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Appendix A.
MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICE.
Twenty thousand seven hundred and sixty-six Seamen were shipped and 19,458 discharged at the Mercantile Marine Office and on board Ships during the year.
One hundred and fifty-eight Distressed Seamen were received during the year, of these, 36 were sent home, 5 to Melbourne, 1 to Rangoon, 3 to Calcutta, 2 to Port Said, 1 to Van- couver, 6 to Bombay, 4 to Singapore, 1 to Japan. 1 taken charge of by U. S. Consul, 24 passengers to Canton, 5 to Shanghai, 1 to Calcutta, 1 to Iloilo, 3 to Manila, 1 to United Kingdom, 1 to Ningpo, 3 died at Government Civil Hospital, 1 disappeared, 1 joined Lappa Customs, 1 employed on shore, 5 remained at Government Civil Hospital and 51 obtained employment.
$3,179.29 were expended by the Harbour Master on behalf of the Board of Trade in the relief of these distressed Seamen.
Appendix B.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS Office.
2. The return shows that during the year the amount of Opium reported was as follows:
1905.
1906. Increase.
Decrease.
Chests.
Imported,
43,928
Chests.
47,566
Chests.
3,638
Chests.
Exported,
42,067)
47,575
5,508
Through Cargo reported
but not landed,.......
9,7465 9,712
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The return shows that during the year the amount of Opium Skin reported was as follows:-
1906.
Piculs.
Imported,
34,882
Exported,
34,085.1
Seventeen thousand four hundred and eighty (17,480) Permits were issued from this Office during the year, being a decrease of 534 as compared with 1905.
A daily memo. of exports to Chinese ports was, during the year, supplied to the Com- missioner of Imperial Maritime Customs and a daily memo. of exports to Macao was supplied to the Superintendent of Raw Opium Department of Macao.
Surprise visits were paid to 93 godowns during the year.
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