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 NAVIGATION AND SHIPPING

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The principal articles of import into Great Britain from Italy, and British exports to Italy (according to the Board of Trade returns) in the last 2 years were : —

Imports into U.K.

1910

1911 '

1

Exports to Italy

1910

1911

Fresh fniit ....

Hides

Canned vegetables.

• Eggs

Hemp

£ 597,353 478,233 214, 326 350,038 413,516

640,883 1 287,433 232,699 1 366,859 454,482

Coal

Ironwork .... Machinery .... Chemicals .... Woollen goods. . Cottons

£

5,. 947, 887 915,298

1,138,125 577,330 554,078 498,696

£

5,638,428 984,085

1,080,903 919,494 434,845 494,885

Total trade between Italy and the United Kingdom for 5 years (in thousands of pounds sterling) : — •

Imports from Italy to United Kingdom Exports to Italy from United Kingdom

1908

£

6,241 15,028

£

8,236 14,022

Navigation and Shipping.

Mercantile marine January 1, 1911 : —

—

Sailing Vessels

—

Steam Vessels

1

Total

No.

Tons

No.

Tons

Over 5,000 tons.

10

53,179

10

53,179

No.

Tons

3,001— 5,000 tons.

45

160,983

45

160,983

Over 2,000 tons.

5

10,394

2,001—3,000 tons'.

68

167,790

73

178,184

1,001 to 2,000 tons

130

180,475

1,001—2,000 tons.

138

201,391

268

381,866

501 to 1,000 tons.

96

72,236

501—1,000 tons.

78

56,807

174

129,043

101 to 500 tons.

370

73,800

101—500 tons

112

29,590

482

103,890

1 to 100 tons

4,140

95,785

1—100 tons. Total

267

4,757

4,407

100,542

Total.

4,741 E432,690

718

674,497

5,459 ,1,107,187

In 1910 the vessels entered and cleared at Italian ports were as follows : —

—

Entered Italian Ports

Cleared from Italian Ports

•

Vessels

142,487 13,788

Tons

Vessels

142.646 13,768

Tons

Italian Foreign

Total

31,377,623 19,836,278

31,378,623 19,798,384

156,275

51,213,901

156,414

51,177,007