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 SUEZ CANAL

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Shipping and Navigation.

The lollowiiiij; taMes .show llio nationality and tonnage of vessels aniviii^ and clearing at Alexandria. Great laeilities have heen alibrded to steamers since the eoin[)letion ol" the docks, wharfs, and qnays ; and in order to still further facilitate navigation the Government have constructed a new pass, 300 feet wide, to enable vessels, which have often l)een delayed off the jtort during stormy weather, to make a direct run into harbour. The new [)ass, 30 feet deep, was opened to navigation in July 1894.

Arrivals and clearances of commercial vessels at Alexandria in five years : —

Year

.^

Lirivals

Clearances

Vessels

2,271 2,375 2,393 2,132 2,203

Tons

2,033,060 2,221,145 2,206,667 2,123,591 2,267,120

Vessels

2,233 2,397 2,339 2,105 2,143

Tons

1893 1894 1895 1896 1897

2,025,433 2,201,885 2,194,964 2,094,684 2,270,836

The following table shows the nationality of commercial vessels arrived and cleared in 1897 : —

Nationality

l^ritish

French

Austrian.

Turkish.

Russian.

Italian

Greek

Swedish and Norwegian

German.

Other, countries

Total for 1897.

Arrivals

CI

uarances

Vessels

Tons

Vessels

Tons

657

1,034,019

663

1,046,886

139

280,359

139

278,333

140

242,252

141

243,921

777

126,456

714

111,704

83

179,049

86

185,572

100

204,087

119

206,927

184

82,166

184

85,449

19

33,365

17

29,317

35

61,369

35

59,946

49

15,998

45

22,781

2,203 I 2,267,120 2,143 2,270,836

Suez Canal.

The following table shows the number and gross tonnage of vessels of all nationalities that passed through the canal in 1897 : —