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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JUNE, 1905.

8. The total reported Import Trade of the Port for 1904 amounted to 26,588 vessels of 11,205,516 tous, carrying 7,889,978 tons of cargo. of which 4.738,052 tons were discharged at Hongkong. This does not include the number, tonnage. or cargo of Junks, or Steam Launches employed in Local Trade,

Cargo.

Country.

Ships.

Tons.

Discharged. In Transit.

CLASS I.

Canada,..

25

74,024 15,062

500

Continent of Europe,

113

352,335 94,506 323,409

Great Britain.

260

739,253 320,546 950,856

Mauritius,

1,329 2,000

United States of America,

131

478,291 286,878 147,649

CLASS II.

Australia and New Zealand,

India and Straits Settlements,.

Japan,.

Java and Indian Archipelago, North & South Pacific,

Russia-in-Asia.......

CLASS III.

530 1,645,232 718,4921,422,414

45 85,050 55,283 33,165 232

542,597 322,326|| 378,892 393 1,213,452 986,803 487,470 137 230,298 294,443 116,725

3

91

1,024 690 19,273 10,500 16,987

819 2,091,694|1,670,0451,033,239

36 59,754 73,430 1,100 1,421 1,585,760| 344,026 567,250 201 218,685 304,163 56,330 101 87,406 22,306

North Borneo,

Coast of China.

Cochin-China,

Formosa,

Philippine Islands,

248

311,008 77,015

13,788

Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,

331

229,006 218,287

53,005

Siam,...

285

305,738 513,725 4,800

Kiaochow,

Weihaiwei,

Macao.

35

8,427 2,616

CLASS IV.

River Steamers,--Canton, Macao and West River,

2,658 2,805,7841,555,568 696,273

3,454 3,085,040 206,534

CLASS V.

Steam-Launches trading to Ports outside the Colony,.

1,027| 52,892 7,060

CLASS VI.

Junks in Foreign Trade..

18,100 1,524,874 580,353

Total,......................

26,588 11,205,5164,738,052 3,151,926

905

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