of their
100
Cargoes
it must be regarded as occupying a very high position. Even during the commercial depression of 1866 throughout China, no fewer than 3783 British and Foreign vessels, equal to 12,015,747 tons, entered and cleared from there. I may remark that, large as that tonnage was, the amount does not include the shipping between this port and Macao and Canton. The number only of those vessels is given in the Harbour Master's enclosed Report. This will be corrected in future Returns. Of the above total, 11727 British vessels were an aggregate of 1,047,447 tons.
65. I have already explained that until the passing of the Harbour and Boats Ordinance of last year, there was by no means the least account of the Native craft frequenting the harbour and the Colonial waters. I am therefore much gratified at being enabled now to supply that omission for the first half of the present year, and we may thence approximately infer by allowing double a similar amount for the whole of the year what was the real number of vessels and tonnage resorting to this harbour during that period. I therefore annex a return of Native craft for the first half of the current year.
Your Grace will perceive that during the six months commencing from the 1st January last to
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of their
100
Cargoes
it must be regarded occupying a very high position. Even
· during the commercial
depression of 1866 throughout China no fewer than 3783
British and Foreign repels equal
12,015,747
to
tono entered and cleared from
There. I may remark that, large as that
was the tonnage
1. umount
does not include
the shipping between this port and Macas and Canton. The Number only of those repels is given in the Harben Master's enclosed Report. This will be corrected
in future Retums. Of the above total
British with an I
11727 vepels
were
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-aggregate of 1,047447 tons.
65. I have abiady explained that
already
till the puping of the Harbor and boasts
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Ordinance of last
been
no means
year
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there
hoet
the least account
of the Native leraft frequenting the harbor and the bolonial waters. I am therefore
much gratified at being enabled
now to
supply that omission for the first half of the present year,
and we
may
thence
approximately infer by allowing double
a similar amount for the whole of fast-
what
year
was
the real number of
vepels and tonnage resorting to this harbor during
ble. I therefore
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that period.
annex a
return of
- Shave repels for the first half of the
current
year.
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Your Grace
will
perceive that during the six montho
comfurted from the 1# January last to
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