CO129-266 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1895 [1-3] — Page 351

and overtine and Sunday work

ard becoming

more and more

common. Iir 1890 the

gross tonnage

surveyed amounted to 168,098 in 1894

it was 204,623 Love,

Bourd

Statistics issued by the of

Trade show that at riverpool during the eleven months January 10 November, 1894, there were 423 vessels surveyed for Passenger Carti - greater, with

- approximate poss tonnage of 1,015,200 and Indicated Horse Power of about 846,000. In the performance of this work there.

no less than 1/

are

ana

ad

Engineers Shipwright Surveyors employed. During the same period at Cardiff the numbers were 160, the gross son. nage surveyed for Passenger Certifi-

cate was about 320,000 tons and the Store Power 140,000; at this Port

there

are six Surveyors.

Surveyors. At StongsHong for the same.

: period the number of

vessels

>>

vessels

surveyed

548

was 112 with a

a gros

sonnage of 201,000 tons, and Judicato Forse Parver of 140,000, for this work

we have one

ant Surveyor.

Surveyor and one Azaist

Thus at Liverpool there

are about 40 vessels of 92,000 for per Surveyor, at Cardiff 27 vessel of 53,000 tons while at Hongkong with all its disadvantages of climaks exc, we have 56 vessels of

tous to ench

Surveyor .

I have &c.

over 100,00ð

(82) R. Murray Runway.

Harbour Master.

Hour : J. A. Stewart Lockhart,

Aching Colonial Secretary_

J

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