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 SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION

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Of the 295,652 men employed in 1914, 212,640 were British, 31,396 were- foreigners, and 61,616 were Lascars.

British shipping engaged in the home trade {i.e. the United Kingdom or ports between the Elbe and Brest) and foreign trade, 1914 (fignres for a later year cannot be given) : —

Railing Vessels

Steam Vessels

Trade

Number "[^

Persons employed

Number

Tons Persons (Net) employed

Home i.

2,-371 167,772

10,084

324

6,786

5,268

360

3,981

391 58,5?8

Partly foreign. Foreign.

31 6,957 175 2J6.465

10,485,324 210,672

Total.

2,S77 431,194

14,094

9.609

11,7S3,346 281,558

1 Including fishing.

Total net tonnage of sailing and steam vessels (foreign trade), and tonnag with cargoes only, entered and cleared at ports of the United Kiugdom : —

Year

Entered

Cleared

Total

British

Foreign

Total

British

Foreign

Total

British

Foreign

ToUl

l.OOOtns.

l.OOOtns.

l.OOOtns.

l.OOOtns.

l.OOOtns.

l.OOOtns.

l.OOOtns.

l.OOOtns.

l.OOOtns.

1913

40,603

35,546

82,149

4<%647

36,014

82,661

93,250

71,560

164,810

19141

40,357

30,769

71,126

3S.303

30,660

88,961

78,660

61,429

1« 089

19151

28,551

24,800

68,354

26,263

24.S79

51,142

54,814

49.6S4

164 196

19101

25,900

23,793

49,693

22,621

23,465

46,086

4S.521

19171

23,089

11,046

34,135

20,542

10, w

31,411

43,631

21.915

$3,561

191S1

23,714

9,551

33,265

20,357

S.824

29,181

44,071

1S.375

62,446

32.292

16,772

H

r ith ear

goes on I 27,719

67,820

72,393

44,491

1913

49,064

40,101

19141

2S,929

14,132

43,061

32,516

23,453

55,968

61,445

87,585

•tuns

19151

22,86*

10,862

33,724

20,380

19,149

39.629

43,242

30,011

73.253

19161

20,217

9,842

30,059

17,752

17,844

35,596

37,969

65,665

19171

18,795

4,434

23,229

16,9X7

9,149

26,076

35,722

13.5S3

49,305

191S1

19,819

3,414

23,233

14,965

7.772

22,737

34,784

11,186

45,970

191 91

22,0SO

7,491

29,571

21,963

12,599 f

34,562

44,043

£0,090

64.133

19201

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23.409

13,151 '

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24,168

73,166

i Figures for 1914 and later years exclude vessels employed by the Government in connection with the war. On the other hand, the figures for these years are increased to an unknown extent in consequence of the re-measurement of certain steam vessels on the coming into full force, at the commencement of 1914, of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1907.

Of the foreign tonnage (18,375,000 tons) entered and cleared at British ports in 1918. Norway. . had France. . ,, Sweden. . „ Denmark. . ,, U.S. America ,,

The total net tonnage of vessels that arrived and departed at ports, with cargoes and in ballast, excluding those coastwise, 1918 : — Liverpool (includ- Glasgow . . . 3,576,000 Manchester (in-

ing Birkenhead) 13,671,000 Hull 3,140,000 eluding Runcorn) 1,597,000

London. . ; 9,582,000 Swansea. . . 2,8-46.000 Middlesbrough. 1,379,000

Cardin" .... 7,735,000 Newport .... 2,476,000 Folkestone . . 1,196,000

Tyne Ports. . 5,743,000 ; Plymouth. . l,v.'S6,0O0 Sunderland. . 1,101,000

5,683,000

Belgium.

. had

630,000 ; Russia. . . bad

239.000

3.S59.OO0

Spain. .

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597,000 Italy ,

120,000

2,293.000

Holland.

ii

528,000 i Other foreign

1,833,000

Greece. .

ii

427,000 ' countries. ,.

444,000

1,418,000

Japan. .

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