apr. 17, 8 TO MANILA

Pros Taft..... Feb. 27, 6 p.m. Pres. Jefferson.Mar. 12, D.III. Pres. Polk ....Mar. 6, 8 a.m. Pres. Adama ..Mar. 20, 8 A.m. Fres, Coolidge Mar. 8, 6 p.m.Pres. Wilson..Mar. 22, 6 p.m.

CANTON BRANCH:-4, SHA KEE STREET.

DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN in 1939 the satisfactory figure of

MAIL LINE

BOILER RATING.

in 1913 foreign vessels shipping was entered and cleared at the worst times of the coasting trade of United Kingdom ports. Of this 65 are over, and prosperity is on the & Hull. 299,660 net

sailed from British Per cent. was British. Of the 29 Way. Any restrictive measures at ports with

this juncture would be ill-timed and cargo in the coasting million net tons of shipping trading & London. July Bombay, Marseilles & London.

trade. In the same year British between Britain and the Empire 96 almost definitely harmful.-Nautical July Bombay,--Moselites & London.

Magazine. departing

cargo per cent. was British. Of the 266 Aug.

Alice, London, Havre amounted to 33,982,689 H'burg,

net tons. million net tons of shipping employ- Antwerp & Huϡ. Bombay, Marseilles & London.

In other words, of the total tonnage ed between the Empire overseas and which sailed only .8741 per cent. foreign countries in the same year was foreign. That was in the most 52 per cent. was British. Any at- prosperous era of the coasting tempt at discrimination on our part) Valuable progress has been made trade. Coming now to 1920 we find would expose that enormous tonnage in recent years with the adoption that while foreign shipping has in- to reprisala.

of watertube boilers for mercantila! creased to 335,379 net tons, British

A Reciprocal Privilege. vessels, and in most cases where coastal tonnage has decreased to Returning to the British coasting they have been fitted owners have 23,668,685 net. The percentage of traffic, and bearing in mind the dan-taken full advantage of them by foreign in this case is 1.1397. Inger of restriction, we may attempt employing steam pressures (usually 1990 foreign tonnage sailing with to analyse the .8485 per cent. of accompanied by fairly high super- cargo was 205,978 tons net, British tonnage which is foreign. In heats) that are considerably above) being 23,998,825 net. The propor-1980, we flad 70 per cent. of all the economic and practical limits tion of foreign tonnage to the total foreign tonnage on our coasts was of the Scotch boiler. WRH thus reduced to Jess owned by such countries as Sweden, phecies of the pessimista have been the pre-war percentage. Norway, Denmark, Holland, Ger- confounded, and the wider use of Such figures as are

available for many, and Belgium, all of whom water-tube has not resulted in ex- 1981 show a slight increase for the permit, British vessels to trade on pensive troubles due to inex- first nine months EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South). foreign tonnage sailing with cargo their own.

of the year in their coasts on an equal footing with perience and want of proper care. Any restrictions made The mercantile water-tuba boiler coastwise, and one might assume on the vessels of those countries is a success, and its adoption will total of 212,000 net tons for the would be unwise and contrary to a extend. There is one aspect of the year.

spirit of fair dealing. Of the re-subject where advancement is poa- We have said that three-quarters maining 80 per cent. it may be said sible, however, and that is in the of a million tons of cargo are an- at once that so many nationa con matter of boiler rating. Ал nually carried by foreign vessels on tribute to their number that any evaporation of 5-6 Ib per sq. ft. of our coasta. Taking the tonnage action against them would not repay generating surface is figures above this gives an approxi- the trouble. The two worst offen- than Scotch boiler practice. We

TILAWA

10,000

1932.

7th Mar. Singapore, Penang & Calcutta.

B.I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st than and 2nd class passengers.

TANDA NANKIN NELLORE

1932

7,000 4th Mar. 7,000 2nd Apr. 7,000 80th Apr.

Manila, Rabaut, Brisbane, Sydney

& Melbourne.

Regular monthly sailings from Hong Kong to Shanghai and Japan and Hong Kong to Australia.

Hong Kong to Sydney-19 days.

Frequent connections from Australia with the following:-

The Union 8.8. Company's steamers to the United Kingdom vis New Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.

The P. & O. Boyal Mail Steame re to London and

The P. & D. Branch Service of steamers to London via Snes.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal

SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.

SANTHIA

1932

8,000 26th

Feb. Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. RAJPUTANA 17,000 26th Fob, Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama,

HIRZAPORE †NANKIN

KASHGAR TALMA

ALPINDI

A STEAMER NELLORE PSOMALI RANPURA A STEAMER

"BANGALORE RANCHI BANTHIA

TANDA

NALDERA

..

6,700

4th Mar. Moji & Kobe, 7,000 7th Mar. 9,000 10th Mar. 10,000 11th Mar. 16,000 11th Mar. 17,000 24th

25th 7,000 4th Apr. 6,300

5th Apr. 17,000 7th

Shal, Moji, Kobe, Osaka & Thama ghal, Mojl, Kobe & Yokohama.

S'hai, Hofi, Kobe & Osaka.

Kobe & Yokohama. Marle Kobe &

Kobe Yokohama.

15,000

8th 21at 10,000 22nd

6,500 30th

&Yokohama.

Amoy,

Mell, Kobe, Oaska

Kobe

.

Yhama

Apt. Stanghal. Kobe 4 V.

Apr.

Apr.

APT

Apr.

S'hai, Moll,

17,000 6th May Shanghal. Kabe &

8,000 5th May

kyry, Shai,

Osaka. &

Yokoham

Yokohama:

Koba

Moll, Hobe

Kobe L&

&Toko Osaka Moj Mofi Kobe Osaks

T'hams. May Shaughal, Moji, Kobe & Yokohama. May Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama 2nd June Shanghai, Mojl, Kobe & Yokohama. 17,000 10th June Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama. 6,800 28th June Shanghai; Kobe & Yokohama.

7,000 6th 16,000 19th 6,000 29th KAISAR-L-HIND ( 12,000

*BHUTAN

RAJPUTANA

BOUDAN

Cargo only. ↑ Calls Nagoya,

All dates are approximata and subject to, allération without natios....... All Cabins are Atted with Elpotrio Fans or Punká Lötivre Bystem. Steamers on London and AustraYan Lives are Afted with Laundries. Parcels measuring nét more than 5 en. It will be received at the Com- pany's Offics up to Noon on the day previous to saling

For further information, Passage, Freight, Handboski, etc, apply toska MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO,DA

P." & 0. Building, Connaught Ed C, Hong Kong

The pro

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THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO

HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS : Telegrama: KOWLOON, HONG KONG HONG KONG OFFICE 18029.

Telephones:

KOWLOON DOCK 48053.

"MANIFESTO, HONG KONG."

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In No. 1 Dock, Dimensions:—6650" 0.A.×876"×455" Mid. 26,000 tons Groes.

The Company possesses Six Granite Docks and Two Patent Slipways. The dimensions of No. 1. Dock are: 700'0" 88′0′′. I 30′6′′ over will, H. WOEL Salvage Tug "Henry Keswick”, 2000 LHF. Wireless Call Signal V.P.R.T. and: Fing Call Signal:TH.QB. Bheerlege capable of lifting 80 tons.

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Kindly send enquiries to the Chief Manages,

R. M. DYER, B.Sc., MINA, Kowloon Docks, Hongko

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THE PRELIER ALL WATER ROUTE TO NEW YORK and other U.S. Atlantic Ports via Panama.

All vessels call at SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES en route.

Passengers desiring to travel by this interesting route will find the accommodation provided well up to their expectations, and at a cost most reasonable.

42 Days To New York.

For Passenger and Freight information please apply:--

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Queen's Fuildings. Telephone 28021.

Agenta.

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THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO. LTD.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS, BRASS and IRON FOUNDERS. All work done 'fa this setablishment in gustanford. We have over thirty years' experience. We own two 88p- Wayy and can accommodate any craft of 200 feet long. Town Office: 64, Comaught Road Central, Hong Kong, Tel. 20459, Bhipyard: Sham-ahul-po, Kowloon, Hong Kon Kowloon Tel. 37000. "Estimates furnished on application.

Hong Kong, April 1, 1984.

are not suggesting that destroyer fice a little in boller efficiency it boller ratings should be adopted, really striking space and weight ever for cross Channel vessels, but saving figures, as compared with it is abundantly clear that a rating Scotch boilers, can be put before of 9.10 mb per sqft is necessary them. It is a tribute to the water- If the water-tabe boiler, is to be tube boiler that it has "sold" so come"more widely used. At pre-well in recent years on Scotch sant it is being unnecessarily boiler ratings. With the higher. handicapped-on- cost-and-space-ratings-suggested, it should rathe occupied" bale, because of these modern steam propulsion to an even

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Host higher pinnacle than its present shipowners will be willing to sacri- eminenceShipbuilding

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