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SUPPLEMENT

To the HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of 29th March, 1884.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 115.

The following Annual Report from the Harbour Master, with the Returns accompanying it, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th March, 1884.

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 68.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 26th February, 1884.

SIR,-I have the honour to forward the Annual Returns of this Department for the year ending the 31st December, 1883.

I. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered.

II. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared.

III. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation entered.

IV. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation cleared.

V. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered at each Port.

VI. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared at each Port. VII. Return of Junks entered from Macao.

VIII. Return of Junks cleared for Macao.

IX. Return of Junks entered at each Port from China and Forınosa.

X. Return of Junks cleared at each Port for China and Formosa.

XI. Gross Total Number of Junks entered at each Port.

XII. Gross Total Number of Junks cleared at each Port.

XIII. Return of Junks (Local Trade) entered.

XIV. Return of Junks (Local Trade) cleared.

XV. Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all vessels, and of all Chinese Passengers. XVI. Return of Vessels registered.

XVII. Return of Vessels struck off the Register.

XVIII. Amount of Fees received under Section 3 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1879.

XIX. Return of Chinese Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer.

XX. Return of Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Hongkong from Places out of China. XXI. Return of Marine Cases tried.

XXII. Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.

SHIPPING.

2. The total number of vessels arrived in 1883 is 27,657, measuring 5,301,667 tons or a decrease of 1,011 vessels, but an increase of 325,434 tons on the arrivals in 1882.

3. This difference is made up as follows:-

Year.

Junks.

Tons. Steamers. Tons.

Sailing Vessels.

Tons.

1882, 1883,

25,231 24,258

1,805,390 3,054 2,943,867 1,851,239 3,012 3,215,569

383 226,976 387 234,859

Increase,

45,849

271,702

4

7,883

Decrease,

973

42

The above will show at a glance that the vessels arriving here in the year under review are of greater tonnage than those which arrived in 1882.

4. There is an average daily arrival in this Port of (leaving out decimals) 66 Junks measuring 5.072 tons; 8 Steam-ships measuring 8,809 tons; and 1 Sailing ship measuring 641 tons; or a total of 75 vessels a day, exclusive of the traffic between Victoria and the outstations of Yau-ma Ti, Shau-ki Wan, Stanley, and Aberdeen in small Junks and Steam launches.