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 SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION

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Of barges, hulks, dredges, etc., not self-propelled, there were in 1915, 277 with » ton- nage of 68,771 ; in 1916, 270 with s tonnage of «S,232 ; in 1817, 259 with a tonnage of 65,772 ; in 1918, 251 with a tonnage of 62,264 ; and in 1919, 242 with a tonnage of S9.793.

Vessels engaged in oversea trade, entered and cleared, with cargo and in ballast :—

Entered

Cleared

Total

Number

Tons

Number

Tons

Number i 3,985

Tons

1913

2,014

5,371,531

1,971

5,230,417

10,601,948

1914-15

1,568

4,174,955

1,643

4,424,303

3,211

8,599,258

1915-16

1,654

4,269,484 |

1,670

4,268,838

3,324

8,538,322

1916-17

1,486

3,851,29-2

1,500

3,843,150

2,986

7,694,442

1917-1S

1,079

2,456,757

1,118

2,574,993

2,197

5,031,750

1918-19

1,350

3,239,060

1,264

1 2,941,426

2,614

6,180,486

Nationality of vessels entered and cleared, 1918-19 : —

„ ,

Number

Tons

Number

Tons

Australian

315

448,610

297

407,331

New Zealand.

109

120,463

104

125,112

Other British.

541

1,988,080

496

1,778, MB

French

64

74,585

61

63,479

United States.

127

174,999

127

169,796

Norwegian

50

93,890

41

80,935

Dutch

29

60,280

26

02.347

' Japanese.

71

164,72 4

71

107,148

Tonnage of vess

tels entered at the principal ports in

1918-19 :—

Ports

From orersea countries

Interstate

Local i

Vid

Total

Direct other Com " Ulrecl monwealth

ports

Tons Tons

Tons

Tons

Tons

Sydney

•_".>,933 1,008,522

■■■,170

1.92Q.235

5,152,800

Melbourne

414,514

1,037.-:-.'

1,326,574

2,735,590

5,51.

Brisbane

76,252

359,170

553,668

174,721


 * ,817

Adelaide

154,809

508,987

500,067

— -

1,263,419

Albany.

•

37,768

376,704

32,044

Premantle.

823,304

29,489

629,182

44,370

1,526,951

Hobart

12,240

164,722

15,992

251,375

1 From other ports in the same State.

2 No record.

From the beginning of the war down to the middle of 1919 the Common- wealth Government spent over 10 millions sterling on the acquisition of yessels foi Australian requirements. Not all these vessels were completed by that date. Further programmes of construction have also been undertaken.