Sessional_Paper_1896 — Page 158

20.

286

IMPORTS (EXCLUDING RIVER STEAMERS).

Steamers, ............2,955 measuring 4,014,845 tons.

Sailing Ships,.........

96

Total,.....3,051

Imported 2,760,954 tons of cargo as under :----

ARTICLES.

99,558

31

""

4,114,403

1894.

1895.

INCREASE. DECREASE.

Beans,

8,995

3,848

147

Bones,

2,040

2,340

300

Coal,

562,909

563,767

858

Copra,

10

10

Coffee,

500

500

Cotton,.

50

50

Ebony,

400

400

...

Flour,

60,250

101,767

41,617

Hemp,

1,200

1,200

Kerosine (Bulk),.

31,462

24,450

Kerosine (Case),.

68,905

42,601

7,012 26,304

(1,929,340 cases) (1,192,828 cases)

(736,512 cases)

Lead,

***

1,350

1,350

Oil,.......

3,804

3,348

456

Opium,

2,825

2,464

361

Peas,

1,060

1,060

Rattan,

625

625

Rice,

619,075

764,368

145,293

Salt,.

6,250

6,250

Saltpetre,

50

50

Sandal-wood,.

1,625

1,262

363

Sapan-wood,

1,300

600

700

Sulphur,..

500

500

Sugar,

170,499

185,616

15,117

Tca,

Timber,

Vermicelli,

General,.

350 16,040 170 1,079,676

TOTAL,.....

2,625,610

20 26,389 800 1,026,004

2,760,954

330

10,349

630

53,672

225,374

90,030

155

21. The above table shows that the chief increase in imports during the year were in Flour (41,517 tons), Rice (145,293 tons), Sugar (15,117 tons), and Timber (10,349 tons), while the decrease is shown in 33,316 tons of Kerosine and 53,672 tons under the head of " General.

22.

EXPORTS (EXCLUDING RIVER STEAMERS).

Steamers,.

..2,957 measuring 3,999,745 tons.

Sailing vessels,...................

94

23

97,348,

Total.........3,051

4,097,093

""

Exported 1,551,184 tons of cargo, and shipped 366,060 tons of bunker coal. Compared with last year, this gives 188 ships more, measuring 498,242 tons, carrying 46,374 more tons of cargo, and shipping 32,809 more tons of bunker coal.

23. European constructed vessels imported 1,232,221 tons in excess of exports. Junks exported an excess of 451,691 tons. The excess of imports is thus reduced to 780,530 tons, from this must be deducted 366,060 tons of bunker coal shipped (exclusive of that supplied to Her Majesty's ships and foreign men-of-war), leaving a balance of 414,470 tons consumed, manufactured and in stock in the Colony or unaccounted for.

24. The river steamers, aggregating 3,314,090 tons, imported 134,274 tons of cargo, exported 111,823 tons, shipped 21,810 tons of bunker coal, and conveyed 928,825 passengers, showing an increase under each heading except "passengers," the number of whom carried was reduced by 113,133 for the year.