CO129-511-22 Annual general report 1927 12-10-1928 - 26-11-1928 — Page 32

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These figures are affected by the stoppage due to vessels of the China Navigation Co. being laid up from 1st July 1927 to 7th Septem-

ber 1927.

British River Steamers show an increase of 3,273 ships and an increase of 1,826,653 tons.

Foreign River Steamers show an increase of 935 ships and an increase of 453,420 tons.

In steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in Foreign Trade there is an increase of 5,064 ships entered and cleared giving an in- crease in tonnage of 146,044 tons.

Junks in Foreign Trade show an increase of 9,027 vessels entered and cleared giving an increase of 1,651,325 tons.

In the Local Trade a decrease is shown in the number and tonnage of steam launches due to the extension of the Harbour limits, which now include places for which statistics were formerly required.

A comparison between the years 1926 and 1927 is given in the following table :-

1926.

1927.

Increase.

Decrease.

Class of Vessels

No.

Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.

No.

Tonnage.

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In Local Trade (i.e. between places within the waters of the Colony) there is a decrease in entrances and clearances of steam launches of 280,269 which gives a decrease in tonnage of 8,178,174 tons.

Junks in Local Trade show a decrease of 2,355 vessels entered and cleared and an increase of 45,989 tons.

Of vessels of European construction, 5,316 ocean-going, 4,353 river steamers and 3,936 steamships not exceeding 60 tons entered suring the year, giving a daily average of 37.3 ships as compared with 20.8 ships in 1926 and 28.9 ships in 1925.

Ocean-going steamers entered as follows:-

Steamers.

No. of times entered.

Total Tonnage

Flag.

1926. 1927. 1926, 1927.

1926.

1927.

British Ocean-

going,

Foreign Oceau

going,

3,401

1,468

British River

Steamers,... 4,276 Foreign River

5,473,429 7,549

9.257.417 3,861 9,660,410 460 403,023

12,057,279 6,767 | 16,039,724 2,299 3,982,445

7,300,082 3,273 | 1,826,653

British, Japanese,

339 346 1,6865,702 4,597,357

207

264

755 1,109

8,466,960 2,236,359 2,927,207

U.S.A.,

69

79

236 245

1,510,383

1,495,775

Chinese,

61

81

606 1,315

245,697

847,073

Steamers,... 230

107,735 1,165

561,155 935

453,420

German,

34

43

90 151

373,318 487,160

Steamships

under 60 tons For- eign Trade... 2,829 Junks, Foreign

Trade, 15,027

Danish,

14

11

23

48

78,025

153,341

Dutch,

40

41

232

251

785,606

849,766

$7,330 7,893

1,387,914 21,054

233,374 5,064

3,039,239 9,027 | 1,651,325

146,041

French,

31

32

108 246

445,567

629,144

Italian,

9

27

26

127,870

141,566

Panaman,

1

9,953

Total, Foreign

Trade,

Norwegian,

472

152,641

657,005

30,231 28,371,104 51.289 36,834,014 21,058 | 8,462,910

Portuguese.

33

73

23,856

15,526

Steam Laun-

Russian,

241

ches. Local

Swedish,

9

12

30

46,180

103,182

Trade......... 499,824, 13,950,144 219,555 5,771,970,

280,860 8,178,174

Spanish,

19,236

Junks, Local!

Belgian,

3,181

Trade, |*30,218, *1,475,188 +27,863 1,521,177

45,980

Mexican,

1,183

2,355

Grand Total.. 560,273 43,796,436298,707 44.127,161 21,058 8,508,599 282,624 8,178,174

Net,

330,725 261,566

* Including 16,294 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 736,688 tons.

+

15,358

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of 993,280

1)

Total.

869

*

*

997 3,930 9,669 10,619,560 16,774,788

*(River Steamers included.)

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