With the departure of the J.CJ.L. s. Tjisaroea, the M.M. s. President Doumer, and the Swedish East Asiatic Ca, Ltd. inv. Tamara yesterday, the port of Shanghai—and that includes the "safe anchorage" at Woosung at present—enters on another quiet phase as regards deep ocean shipping. Not entirely, however, for the Shanghai Maru sails for Japan to-day, while the P. & O. cargo steamer Bhutan and the Shire Line s. Flintshire will be sailing on Saturday and Sunday respectively for Home ports via Suez.
Coastal ships, however, will keep things busy in the harbour, with several arrivals and sailings between now and, say, next Tuesday or Wednesday. Among the ships expected to arrive in port to-day is the I.-C. s. Yatshing, which will be berthing at the Kinleeyuen wharf with cargo, passengers and the mails from Tientsin, Chefoo, Weihaiwei and Tsingtao.
On Monday next, the L-C. s. Taksang is due to tie up at the same wharf from Hongkong and Swatow, while on Tuesday next the C. N. s. Suiyang and the I.-C. s, Chaksang should come into port from Honkgong and from Tientsin, Chefoo and Tsingtao respectively. Due to leave Hongkong to-day, the C. N. s. Kwangtung should enter the harbour not jer than Wednesday next week.
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