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APPENDICES

Appendix XVII-Contd.

SEA COMMUNICATIONS

List of Principal Shipping Companies using Hong Kong

Destination

Shipping Company

Service

Approx. Sailing

Approx. Time of Transit to

Remarks

First Port

Days

New

Zealand

Nitto Shosen Co., Ltd. (Japan)

Cargo

Monthly

20

New Zealand

ports.

O. S. K. Line

Cargo

9 sailings

12

per annum

Australia, New

Zealand.

Persian

Gulf

B. I. S. N.

Co.

S. N.

Passenger Cargo

Fortnightly

28

Joint Service.

P. & O.

Co. Ltd.

Everett

Star Line

Kokusai

Passenger Cargo

Passenger

1 sailing

30

Persian Gulf via

ev.

3 weeks

Straits, India.

Monthly

20

Via India.

Kaiun

Cargo

(India)

Kaisha

Ltd.

Maersk Line

Cargo

Monthly

31

Copenhagen

Philippines China Siam

Line

Passenger Cargo

Ev. 6 days

2

E. & A. S. S.

Passenger

Monthly

2/3

Co. Ltd.

Cargo

Fern-Ville

Lines

Passenger Cargo

Monthly

1 to 2

U. S. A./Far

East Service.

O. S. K. Line

Cargo

Upon Inducement

1/

Prince Line

Ltd.

Passenger Cargo

Monthly

15

Via Japan.

R. I. L.

Passenger

Monthly

2

Cargo

Wilhelmsen

Passenger 2/3 sailings

11/2

Lines

Cargo

ev. month

Round The

World

Mitsui S. S.

Co., Ltd.

Cargo

Fortnightly

4

Via Japan.

Thailand

C. N.

Co., Ltd.

China Siam

Line

Passenger Cargo Passenger Cargo

Twice Monthly

6

Bangkok.

Ev. 21

5

Bangkok.

days

Iino Kaiun

Kaisha Ltd.

Passenger

Monthly

6

Bangkok.

Kawasaki

Kisen

Cargo Passenger Cargo

Monthly

6

Bangkok.

Kaisha Ltd.

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