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In Steamships not exceeding 60 tons, employed in Foreign Trado, a decrease of 372 ships and 16,100 tons, or 57 per cent in numbers and 76 per cent in tonnage is shewn. The decrease is most noticeable in launches trading to Macao, and may be put down to one of the launches being replaced by a vessel of over 60 tons.
Junks in Foreign Trade show a large decrease of 2,050 junks or 82 per cent, but an increase of 247,916 tons or 77 per cent. The decrease appears during the months of July, August, and September, in which monthis there was considerable unrest in the Canton delta.
In Local Trade, increases are shown in both Steam Launches and Junks.
Steam Lanurbes show an increase of 112,050 ships and 2,009,970 tons, or 20 per cent in numbers and 200 per cent in tonange which ia explained by an increase in number of launches plying in the harbour and more trips having been made.
Janks shew an increase of 940 vessels and 93,280 tons or 26 per cent in numbers and G4 per cent in tonnage. This can only be ascribed to the better control of native craft, they having to re- port themselves at this office in order to obtain a permit to pass outward through the Examination Service.
The actual number of individual Ocean-going Vessels of European construction during 1916 was 717 of which 281 were British and 436 were Foreign In 1915 the corresponding figures were 724, 310 Britiel and 414 Foreign.
These 717 ships measured 1,605,248 tous. They entered 3,701 times and gave a collective tonnage of 6,855,164 tons. Thao Z, Jower ships entered 63 fewer times, and gave a collective tonnage reduced by 326,535 tone, an average of 5,1832 tons per entry.
Thus:-
The 281 British ships carried 2,519 British officers and 56 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 19 Norwegians, 13 Americans, 11 Danes, 5 Swedes, 4 Japanese, 2 Dutch, and 2 Belgian.
Thus the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 221 per cent, comprising 7 nationalities, an increase of 131 per cent with a decrease in number of officers and of ships.
The 436 Foreign ships carried 3,252 officers, of whom 89 were British as follows:-
1015.
19 16.
In Chinese ships
55
49
United States ships
4
15
Japanese ships-
- 7
4
Russian ships
1
66
60
Thus, 212 per cent of the officers serving in Foreign ships were of British nationality, with an increase in number of officers and of ships.
The nationality of the crews in British and in Foreign ships was as follows: -
VESSELS.
BRITISH CREW.
AMERICANS
AND
ASIATICS.
EUROPEANS.
1915, 1916., !
1915. 1916.
!
British, 310
1915 1916 1915. 1916.
281 20,253 16,902 901 538128,160,126,243
Foreign,. 414 436 1,155 1,078 10,791 10,640 114,516|10,982
71721,408 17,980 11,692 11,173 242,676 237,265
Steamers.
No. of Times entered.
Total Tonnage.
Flag
1915 1916 1915. | 1916.
1915. 1910.
Steamers,
308
British
281 1,989
1,858
Sailing Ships,
2
2
3,669,800 3,424,457
5,419
Steamers,
204
271
972
98
2,253,086 2,104,307
Japanese
Sailing Ships,
2
1
2
328
75
:
Norwegian,
28
33
199
$4
Chinese,
38
45
230
05
199,341 168,156 271,183) 300,793
Danish,
4
6
Dutch,
24
132
135
French,
Portuguese, Russian,
19
164 134
5 59
101
4 15
4 18,634 13,440
203,002 350,713 230,242 260,437
34,547 48,151
16 16,571 16,642
Siamese,
1
810
Swedish,
6
5
8 20.342 24,582
U.S.A. Steamers,
15
24
47 109,204 118,601
83-83 %
Total,
724
717 324 3,761 7,181,699 6,855,164
1
Toral,
724
17
Hence in British ships:—
1915 1916,
Aud in Farsign ships
1915. 1918.
18:57 %
1176 % of the crews were British.
0.91 %%
0-88% of the crews
0·60 %
0-37% of the crews
were other
Europeans.
8787% of the crews 90-56 % wore Asiaties.
were British.
8-67% of the crews were other Europeans.
90-45 % of the crews were Asiatics.
8:50%
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