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Reference

No. of

Relevant

Table

Foreign

Base

Monthly Average

INDICES ON BASE

Monthly Average

1948

1949

December

1949

Monthly Average, 1947 (10,646,666 kgs.) 100

7,240,364 kgs. 68.0

1,226,019 kgs. 11.5

181

Tonnage of

Shipping (over

Monthly Average, 1947 (669,424 tons)

60 tons net)

100

774,732 tons

115.7

976,736 tons

145.9

1,040,548 tons 155.4

cleared

182

Passengers

Monthly Average, 1947

arriving &

departing by

(98,225 persons) 100

120,430 persons 122.6

139,149 persons 141.6

122,156 persons 124.3

shipping (over

183

Foreign Trade

Conducted by

Junks and

Launches:

Tonnages of

Cargo

Monthly Average, 1947

(45,456 tons)

100

36,499 tons

80.3

37,539 tons

82.6

27,385 tons

60.2

Tonnages of Vessels

Monthly Average, 1947 (200,990 tons)

100

229,722 tons

114.3

206,766 tons

102.8

95,010 tons

47.3

Number of Passengers

Monthly Average, 1947 (3,489 persons) 100

6,807 persons 195.1

6,975 persons 199.9

85 persons

2.2

60 tons net)

169

* Kowloon-Canton Railway through traffic was suspended on the 15th October, 1949, and had not been resumed at the close of the year.