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Of Foreign Ocean Vessels, 1,845 ships of 2,679,908 tons entered and 1,851 ships of 2,670,939 tons cleared.

Of Foreign River Steamers, 517 ships of 235,144 tons entered and 519 ships of 235,227 tons cleared.

Of Steam Launches in Foreign Trade 1,027, of 52,892 tons entered and 1,027 of 52,892 tons cleared.

Of Junks in Foregin Trade, 18,100 of 1,524,874 tons entered and 18,151 of 1,547,396 tons cleared.

Of Junks in Local Trade, 31,505 of 1,183,376 tons entered and 31,460 of 1,165,300 tons cleared.

Thus

British Ocean Tonnage represented Foreign

British River

Foreign

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Steam Launches in Foreign trade Junks

31.2%

21.3%

11

23.1%

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1.9%

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12.5%

9.5%

100.0%

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Local

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2. 7.435 Steamers, 26 Sailing vessels, 1,027 Steam Launches, and 18,100 Juuks in Foreign Trade, entering during the year, giving a daily average of 70, as against 68 in 1903.

For vessels of European construction, exclusive of Steam Launches, the daily average was 20.36 against 19.9 in 1903.

3. A comparison between the years 1903 and 1904 is given in the following Table:-

Comparative Shipping Return for the Years 1903 and 1904.

1903.

1904.

Increase.

Decrease.

Ships Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.

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British,.. Foreign,

Junks in Forciga

Trade,

8,449 6,040 {31,766

11,250,296 10,190 | 13,406,094) 1,741 2,155,798

7,768,115 | 4,732 | 5,821,218

1,308 1,946,897

2.698.459 36,251| 8,072,270| 4,485

373,811

Total,

Junks in Local

Trade,

*

+

46,255, 21,716,870 51.173 22.299.582 | 6,226 2,529,600 1,308 | 1,946,897

58,2152,136,514 62,965 2,318,676 4,750 212,162

Grand Total... 101,470 23,853,384 | 114,138 24,648,238 10,976 2,741,771 1,308 1,946,897

F

NET,

9,668 794,874

* Including 17,210 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 637,052 tons. † Including 32,424 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 1,176,625 tons.

For vessels under the British Flag, this Table shows an increase of 1,741 ships of 2,155,798 tons, of which 1,389 Ships of 1,225,498 tone are River Steam-

ers.

The remainder, 352 ships of 930,300 tons, are a net increase in British Ocean vessels, due to a large influx of Colliers and other Tramp Steamers in ballast, attracted to the Far East by the War.

The increase in River Steamers is due to the fact that 10 new vessels started to ply during the year.

In vessels under Foreign flags, there is a decrease of 1,303 ships of 1,946,897 tons, of which 159 ships are River Steainers. The River Steamer tonnage, how- ever, shows an increase of 36,00 tons, giving a net decrease in Foreign Ocean shipping of 1,149 ships of 1,910,889 tons.