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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH AUGUST, 1879.

NOTICE.

It is hereby notified, that Ships conveying Chinese Passengers under the provisions of Ordi- nance No. 5 of 1874, will not be allowed to carry them on the Upper or Weather Deck between the 1st of June, and the 15th of October, inclusive.

H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Emigration Officer, &c.

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Harbour Department,

Hongkong, 27th May, 1879.

No. 177.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Annual Report of the Harbour Master, with Returns annexed, for the Year 1878, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th August, 1879.

[No. 58.]

FREDERICK STEWART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 6th March, 1879.

SIR, I have the honour to forward the Annual Returns of this Department, connected with the Trade, &c. of the Colony, for the year ending the 31st December, 1878.

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 Formosa.

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.

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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 Ordinance No. 10 of 1860, (Imperial Registry).

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. This year's report of the Trade of the Colony compares favourably with that of 1877.

3. During the year just past 3,057 vessels, exclusive of junks, measuring 2,591,172 tons were entered at this Office; this is an increase on 1877 of 188 vessels and 145,417 tons.

4. Of the 3,057 vessels above mentioned, 2,169 with a tonnage of 1,923,263 tons, or 70.95 per cent. of vessels and 74.23 per cent. of tonnage, were British; the remaining 29.05 per cent. of vessels and 25.77 per cent. of tons are divided among the other Nationalities in the following proportions Germany, 367 vessels with a tonnage of 209,204 tons, or 12.01 per cent. of vessels and 8.07 per cent. of tons; France, 146 vessels with a tonnage of 177,156 tons, or 4.77 per cent. of vessels and 6.83 per cent. of tons; America, 107 vessels with a tonnage of 115,218 tons, or 3.50 per cent of vessels and 4.45 per cent. of tons; China, 76 vessels with a tonnage of 63,742 tons, or 2.49 per cent. of vessels and 2.46 per cent. of tons; Spain, 76 vessels with a tonnage of 29,290 tons, or 2.49 per cent. of vessels and 1.13 per cent of tons; Siam, 44 vessels with a tonnage of 22,829 tons,

or 1.44 per cent. of vessels and 0.89 per cent. of tons; Denmark, 25 vessels with a tonnage of 15,616 tons, or 0.82 per cent. of vessels and 0.60 per cent. of tons; and Holland, 19 vessels with a tonnage of 15,965 tons, or 0.62 per cent. of vessels and 0.61 per cent. of tons.