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 SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION

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The size of the various ships in 1898 was as follows : —

—

Under 100 Tons gross

100-500 Tons gross

500-1,000 Tons gross

1,000-2,000 Tons gross

2,000 Tons

gross and

over

Sailing vessels Steamers

1,790 140

382 326

103 233

213 186

34

286

Of the sailing vessels 527 were totally of iron or steel ; of the steamers 1,163 were of iron or steel.

The following table shows the shipping (foreign and coasting) of the German Empire, in which each vessel, if it entered several ports on a single voyage, is counted only once : —

1895 :— Entered. Cleared.

With Cargoes

In Ballast

Total

Number

Net tonnage

Number

Net tonnage

Number

Net tonnage

57,436 49,948

14,225,271 10,227,895

9,252 17,194

957,951 5,057,632

66,688 67,142

15,183,222 15,285,5:^7

1896 :— Entered. Cleared.

62,631 54,150

14,504,365 10,426,323

10,859 19,896

1,129,462 4,986,338

73,490 74,046

15,633,827 15,412,661

1897 :— Entered. Cleared.

66,383 56,580

15,305,328 11,046,178

10,734 21,154

1,184,642 5,580,450

77,117 l77,734

16,489,970 16,626,628

The number and tonnage of foreign shipping of the German Empire entered and cleared as compared with national shipping were as follows in 1897 :—

Foreign ships

Entered

Cleared

With Cargoes

In Ballast

"V\' ith Cargoes

] n Ballast

No.

Net tonnage

No.

Net tonnage

No.

3,065 4,454 2,187 1,322 750 342

Net tonnage

No.

Net tonnage

British

Danish

Swedish

Dutch

Norwegian.

Russian

Total, indud- ing other foreign

German ships

5,469 4, SOI 3,711 1,744 1,245 604

4,421,869 822,676 744,755 260,368 563,703 201,945

273 1,500 200 288 134 20

282,561

101,492

40,953

24,700

71,126

7,405

2,090,279 660,509 501,908 204,277 311,909 121,509

2,734

1,812

1,731

721

623

311

2,688,270

270,379

290,554

70,370

325,000

95,046

17,805 48,578

7,214,012 8,091,316

2,423 8,311

537,981 646,661

12,279 44,301

4,027,191 7,018,987

8,017 18,137

3,815,873 1,764,577