CO129-347 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [4-6] — Page 559

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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LOCAL TRADE.

Of Steamships not exceeding 60 tons, 209,601 arrivals

of

Of Junks in Local Trade,

209,601 departures

20,820 arrivals

1

5,608,266

19,952 departures

1

892,818 586,069

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Total Local Trade,

.230,421 arrivals

23

229,553 departures

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6,501,084 6,494,335

Grand Total Local aud Foreign,.

.254,243 arrivals

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253,391 departures

18,013,387 18,014,923

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Thus in Foreign Trade :-

British Ocean-going vessels represented, Foreign Ocean-going vessels represented,.

31.4%

38.5%

5,608,266 tons.

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A decrease in local Jank trade, 10,844 vessels of 263,768 tons which may be ascribed to the cessation of the Naval extension work and to the falling off in Conservancy boats.

The actual number of individual. Ocean-going ships of European construction enter- ing during the year was 807, being 362 British and 438 Foreign.

These 800 ships aggregated 1,800,245 tous. They entered 4,182 times and gave a collective tonnage of 7,467,511 tons. Thus compared with 1906, 70 less ships of 73.514 less tous, entered 170 more times and gave a collective tonnage increased by 306,153 tons.

The 800 vessels were divided as follows between the several nationalities

355 British Stemmers entered..........

9 Austriau

1 Belgian

20 Chinese

1,867 times. Toral tounge 3,586,510 tons.

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106,523

1

14

2,003

214

267,789

British River steamers representer,

2 Coreau

14

21.298

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Foreign River steamers represented,

20.1%

9 Danish

21

41,122

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17

8.2%

18 Dutch

69

112,100

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Steamships not exceeding 60 tons represented,

0.3%

33 French

202

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Junks represented.......

137 Gennan

790

11.5%

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3 Italian

12

294,461

1,246,083

81,704

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100.0%

11 Japanese

634

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33

1,126,517

59 Norwegian

200

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2 Portuguese

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265,728

19.128

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While in Local Trade :-

10 Russian

13

30.912

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Steamships not exceeding 60 tons represented, Junks represented,,

86.3%

13.7%

100.0%

3 Swedish

12,970

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20 United States,,

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251,598)

11

7 British Sailing Ships

Total 800 Vessels entered

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19,431

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The movements of the "Star" Co.'s ferry launches, of private Stean-launches and of Fishing Junks do not appear in the above figures.

Eight thousand two hundred and thirty-nine (8,239) steamers, 10 sailing ships and 791 steamships not exceeding 60 tons, in foreign trade, entered during the year, giving an -average daily entry of 24.77 European constructed foreign-going ships, as compared with

22.5 in 1906,

The average tonnage of Ocean-going vessels entered has increased slightly, from 1,784.9 to 1,785.6 tons, while that of River steamers has declined from 734 to 661 tons. The British Ocean average has decreased from 1,945 to 1,921 tons. average has increased from 1,654 to 1,670 tons.

The Foreign Occan The British River steamer average has declined from 749 to 678 tons and the Foreign River steamier average has declined from 623 to 567 tons.

A comparison between the years 1906 and 1907 shows :-

For Ocean vessels under the British flag, an increase of 59 ships of 26,698 tons. In British River steamers an increase of 364 ships with a decreased tonuage of 212,137 tons, which is mainly due to the withdrawal of the large sized steamer Hankow and the addition of the two small Macao steamers Sui Tui and Sui An.

For Foreign Ocean vessels an increase of 334 ships of 627,380 tons is shown, which is wholly due to the Japanese firms increasing their carrying trade. increase of 455 ships of 976,450 tons is found, with a general falling off under other flags.

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For Foreign River steamers an increase of 238 ships of 76,075 tons is shown, which can be accounted for, by vessels under the German, Chinese and Portuguese flags making more trips in 1907 than in 1906.

For Junks in foreign trade, an increase of 1,411 vessels of 32,059 tons,

..4, 182 times. Total tonunge 7,467,511 tons.

The figures relating to the Import and Export Trade of the Port, given in previons years, have, as pointed out annually, been based upon information which can only be characterised as unsatisfactory and the results as erronens and misleading. As it is obvious that such returns have no value, they are discontinued in the form they have hitherto taken, but the aggregates of the reports received are shown, for purposes of comparison, in round numbers. These include imports of Sugar and imports and exports of Opium, of which accurate returns are rendered.

The aggregates show an increase of about 360,000 tons in Imports, of about 191,000 tons in Exports and of about 518,000 tons in Transit Cargo.

The total reported Import and Transit trade of the Port for 1907 amounted to 23,819 vessels of 11,512,223 tous carrying about 8,237,000 tons of Cargo of which about 4,811,000 tons were discharged at Hongkong.

Similarly, the Export trade of the Port was represented by 28,841 vessels of 11,520,668 tons, carrying about 3,049,000 tons of Cargo, and shipping about 729,000 tons of Bunker Coal.

During the year 1907, 16,515 vessels of European and American construction of 20,311,400 tons (net register), reported having carried about 10,842,000 tons of Cargo, as

follows:-

Import Cargo, Export Cargo,

Transit Cargo,

Bunker Coal shipped,

4,366,600 tons.

2,355,000

3,390,000

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725,000

10,842,000 tous,

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