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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30т¤ APRIL, 1898.
IMPORTS AND Exports.
Trade of the Port of Hongkong for the Year 1897.
British,
Foreign,
TONS.
Passen- Ligers
No. of Dis- Shipped, Ships.Charged.
Bunker
Coal Total.
Register Carried.
Transit. Shipped.
ed Tonnage.
3,688|1.374,965|@1,064,339 1,115,706 237,5003,792,510 4,884,045) 290,702
3.161|1.221,493|| 6918,332|| 735,756 184,7573,091,338 3.855,833 130,551
River
Steamers
3,095 @146,603!
90,514
(British),.
23,712 260,889 3,381,721 988,046
Total,... 9,944 €2,713,061|€2,103,215 1,852,462 445,999|7,144.737|12,124,5991,409,302
Junks in
Foreign
57,803ƒ535,249| g674,108|
1,209,357| 8,441,295) 237,718
Trade,
Total,... 67,74738,278,810| 2,777,323 1,852,162. 145,999|8,354,094 15,565,8941,617,020
Junks in
Local
9,546 136,418] 10,212
Trade,
146,630
372,280 4,996
Grand Total,... 77,2933,414,728 2,787,535 1,852,462′ 445,999 8,500,724 15,938,174 1,652,016
a Kerosine, 21,720 tons and 19 cases.
> Kerosine, 29,876 and 20
8,870
Bulk.
3)
Total,...38,746
Tea, 1,577 tous.
Kerosine, 51,598 tons and 1 cases,
8,870 Bulk,
Total,...60,468
d Tea, 4,577 tons.
f Includes Tea, 2,787 tons; Vegetable Oil, 1,761 tons; Rice, 39,301 tons.
# Includes Kerosine, 21,253 tons and 3 cases: Rice and Paddy, 209.197 tons,
h 132,090 tons of Earth and Stones.
IMPORTS.
EUROPEAN-CONSTRUCTED VESSELS.
371
1896.
1897.
Increase.
Decrease.
No.
Tommage. No. Tonnage.
No.
Tonnage.
No.
Tonnage.
Steamers,
3,185
River Steamers,..
1,393
Sailing Vessels, .
100
4,382,397 3,071 4,262,283
1,680,985 1,547 1,694,077
105,370
356 107,280
114
120,114
154
18,092
256
1,910
Total,..
4,678
6,168,752
4,974 6,063,640
410
15,002
114
120,114
Nett,.......
296
105,112
Imported tons,******
2,791,889
2,743,061
48,828
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