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LOCAL TRADE.

Of Steamships not exceeding 60 tons, 209,601 arrivals

Of Junks in Local Trade,

Total Local Trade.

of

209,601 departures

5,608,266 tons. 5,608,266

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20,820 arrivals

892,818

19,952 departures

586,069

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.230,421 arrivals

6,501,084 วร

27

229,553 departures 6,494,335

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Grand Total Local and Foreign,..............254,243 arrivals 18,013,387 253,391 departures 18,014,923

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Thus in Foreign Trade :-

British Ocean-going vessels represented, Foreign Ocean-going vessels represented,. British River steamers represented,

31.4%

33.5%

20.1%

Foreign River steamers represented,

3.2%

Steamships not exceeding 60 tons represented, Junks represented,..

0.3%

11.5%

100.0%

While in Local Trade :-

Steamships not exceeding 60 tous represented, Junks represented,.

86.3%

13.7%

100.0%

The movements of the "Star" Co.'s ferry launches, of private Steam-launches and of Fishing Junks do not appear in the above figures.

Eight thousand two hundred and thirty-nine (8,239) steamers, 10 sailing ships and 791 steamships not exceeding 60 tons, in foreign trade, entered during the year, giving an average daily entry of 24.77 European constructed foreign-going ships, as compared with 22.5 in 1906.

The average tonnage of Ocean-going vessels entered bas increased slightly, from 1,784.9 to 1,785.6 tons, while that of River steamers has declined from 734 to 661 tons. The British Ocean average has decreased from 1,945 to 1,921 tons. The Foreign Ocean average has increased from 1,654 to 1,670 tons. The British River steamer average has declined from 749 to 678 tons and the Foreign River steamer average has declined from 623 to 567 tons.

A comparison between the years 1906 and 1907 shows:-

For Ocean vessels under the British flag, an increase of 59 ships of 26,698 tons.

In British River steamers an increase of 364 ships with a decreased tonnage of 212,137 tons, which is mainly due to the withdrawal of the large sized steamer Dankow and the addition of the two small Macao steamers Sui Tai and Sui An.

For Foreign Ocean vessels an increase of 334 ships of 627,380 tons is shown, which is wholly due to the Japanese firms increasing their carrying trade.

Under this flag, an increase of 455 ships of 976,450 tons is found, with a general falling off under other flags.

For Foreign River steamers an increase of 238 ships of 76,075 tons is shown, which can be accounted for, by vessels under the German, Chinese and Portuguese flags making more trips in 1907 than in 1906.

For Junks in foreign trade, an increase of 1,411 vessels of 32,059 tons.