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 SUEZ CANAL

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The steamers visiting the port in 1911 comprised : —

1'

^ Nationality

Arrivals

Departures

Steamers

1

Net registered tonnage

Steamers

Net registered tonnage

British

. ' 710

1,417,000

701

1,403,443

Austro-Hungarian

. '< 207

417,184

204

412,713

French

108

274,520

108

274,520

German

. i 138

355,188

136

350,839

Greek.

. i 325

218,403

324

221,530

Italian

. ' 199

301,393

198

300,835

Russian

. \ 111

200,125

109

199,183

Swedish and Norw

egian. 30

60,814

26

52,318

Other nationalities

186 . 2,014

199,078

186

199,585

Total

3,443,705

1,992

3,414,966

Suez Canal.

Tlie following table shows the number and net tonnage of vessels^ of all nationalities that passed through the canal in 1911 : —

Nationality

No.

Suez Canal net tonnage

Nationality

No.

85 41 85 26 57

Suez Canal net tonnage

British

German

French

Dutch.

Austro-Hungarian.

Russian

3,089 667 232 284 180 112 87 24

11,715,947 2,790,963 820,010 971,352 621,793 311,394 201,573 59,812

Ottoman

Danish

Japanese.

Spanish

Other nationalities

Total.

134,532 114,411 362,235 71,556 149,216

Norwegian

4,960

18,324,794

The number and net tonnage of vessels that have passed through the Suez Canal, and the gross receipts of the company, have been as follows in eight years : —

Year

No. of

Vessels

Net Tonnage

Receipts

Year

1908

1900 1910 1011

No. of Vessels

3,795

4,239 4,533 4,969

Net Tonnage

Receipts

1904 1905 1906 1907

4,237 4,116 3,075 4,267

13,401,835 13,134,105 13,445,504 14,728,434

£ 4,767,000 4,692,000 4,479,000 I 4,804,000

13,633,283

15,407,527 16,581, S98 18,324,794

4,459,000 4,939,000 5,348.000 5,522,000

The number of passengers (civil and military) who went through the canal was, in 1906, 353,881 ; in 1907, 243,826 ; in 1908, 218,967 ; in 1909, 213,122 ; in 1910, 234,320 ; in 1911, 275,259.

The Suez Canal is 87 miles long, 66 actual canal and 21 miles lakes, connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, opened for navigation November 17, 1869. The concession to the Suez Canal Company expires on November 17, 1968.

1 Including both commercial steamers and warships.