July 6, 1908.]
HONGKONG IN 1907.
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The Governor's despatch, dated 24th June, to the Secretary of State reviewing the Blue Book for 1907, was laid on the table of the Legis- lative Council on June 25th. Sir Frederick wrote :-
FINANCES.
The revenue for the year, exclusive of land sales, amounted to $6,442,529 or $179,540 less than the previous year. Land sales amounted to $159,750 or $55,982 less than in 1906. The total revenue from all sources was therefore $6,602,280 or $432,731 less than in the previous year. All the main sources of revenue show an excess over 1906 with the exception of licences, rent of Government property, interest and land mion.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Of Foreign
River stre.
Of Steamships" not exceeding 60 tons
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Tons. These 800 ships aggregated 1,860,245 tons. 655 arrivals of 371,998 They entered 4,182 times and gave a collective 655 departures 371,996 tonnage of 7,467,511 tons. Thus compared with 1906, 70 1: ss ships of 73.514 less "tons, 3,015 entered 170 more times and gave a collectivě 2,008 tonnage increased by 306,183 tons.
Of Junks in
Foreign trade 14,782 arrivals
14,782 departures,
Total_Foreign
Trade
23,822 arrivals
11 and 28,888 departures
Of steamships not exceeding 60 tons
LOCAL TRADE
Belgian
2 Corean
791 arrivals 790 departures
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The 800 vessels were divided as follows be- 1,320,892 | tween the several nationalities:-- 1,830,578
Times. Tons.
355 British str, entered
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1,867 8,586,510
9 Austrian
30
11,512,808
100
106,528
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„, 11,520,588
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2,903
20 Chinese
214
13
267,789
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21,298
9 Danish
21
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41,122
tons.
18 Dutch
69
209,601 arrivals 209,601 departures
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of 5,808,266 5,608,266
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148,100
93 | French
202
284,461
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137 German
Of junks in
local trade
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790 1,248,089
3 Italian
12
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3',704
229,553 depar.res
20,820 arrivals
89?,818 19,952 departures 586,069
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6,501,084 "
6,494,335
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11 Japanese
11
534 1,126,517
59 Norwegian
290
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265,7 8
2 Portuguese
59
39
19,128
10 Russian
13
90,912
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3 Swedish
11
12,970
20 United States
45
251,5°0
7 British Sailing Ships
United States
19,431
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Light dues, licences, fees of Court, Post Office receipts, and of Government property brought in together $300,504 more than was estimated, The receipts under the re- Total lossl trade 230,421 arrivals maining heads of revenue were altogether $146,249 less than were anticipated when the estimates were drawn up.
The expenditure for the year was $5,028,553 exclusive of Public Works Extraordinary; inclusive of that item it was $5,757,208 or $157,407 less than the total expenditure of 1906.
Deducting from the actual receipts for 1907 the total expenditure, there was a surplus of $845,076 on the setual working of the year,
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES,
At the end of the year 1907, the assets of the Colony amounted to $2,650,733.99, or including arrears of revenue $2.739,712,32. The total liabilities were $1,205.995.13 BO that the surplus of assets over liabilities amounted to $1,538.717.19.
PUBLIC DEBT.
Inscribed stook at 8 per cent interest, £341,799. 158, 1d. incurred for Prays Re- alamation; Central Market; Water, Drain. age, Sewerage Works, &o., to be paid off on 15th April 1943. Inscribed Stock at 3 per cent interest (Loan of £1,100,000 at 4 per cent to Viceroy of Wuchang) £1,143,938,* 18. 4d. (Amount repaid by Viceroy placed to credit of Special Account £220,000, which has been advanced therefrom for Railway Construction.) Sinking fund commences in 1911. The amount paid into the Joint Sinking Fund with sorued interest reached £61,818. 4. 4d, on the 31st of December, 1907. This includes the sum of £14,352 8s. 1d. surplus of interest paid by the Viceroy in the loss of £1,100,000. TRADE AND SHIPPING, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE AND LAND,
The total of the shipping entering and clear. ing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1907 shows an increase of 77,608 vessels of 3,281,042 tons when compared with the oor. responding figures for 1906, in which year there was a decrease of 1,487,823 tous due to loss of local vessels in the typhoon. The greater part of this is due to internal traffic-
steamships not exceeding 60 tons plying within the waters of the Colony." If local trade be eliminated, it is found that the re. maining figures show the respectable increase of 3,110 vessels of 579,814 to 8.
This increase is distributed as follows:- British Ocean-going vessels 59 ships of 26,698 tons.
Foreign Ocean-going vessels 334 ships of 627,880 tons.
British River steamers 314 ships with a de- orease in tonnage of 12,187 tons.
Foreign River steamers 239 ships of 76,075
tonsz
Steamships not exceeding 6 tons 703 ships of 29,789 tons.
Janks in foreign trade, 1,411 vessels of 82,057 tons.
The actual figures of arrivals and departures are as follows :-
Cf British
FOREIGN TRADE.
Ocean-going.. 1,876 arrivals
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Grand total local
and foreign ... 254,243 arrivals 18,013,987 and 253,391 depertures,, 18,014,923 Thus in foreign trade. British Ocean-going vessels represented... 31.4 per cent. Foreign Ocean-going vessels represented 38.5 British River steamers represented Foreign River steamers represented Steamships not exceeding 60 tons repre-
sented Junka represented
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While in local trade:- Steamships not exceeding 60 tons repre-
sented Junks represented
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拍售
20.1 3.2
0.8 11.5
100,0
86.3
13.7
100.9)
The movements of the "Star" Co.'s ferry launches, of private steam-launches and of fishing junks do not appear in the above figures.
(8,239) steamers, 10 sailing ships and 791 steam
Eight thousand two hundred and thirty-nine ships 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 has 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 decreased from 1,945 to 1,921 tons. 1,921 tons, The Foreign Coean average has Foreign Ocean average has increased from 1,654 The British River steamer to 1,670 tons. average has declined from 749 to 678 tons and the Foreign River steamer average has declined from 623 to 567 tons.
The
1907 shows :
A comparison between the years 1906 and
For Ocean vessels under the British fag, 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 ton, large sized steamer Hankow and the addition which is mainly due to the withdrawal of the
of the two small Mao o ateamērs → Sut ̃Tai“ and "Sui An.”
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For Foreign Ocean vessels an increase of 334
ships of 627 83 tons is shown, which is wholly due to the Japanese firms increasing their carrying trade, Under this ag, an increase of 155 ships of 976,450 tons is found, with a general falling off under other fage.
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For Foreign River steamers an increase of 238 ships of 76, 75 tons is shown, which can be Chinese and Portuguese flags making more accounted for, by vessels under the German,
trips in 1907 thau în 1906.
For Junks in foreign trade, an increase of 1,411 vessels of 82,059 tona.
Tous. of 3.605 941 3,610,228
3,861,570 the falling off in Conservancy bosts. 3,859,305
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
1,880 departures Of Foreign
Ocean-going.. 2,306 arrivals
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2,315 departures
Of British
River stra.
3,412 arrivals
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8,416 departures
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The actual number of individual Ocean. going ships of European construction entering 2,316,889
during the year was 800, being 362 British and 2,818,475, 498 Foreign.
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800 Vessels entered
4,183 7,487,511 trade of the port, given in previous years, The figures relating to the import and export have, as pointed out annually, been based upon information which can only be characterised as unsatisfactory and the results as erroneous and misleading. As it is obvious that such returns have no value, they are discontinued in the form they have hitherto taken, but the ag- gregates of the report received are shown, for purposes of comparison, in round numbers. These included imports of sugar and imports and exports of opium, of which accurate returns are rendered.
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The aggregates show an increase of about 360,000 tons in imports, of about 191,000 tons cargo. in exports and of about 518,000 tons in transit
of the Port for 1907 amounted to 23,819 vessels The total reported Import and Transit trade
discharged at Hongkong. of cargo of which about 4,841,000 tons were of 11,512,223 tons carrying about 8,237,000 tons
Similarly, the Erport trade of the Port was represented by 23,841 vessels of 11,520,668 toną carrying about 3,049,000 tons of cargo, and shipping about 729,000 tons of Bunker coal
During the year 1901, 16,515 vessels of Euro- pean and American construction of 20,811,400 tons (net register), reported having carried about 10,842,000 tons of Cargo, as follows: Import Cargo Export Cargo
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Bunker Cosỉ shipped Transit Cargo
4,368,000 tons. 2,855,000 3,896,000 725,000
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333
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10,842,00 tons.
One hundred and five thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven ( 05.967) emigrants left Hong- kong for various places, during the year, of these 78,576 were carried in British ships and 27,391 in Foreign ships. The year 1907 has proved to be the record year in the history of the Colony for the numbers of emigrants shipped.
One hundred and forty five thousand eight hundred and twenty-tw. 145,822) immigrants were reported as having been bought to Hỏng. kong from the several places to which they bad emigrated, either from this Colony or from Coast Porta. This inolad÷6 905 retu‹n from
South Afros Of the total na uber 112,74) arrived in British ships and 38,080 in Foreign ships.
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The total Revenue col'ected by the Harbour Department during the year was 8944,800 (including $24,098 previously collected by the Begistrar General's Department for Boat Licences, the issuing of which was transferred to this Department from the 1st January, 1907), as against $298,106 collected in the previous year, showing an increase of $50,193 :- 1 Light Dues
$ 80,399,00 2 Edoenoes and Internal Revenue 116,122.40 3 Fees of Court and Offos
151,746,80 4 Miscellaneous Receipts
Total
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$348,300:10
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