328
Of Junks in Local Trade, 916,016 tons entered, and 903,313 tons cleared.
Thus-
British Ocean-going tonnage represented,
27.94%
River
99
Foreign Ocean-going
"
>>
River
27
16.52%
30.25%
0.89%
77
75
Steam Launches in Foreign Trade,, Junks
0.91%
15.04%
""
>>
12
27
Local
8.45%
>>
100.00°/°
A comparison between the years 1901 and 1902 is given in the following
Steam Launches are not included.
Table.
1901.
1902.
Increase.
Decrease.
Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.
British...
6,715 9,213,639| 7,102| 9,571,787 387 358,148 Foreign,
4,092 | 5,345,502| 5,359 | 6,704,211 1,267 1,358,709| Junks in Foreign 35,394 3,266,168 36,245 3,238,239 | $51
Trade,
27,929
41,235 1,334,947 50.743
Total,..... 46.201|17,825,309 48,706 | 19,514,287 | 2,505 1,716,857
Junks in Local
Trade,
27,929
1,819,329 9.508; 44,382
Grand Total,... 87,436 19,160,256 99,449 21,333,566 12,013 2,201,230
27,920
NET,.
12,013 2,173,310
For vessels under the British Flag, this Table shows an increase of 387 ships of 358,148 tons. These figures are, however, misleading, for River Steamers are responsible for an increase of 397 ships of 157,539 tons. This leaves a net decrease of 10 Ocean-going ships, with an increase in tonnage of 200,609 tons.
The above increase in River Steamers is due to the fact that the one vessel which ran in 1901 and not in 1902 is more than counterbalanced by two which started to run at the end of 1901, and two which started to run at the beginning of 1902.
The fall of 10 Ocean-going vessels is a genuine decrease, which loses a por- tion of its significance when we consider the increased size of vessels as evidenced by the increase in tonnage.
For vessels under Foreign Flags, we find a large increase, viz., 1,267 ships of 1,358,709 tons, of which 301 ships of 93,627 tons are due to River Steamers, one new French vessel having started to run in 1902, and another French ship having run more often in 1902 than in 1901. The remainder, 966 ships of 1,285,082 tons, is due to-
1. An increase of 453 Norwegian ships of 372,021 tons
186 German
169,Chinese
2.
$9.
3.
17
22
77
"
4.
772
77
77
150 Japanese
of 221,619 of 307,897 of 342,668
"
17
"
and smaller increases in other nationalities.
The actual number of ships of European construction (exclusive of River Steamers and Steam Launches), entering the Port during 1902, was 718, of which 350 were British, and 368 Foreign. These 718 ships entered 4,047 times, giving a total tonnage entered of 6,284,258 tons. Thus, compared with 1901, 37 more ships entered 477 more times, and give a total tonnage increased by 728,926 tons.
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