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No.

421

24

1900

HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE HARBOUR MASTER FOR 1899.

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

No. 71.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 24th February, 1900.

SIR-I have the honour to forward the Annual Report for this Department for the year ending 31st December, 1899.

I. Number, Tounage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels entered.

II. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels cleared.

III. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels entered at each Port.

IV. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels cleared at each Port.

V. Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels of each Nation entered. VI. Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels of each. Nation cleared. VII. Juuks entered from China and Macao.

VIII. Juuks cleared for China and Macao.

IX. Total Number of Junks entered at each Port.

X. Total Number of Junks cleared at each Port.

XI. Juuks (Local trade) entered.

XII. Junks (Local trade) cleared.

XIII. Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all Vessels.

XIV. Licensed Steam Launches entered and cleared.

XV. Vessels registered.

XVI. Vessels struck off the Register.

XVII. Chinese Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer (Summary).

XVIII. Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Hongkong from places out of China (Summary).

XIX. Marine Magistrate's Court.

XX. Diagrain of Tonnage of Vessels entered.

XXI. Statement of Revenue Collected.

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

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

SHIPPING.

1. The total tonnage entering and clearing during the year 1899 amounted to 18,101,309 tons, being an increase, compared with 1898, of $35,529 tons, and the same number in excess of any previous year.

There were 44,278 arrivals of 9,052,501 tons, and 44,349 departures of 9,048,808 tons.

Of British Ocean-going tonnage 2.587,478 tons entered, and 2,587,369 tons cleared.

Of River Steamers (British) 1.774.728 tons entered and 1,775,441 tons cleared; making a grand total of British tonnage of 8,725,016 tons entering and clearing,

Of Foreign Ocean-going tonnage 2.352,740 tons entered, and 2.347,745 tons cleare I.

Of Foreign River Steamers 5,823 tons entered, and 5,823 tons cleared; making a grand total

of Foreign Tonnage of 4,712,181 tons entering and clearing.

Of junks in Foreign Trade, 1,849,435 tons entered and 1,846,749 tons cleared.

Of junks in Local Trade, 482.297 tons entered, and 485,681 tons cleared.

Thus-

British Ocean-going tonnage represented 28.5%.

River

19.5%.

Foreign Ocean-going

25.8%.

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River

0.6%.

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Junk (Foreign Trade)

20.3%.

(Local Trade)

5.3%.

2. Five thousand three hundred and eighty-six (5.386) steamers, 58 sailing vessels, and 22,566 junks in Foreign Trade entered during the year. giving a daily average of 76.9 as against 96 in 1898.

For European-constructed vessels the daily average entry would be 14.91, against 15.17 in 1898, and, of the steamers entering, 68.17% were British,