CO129-301 - Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [9-12] — Page 157

A comparison between the years 1898 and 1899 is shewn in the following Table :----

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Five thousand three hundred and eighty-six (5,386) steamers, 58 sailing vessels, and 22, janks in Foreign Trade entered during the year, giving a daily average of 76.9 as against 96 in 1898 For European-constructed vessels the daily average of entry would be 14.91, against 15.17 in 1898 and, of the steamers entering, 68.17 / were British.

The actual number of ships, of European construction, (exclusive of River steamers) enterin the port during the year 1899 was 603, being 312 British and 291 Foreign.

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ANALYSIS OF SHIPPING ENTERED AND CLEARED 1898 AND 1899. (BRITISH AND FOREIGN STEAMERS.)

155

1898.

1899.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

Ships.

Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships.

Touunge. Ships. Touuage.

ritish, Yerman,

apanese,

inese,.

Comparatire Shipping Return for the Years 1898 and 1899,

Feneb,

forwegian,

7,224 8,601,880 7,354 8,665,828 1,385 1,757,238 481 1,005,455 424 528,667 312 349,568 404 $73,097 252

1,265 1,653,895

658 1,338,973 456 306,696 444 487,898 234,799

130 63,945

177 338,518

32 132

120

103,343

16,971

87,825

152

138,298

American,

130

91,967

152

160,566

22 68,599

1898.

1890.

INCREASE. DECREASE.

Austrian,

50

132,318

54

142,890

4 10,072

Kalian,

Ships. Tomunge. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Toumage Ships, Tonnage.

Danisu,

64

26

37,990

90

53,420

4

15,430

134 85,101

24

48,105

110

36,996

Russian,

2

6,854

9

11.817

4,963

British...

Trade.

Foreign,

Junks in Foreign

Total...69,84 16,879,487 55.972 | 17,133,381

Junks in Local

Trade, 5

0,635 286,298 32,655 907,978 28,020 581,685)

Grand Total...[79,629, 17,265,780 68.627 | 19,101,309 23,020|| $35,529|14,022

7,450 8,703,648 7,408 8,725,016!

19,808 48

3,602 4,547,085| 3,497 4,712,131

165,046

105

*

58,086 3,626,754 45,067 3,696,154|

69,450 115,869

253,844|14,022

Hawaiian,

10

23,392

4

9,192

*

14,200

Belgian,

2

4,348

*

8,048

3,700

Spanish,

6

2,591

7,706

5,115

Dutch,

12

17,678

4

5,040

12,638

Portuguese,

5,844

62

3,344

mese..

Swedish,

...........,י *

8,998 835,529

Total,

10,602 13,013,144

10,790 13,287,212

584

Net Increase,

596,514

396 322,446

188 274,068

396

322,446

*Including 18,700 Conservancy and Dust Boats measuring 109,840 tons. ↑ Including 4918 Conservancy and Dust Boats measuring 108,834 tons. Including 12,826 Conservancy and Dust Boats measuring 316,300 tons.

For vessels under the British Flag. this table shows a falling off of 48 ships. This mayb attributed to the return to normal conditions of the shipping of the port. In 1898 there was a larg extra bumber of tramp colliers entered from home. These were subsequently employed in the inflat rice trade to Japan, which continued up to the end of 1898. These steamers have now returne home. An additional cause for the diminution lies in the fact that the steamers of the Norther Pacific Line have turned over to the United States Flag. There is also a great decrease in the mucke of sailing vessels calling here which, alone, would account for more than the 48.

ANALYSIS OF SHIPPING ENTERED AND CLEARED, 1898 AND 1899.

(BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAIL.)

1898.

1899.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

Ships.

Tonuage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.

British,

232

The British tonnage, on the other hand, shows an increase of 19,368 tons. This may american, accounted for by the gradual substitution of large for small vessels.

101

103,768 54 59,188

87,567

178

44,580

49

71,207

16,360

ustrian,

77

Danish,

1,350

⠀ ⠀

ment.

For vessels under Foreign Flags, there is also a numerical decrease with an increase of measure

The decrease of 105 ships is explained by-(i) The total disappearance of West, River Lorch Sawaian, under Gerinan colours. (ii) A certain number of German coasting steamers, usually calling beliau, having been, during the greater part of the year, on time charter in the Northern ports. And erwogian,

Asséun, Three Danish steamiers of small tonnage and of former frequent entry, have ceased to call here.

The increase of tonnage of 165,016 tons is accounted for by-(1) The starting of a new Japan line of steamers, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, calling here. (ii) The increased number of Japanese coast ing steamers, (iii) An increase in Marty's Fleet (French). (iv) The Northern Pacific Line, hasie shifted from British to United States colours, were running here during the first half of the you (v) The greatly increased size of many steamers now employed on the European runs.

The rema as to British sailing vessels (abovej also apply here.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TOTAL SHIPPING ENTERED AND CLEARED 1895-1899

Siamese,

Spanish,. walish,

French, Ferman,

2,228

101

32,337

17,158

ཋ 3]

77 1,350 2,228

15,179

4,318

4,318

2

1,588

4,796

4.796

942 618

942

618

Total,.

456

239,589

115 149,935

1

794

342

90,448

1

794

Nett Decrease,..

341

89,654

INCLUDED.

JUNKS 1898 AND 1899.

1895.

1896.

1897.

1998.

1897.

1998.

1899.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

Total Entered and

Cleared,

Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. | Tommage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tous

78,761 15,632,113 80,463 16,515,953 77,298 15,988,174 79,629 17,265,780 88,627 18.1

Ships.

Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships.

63,571 4,018,047 77,722 4,664,162

Tonnage.

Ships.

Tonnage.

9,151

651,115