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The total number of tons carried, was, therefore, 51.3% of the total net register tonnage (or 65.4% exclusive of River Steamers), and was apportioned as follows:

Imports--

British ships,

.1,899,212

Foreign do.,

.2,086,098

-3,985,310

Exports-

British ships,

.1,243,987

Foreign do.,

.1,001,132

-2,245,119

Transit--

British ships,

.1,551,536

Foreign do.,

...1,323,414

-2,874,950

Bunker Coal-

British ships,

Foreign do.,

Grand Total,.

288,293

374,733

663,026

.9,768,405

Trade of the Port of Hongkong for the Year 1903.

TONS.

Passengers.

No. of

Ships.

Dis- charged.

Shipped.

In Transit.

Bunker Coal Shipped.

Total.

Registered Tonnage.

Eini- grants.

Arrived.

Departed.

British Ocean-going,

Foreign Ocean-going,

British River Steamers,

Foreign River Steamers...........

3,986 1,657,515 | 1,112,638 | 1,551,536

4,845 2,031,004 938,825 | 1,323,414

4,463 241,697 131,349

1,195 55,094 62,307

256,923 | 4,578,612 6,778,431 152,687

20.369 50,681

368,350 4,661,593 7,333,752 100,012 72,978 27.708

31,370 404,416 4,471,862 800,512 757,523

6,393 123,784 434,363 83,057 81,231

Total..........

14,489 3,085,310 | 2,245,119 | 2,874,950

663,026 | 9,768,405 | 19,018,411

1,136,227

1,002,101 83,38+

Steam-launches trading to

ports outside the Colony,

3,530

15,288 22,198

12,865

50,351 186,473

46.529

46,941

Total,.

18.019 1,000,598 | 2,267,317 | 2,874,950

Junks trading to ports out.

side the Colony,

31,766 516,772 767,366

Total Foreign Trade,

71

49.785 4,517,370 3,081,683 | 2,874,950

675,891 | 9,818,756 | 19,204,889 1,182,756 1,049,045 83.384

1.284,13$ 2,098,459

675,891 11,102,894 21,903,348 1.232.025 1,099,781 $3,384

49.269

50,736

Steam - launches plying within waters of the Colony,*

288,072

Junks, Local Trade....................

Total Local Trade,

58,215 235,180 50,156

810,287 235,180 50,456

23.936

23.936 8,458,306 4,529,975 4,530,666

285.636 2,136,514

79,318

81,911

23,936

309,572 | 10,624,820

1,609.293 4,615,607 £3,381

699,827 11,412,466 | 32,528.168

5,841,318 5,713,388 83,384

Grand Total,...... 396,072 4,752,550 | 3,085,139 | 2,874,950

* The figures under the heading "Steam-launches plying within the waters of the Colony" are incomplete. The Star Ferry Company stating that since 1901, owing to the amount of work entailed, they have had to discontinue keeping a record of the passengers carried by their launches, and also number of trips.