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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 4, 1906..

APPENDIX C.

563

MARINE SURVEYOR'S OFFICE.

3. During the year, 188 vessels of 421,521 gross register tons were surveyed for Passen- ger Certificate and Bottom Inspection.

Of these, 115 of 297,811 tons were British and 73 of 123 710 tons were Foreign vessels viz.:-51 German of 86,139 tons, 9 French of 13,178 tons, 6 Chinese of 12,821 tons, 5 Norwegian of 6,439 tons, and 2 Italian of 5,133 tons. A comparison with the work for 1885, so far as Passenger Certificate and Bottom Inspection are concerned, may be of interest.

In that year the total tonnage surveyed was 242,801, of which 177,388 was British and 65,413 foreign.

The increase in British and Foreign shipping combined is, therefore, 178,720 tons or 73.6 per cent., as compared with that of twenty years ago.

In British shipping the proportion is 120,423 tons or 67.9 per cent. and in Foreign shipping 58,297 tons or 89.1 per cent.

During the year, 92 emigration surveys were held, of which 49 were on British and 44 on Foreign vessels; 17 vessels were measured for registration purposes, and 1 Foreign vessel for certificate of British tonnage; 1 inspection of crew space and 7 minor inspections took place.

193 passenger launches were surveyed, 23 boilers were inspected during construction, and 172 inspections of Government launches were made while under repair.

RETURN of WORK performed by the Government Marine SurveyoOR'S DEPARTMENT DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS.

Years.

1896,

142

68

1897, 158

79

1898,

164

1899.

144

1900, 151

1901,

157

92

1902,

175

93

1903, 190

111

1904. 1905,

196

125

188

93

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3-12 OCTNN-

97

20

37

77

66

1,409

109

96

51

1,631

121

48

1,729

134

78 1,602

187

124

1,834

217

102

88

118

2,031

210

25

126

109

76

1.768

184

30

126

85

72

2,107

203

45

126

82

104 2,140

193

23

172

77

81 1,989

APPENDIX D.

GUNPOWDER DEPOT.

4. During the year 1905 there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depût Stonecutters' Island :---

Approxi-

No. of cases.

mate

weight.

lbs.

Gunpowder, privately owned,

Do. Government owned,.

Cartridges, privately owned,..

Do. Government owned,

5,743

123,315

1,229

103,726

2,180

483,575

1,445

336,845

Explosive Compounds, privately owned,..

860

48,328

Do.,

Government owned,

1,967

133,616

Non-explosives, privately owned,

Do.,

Government owned,

29 1,287

3,500

123,542

Total,

14,740 1,806,447

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