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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5ти JUNE, 1897.

IMPORTS.

Junks.

Foreign trade, 29,848 measuring 1,881,746 tons.

Local trade,

5,718

Total,......35,566

Imported 633,547 tons as under :—

Tea,

Oil,.

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Earth and Stones, General,

205,768

2,087,514

"

3,920 tons.

1,290

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126,140

..502,197

Total,............633,547

EXPORTS.

Junks.

Foreign trade, 29,728 measuring 1,885,657 tons.

Local trade,

5,817

Total........35,545

209,386

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2,095,043

Exported 1,035,081 tons as under :----

Kerosine....

Rice and Paddy,

Earth and Stones,

General,

20,767 cons.

479,783

722 534,409

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Total,..........1,035,081

42. European constructed vessels imported 1,165,097 tons in excess of exports; junks exported an excess of 401,534 tons. The excess of imports is thus reduced to 76,563 tons, from this must be deducted 413,396 tons of bunker coal shipped leaving a balance of 350,137 tons consumed, manufac- tured, and in stock in the Colony or unaccounted for.

43. The River Steamers aggregating 3,361,961 tons, inwards and outwards, imported 154,367 tons of cargo, exported 107,087 tons, shipped 21,120 tons of bunker coal, and conveyed 897,843 passengers,

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PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

Arriculs,

Departures.

British ships,

...145,871

147,570 including Emigrants.

Foreign ships,

71.987

65,984

"

River Steamers,

457,631

440,212

Launches (outside waters of the)

Colony),

ther

63,178

60,993

J

Junks (Foreign Trade),

..102,349

101.757

841,016

816,516

Excess of arrivals over departures (Foreign Trade)........

.24,500

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Arrivals.

Junks, Local Trade,

Launches,

5,602 ....2,087,192

2,093,094

Departures.

4.406 2,099,199

2,103,605

Excess of departures over arrivals (Local Trade),.......

Difference excess of arrivals,

10,511

.....13,989