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The 250 foreign ships that entered in 1895 carried 1,583 Officers, of whom 132 were British as follows:-
In Chinese ships,
98
Japanese,, French
32
2
""
Total,......
.........................................................................132 Officers.
The proportion of Britishers in Foreign ships was therefore 8.3 % distributed under 3 different Flags of which the Chinese takes over 6 %.
TRADE.
11. In European constructed vessels the general trade from places other than China and adjacent countries was as follows :-
IMPORTS.
Vessels with cargo.
Vessels in ballast.
Cargo discharged.
Cargo
in transit.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
British, Foreign,..
1,271,949
11,441
1,070,788
709,757
552,821
19,783
416,094
231,468
TOTAL,..... 1,824,770
31,224
1,486,882
941,225
From places in and adjacent to China.
Vessels with cargo.
Vessels in ballast.
Cargo discharged.
Cargo
in transit.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
British, Foreign,..
2,798,639
213,313
884,524
446,707
728,137
174,215
523,822
235,951
TOTAL,.... 3,526,776
387,528
1,408,346
682,658
EXPORTS.
To places other than China and adjacent countries.
Vessels with cargo.
Vessels in ballast.
Cargo shipped.
Cargo
in transit.
Tons.
British, Foreign,....
930,427 407,501
Tons.
130,718
Tons.
Tons.
645,493
77,145
77,248
224,636
37,102
TOTAL,................ 1,337,928
207,966
870,129
114,247
To places in and adjacent to China,
Vessels with cargo.
Vessels in ballast.
Cargo shipped.
Cargo in transit.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
British, Foreign,....
3,079,046
152,104
457,807
167,001
850,009
126,235
335,071
106,622
TOTAL,..
3,929,055
278,339
792,878
273,623
12. 4,450 Steamers, 96 sailing vessels and 26.554 junks entered during the year, giving a daily average of 85 vessels as against 75 in 1894. (It is worthy of note that on one occasion during the year, viz., at 10 a.m. 5th April there were in the harbour 241 trading vessels, viz.:-69 steamers, 8 sailing vessels and 164 junks.)
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