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No. 11

90.

HONGKONG.

THE HARBOUR MASTER'S REPORT FOR 1889.

Presented to the Legislative Council, by Command of His Excellency

the Officer Administering the Government.

No. 106.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 8th March, 1890.-

SIR,-I have the honour to forward the following Annual Returns for this Department for the year ending 31st December, 1889.

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 Forinosa.

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 (1.ocal Trade) cleared.

XV. Summary of Arrirals 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 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.

XXIII. Return of the work performed by the Government Marine Surveyor.

XXIV. Return from Imports and Exports (Opium) Office.

SHIPPING.

2. The Shipping Returns show 30,777 Arrivals with a tonnage of 6,371,087 tons, and 30,611 Departures of C.301,604 tons, making a grand total of 61,388 vessels and 12,672,691 tons.

3. The following statement shows how this amount of shipping is apportioned :-

Ships.

Tonnage.

British,

5,212

6,500,869

Foreign,

2,376

2,471,121

Junks in Foreign Trade,

45,568

3,417,331

53,156

12,389,321

Junks in Local Trade,.

8,232

283,370

Grand Total,

61,388

12,672,691

4. Compared with 1888, there has been an increase of British tonnage amounting to 26,526 tons, and a decrease of foreign tonnage of 61,213 tons. There has also been a decrease in the Junk trade of 289,018 tons.