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8. The total reported Import Trade of the Port for 1903 amounted to 24,819 vessels of 10,959,293 tons, carrying 7,392,220 tons of cargo, of which 4,517,370 tons were discharged at Hongkong. This does not include the number, tonnage, or cargo of Junks, or Steam Launches employed in Local Trade.

Corgo.

Country.

CLASS I.

Ships.

Tons.

Discharged. In transit.

Canada,

Great Britain,

Mauritius,

24

68,807

10,749

Continent of Europe,

United States of America,

137

254,396

143,851

225,350

166

506,686

234,419

592,898

3

3,357

2,250

154

511,668

233,774

117,066

CLASS II.

484 1,344,914

625,043

935,314

Australia and New Zealand,...

52 103,267

71,530

26,741

India and Straits Settlements,

250

613,212

407,716

467,954

Japan,.......

449

1,036,061

974,380

343,557

Java and Indian Archipelago,

163

259,959

313,202

60,494

North Pacific,

5

1,994

2,260

Russia-in-Asia,

5,309

143

CLASS III.

921

2,019,802 1,769,088

898,889

North Borneo,

43

65,058

68,337

6,509

Coast of China,

1,651

2,194,805

287,075

905,844

Cochin-China,

195

214,297

244,255

48,870

Formosa,

112

88,230

30,034

Philippine Islands,

319

504,707

70,832

8,825

Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,

351

253,499

237,080

62,899

Siam,

308

358,098

353,248

4,000

Kiaochow,

1

3,883

1,000

3,600

Weihaiwei,

9,465

500

200

Macao,

30

7,427

2,027

CLASS IV.

3,014 | 3,699,469 | 1,294,388 | 1,040,747

River Steamers,-Canton, Macao and West

River,

2,832 | 2,454,868

296,791

CLASS V.

Steam-launches trading to Ports outside the

Colony,.......

1,765 93,239

15,288

CLASS VI.

Junks in Foreign Trade,

15,803 1,347,001

516,772

Total,..

24,819 10,959,293 | 4,517,370 | 2,874,950