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10. Among the decreases, Coal is prominent, amounting to 112,622 tons, which may be explained to some extent in the same manner as reported in 1905, a cessation of Maritime Warfare and an overstocked Market.

Case Oil follows with a further falling off of 45,569 tons, this reduction may be ascribed to the large stock accumulated in the Colony on account of the boycott and to shipments that passed through the Harbour as Transit for other Ports, which hitherto, in some in stances, were landed and reshipped at this Port.

11. A decrease is reported of 537,058 tons in Transit Cargo, which may be explained by the falling off of Transport Service at the conclusion of the late war and to a reported general slackness of Trade existing for some time past.

12. The report also shows a decrease of 232,864 tons in Export Cargo.

13. The total reported Import trade of the Port for 1906 amounted to 22,408 vessels of 11.249,233 tons carrying 7.372,075 tons of cargo of which 4,493,715 tons were dis- charged at Hongkong.

CARGO.

COUNTRY.

SHIPS.

Toxs.

IMPORT.

TRANSIT.

CLASS I.

Canada.

25

74,323

7,979

Continent of Europe,

155

509,919

119;550

Great Britain,

185

627,206

206,629

119 354,592 639,735

Mauritius,

3

3,133

4,822

North America,.

5

12,527

2,408

6,000

South Africa,

5

16,245

10

South America,

5

12,405

2,600

United States of America,

130

574,708

239,510

800 214,565

513 1,830,466

583,508 1,215,611

CLASS II.

Australia and New Zealand,. India and Straits Settlements,

79 170,141

146,507 18,659

247

628,271

522,546

293,266

Japan,

535

1,411,394

868,229

524,360

Java and Indian Archipelago,

145

231,666

239,729

150,797

North Pacific,

2

Russia-in-Asia,....

23

1,392 50,857

ΤΟ 11,290

1,675

1,031 | 2,493,721

1,783,371

988.757

CLASS III.

North Borneo,

36

Coast of China,

1,304

59,041 1,712,065

86,422

3,919

332,930

602,607

Cochin-China,

111

189,004

186,670

27,277

Formosa,

84

71,381

18,980

Philippine Islands,

229

275,943

59,188

1,825

Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,

297

280,746

188,538

36,184

Siam,

287

310,069

495,296

Kwong-chow-wan,

72

23,950

Weihaiwei,

Macao,

47

1,418 13,524

5,901 250 3,233

200 1,600

80

2,468 2,837,141 1,377,408

673,992

CLASS IV.

River Steamers,

3,774 2,759,792 284,890

CLASS V.

Steam-ships under 60 tous,

439

20,141

23,219

CLASS VI.

Junks,

14,183 1,307,972

441,319

TOTAL,

22,408 11,249,233 | 4,493,715 2,878,360