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Similarly, the Export Trade from the Port was represented by 26,309 vessels of 9,841,965 tons, carrying 3,146,144 tons of Cargo, and shipping 654,274 tons of Bunker Coal.

Country.

Cargo.

Ships.

Tons.

Shipped. Bunker Coal.

CLASS I.

Canada,

22

57,075 25,061

Continent of Europe,.

38

153,775

27,734

9,785

Great Britain,

76

254,564

50,012

1,508

Mauritius,

3

3,195

1,310

1,920

United States,

124

346,166

180,847

360

CLASS II.

263

$14,775

284,964

13,573

Australia and New Zealand,.....

43

83.226

43,700

10,947

India and Straits Settlements,

269

610,279

298,922

76,541

Japan,......

420

940,873

183,592

47,542

Java and Indian Archipelago,

50

73,410

15,052

14.255

North Pacific,

2,742

1,800

1,170

Russia-in-Asia,

8,960

8,400

690

CLASS III.

794

1,719,490

551,466

151,145

North Borneo,

37

43,175

4,465

9,020

Coast of China,

1,764

2,464,262

760,796

209,924

Cochin-China,

213

264,685

60,199

57,701

Formosa....

59

58,478

49,198

5,870

Philippine Islands,.............

217

308,915

145,818

49,727

Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,.

431

311,425

173,256

55,231

Port Arthur,

1

2,140

400

Siam,

239

243,179

40,401

58,662

Kiaochow,

3,470

1,500

860

Wei-hai-wei,

9,873

4,500

1,000

CLASS IV.

2,972

3,709,602 1,240,133

448,395

River Steamers,---Canton, Macao and West

River,

2,193

1,876,147 144,304

28,627

CLASS V.

Steam-launches trading to Ports outside the i

Colony,

1,820

97,607 30,386 12,534

CLASS VI.

Junks in Foreign Trade......

Total.......

18,267

1,624,344

894,891

26,309 | 9,841,965 | 3,146,144 654,274

9. During the year 1902, 12,461 vessels of European construction, of 16,275,998 tons (net register), reported having carried 9,198,467 tons of Cargo, as

follows:-

Import Cargo,

.3,963,463

Export Transit

.2,220,867

*

.2,372,397

Bunker Coal shipped,

641,740

9,198,467