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3. The following statement shows how the amount of shipping is apportioned.
Comparative Shipping Return for the Years 1893 and 1894.
1893.
1894.
INCREASE,
DECREASE.
Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.
British, Foreign,
Junk in Foreign
Trade,....
6.128 7,732,195 6,022 7,778,396 2,030| 2,803,664 | 2,130 2.690,786
47,197 3,488.007 45,861 3,482,124
:
46,201 106
200 112,878 1,936
5,883
Total,
55,955 | 14,023,806 54,313 | 13,951,306
Junks in Local
Trade,.....
9,886 325,256 | 8,478 297,364
1,408 27,892
Grand Total.... 65,841 | 14,840,122 62,791||14,248,670
46,201 | 3,050 | 146,653
NET...........
3,050 | 100,452
4. The 1,646 British ships, exclusive of river steamers, that entered the port in 1894, carried 11,402 British officers and 197 foreigners as follows:-
British, American,
Austrians,
Danes,
Germans,
Portuguese, Swedes,
.11,402
83
18
12
32
31
21
11,599
100 of the British officers belonged to the Royal Naval Reserve 14 of them being engineers.
The 1,214 foreign ships, exclusive of river steamers, that entered in 1894, carried 856 British officers:-
In American ships,.
Chinese
**
79
German
"
"
Japanese
"
18 ..552
30
...........256
856
5. The number of European constructed vessels, exclusive of river steamers, that entered the port during the year is shown in the following tables, distinction being drawn between (i) those that entered eight times and less, or on an average at intervals of six weeks; (ii) those that entered from nine to twelve times, i.e., on an average once a month, and (iii) those that entered thirteen times and oftener, or more frequently than once a month.
The second table divides the steamers into nationalities, and gives the numbers of ships and num- bers of entries for each.
EIGHT TIMES AND UNDER.
NINE TO TWELVE,
THIRTEEN TIMES AND OVER.
TOTAL.
FLAG.
Sbips.
No. of times
enter- el.
Steam Total Tonnage.
Ships.
No. of timea enter- edi.
Sailing Total Tonnage.
No, of times
Ships enter-
el,
Steam Total Ships. Tonnage.
No. of times enter- ed.
Steam Total Ships.! Tonnage,
¡No. of ¡
times enter- ed.
Steam and Sail Total Tonnage.
British.
211
731 1,264,777
American,
6
20
44.723
32 32
40 48.004 35 45,202
25 258 310,778! 28
614
629,096
296 1,646 | 2,252,710
RE
55
:
89,925
Austrian,
6
22
57.223
G
22
57,223
Chinese,
13
48
37,917
8,442
2
49
Danish,
3
1,788
593
3
93
73,788 42,506
16
106
120,147
5 102
41,889
Dutch,
6
15
19.295
French,
11
60
112,139
2
55
German,
47 187
281,200
8,295
95 77,600
17
352
6 40,6itā 13 115 311,882
15
19,295
152,784
78 439
€75,980
Italian,
3
13
19,238
1,578
5
16
20,816
Japanese,
18
49
76,735
18
49
76,735
Norwegian,
10
25
20,578
1,848
22.154
33,783
15
78,363
Nicaraguan,
673
Russian,
1
1
2.785
Siamese,
}
656
Spanish,
2
4
2,448
1
1
70
673 2,785
650 2,518
Hawaiian,
2
2 2,505
2,505
Total...
3331,181 1,940,846
79
93 104,486 36 373 | 418,972 54 | 1,213 | 1,131,700 5012,860 3,596,004
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