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Construction of merchant shipping is shown in the following table, which gives tonnage completed since the beginning of the war for the United Kingdom, United States, and for other Allied and Neutral Nations.

Period. United Kingdom. Gross tons. United States. Gross tons. Other Allied and Neutral. Gross tons. World Total. Gross tons. 1914 1915 1916 1917 675,610 650,919 541,552 1,163,474 120,0001 225,122 325,413 1,034,296 217,310 325,959 821,036 505,585 1,012,920 1,202,000 1,688,000 2,703,355 1918 1st quarter 2nd 3rd October. 320,280 442,966 411,395 136,100 328,541 559,939 834,250 357,532! 220,496 240,369 232,127 50,000 869,317 1,243,274 1,477,772 543,632 1918 (10 months) 1,310,741 2,080,262 742,992 4,133,995 1 Estimated.