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A decrease in local Junk trade, 10,844 vessels of 263,768 tons which may be ascribed to the cessation of the Naval extension work and to the falling off in Conservancy boats.
The actual number of individual Ocean-going ships of European construction enter- ing during the year was 800, being 362 British and 438 Foreign.
These 800 ships aggregated 1,860,245 tons. They entered 4,182 times and gave a collective tonnage of 7,467,511 tons. Thus compared with 1906, 70 less ships of 73,514 less tons, entered 170 more times and gave a collective tonnage increased by 306,183 tons.
The 800 vessels were divided as follows between the several nationalities :
355 British Steamers entered..
1,867 times. Total tonnage 3,586,510 tous.
9 Austrian
30
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106,523
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1 Belgian
1
32
17
44
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20 Chinese
214
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2,903 267,789
2 Corean
14
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31
21,298
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9 Danish
21
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41,122
27
18 Dutch
69
זי
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33 French
202
142,100 294,461
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137 German
790
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1,246,023
17
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3 Italian
12
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12
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31,704
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111 Japanese
534
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1,126,517
59 Norwegian
290
265,723
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2 Portuguese
39
19,128
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10 Russian
13
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3 Swedish
11
30.912
12,970
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7 British Sailing Ships
1 United States
Total 800 Vessels entered
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251,590 19,431
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4,182 times. Total tonnage 7,467,511 tons.
The figures relating to the Import and Export Trade of the Port, given in previous years, have, as pointed out annually, been based upon information which can only be characterised as unsatisfactory and the results as erroneus and misleading. As it is obvious that such returns have no value, they are discontinued in the form they have hitherto taken, but the aggregates of the reports received are shown, for purposes of comparison, in round numbers. These include imports of Sugar and imports and exports of Opium, of which accurate returns are rendered.
The aggregates show an increase of about 360,000 tons in Imports, of about 191,000 tons in Exports and of about 518,000 tons in Transit Cargo.
The total reported Import and Transit trade of the Port for 1907 amounted to 23,819 vessels of 11,512,223 tons carrying about 8,237,000 tons of Cargo of which about 4,841,000 tons were discharged at Hongkong.
Similarly, the Export trade of the Port was represented by 23,841 vessels of 11,520,668 tons, carrying about 3,049,000 tons of Cargo, and shipping about 729,000 tons of Bunker Coal.
During the year 1907, 16,515 vessels of European and American construction of 20,311,400 tons (net register), reported having carried about 10,842,000 tons of Cargo, as follows:-
Import Cargo,
Export Cargo,
Transit Cargo, Bunker Coal shipped,
4,366,000 tons. 2,355,000 3,396,000
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725,000
10,842,000 tons.
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