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hitherto postponed for various reasons, was an outstanding feautre of the work engaged in. It is intended to dredge this channel to a depth of 31 feet at lowest low water. A drag suction dredger, which will be one of the largest dredgers in the world, as been ordered from Germany for use on the entrance bar of the Yangtze River. This bar is over 2 miles in width, and the length of the approach affected by it is some 20 miles, which particulars will give some idea of the magnitude of the task confronting the new dredger in opening and maintaining a deeper channel through the bar and through a sufficient length of its approach. The number of vessels entering and clearing under General Regulations at the port of Shanghai was 18,115, aggregating 35.2 million tons; and the number entering and clearing under Inland Waters Steam Navigation Regulations was 28,270, aggregating 4.1 million tons. The total tonnage entering and clearing was thus 39.3 million. Entrances alone amounted to 19.7 million tons, an increase of 0.8 mlilion tons

tons over the figures for the previous year. These statistics are exclusive of the 61,401 junks entered and cleared. The combined figures for entrances and clearances for the domestic and foreign traffic under General Regulations show that British-flag vessels led the Shanghai shipping list with 13 million tons, followed by Chinese-flag vessels with 6.7 million, Japanese-flag vessels with 5.9 million, American-flag vessels with million, and Norwegian-flag vessels with 2 million tons.

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