SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION
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The size of the various ships in 1898 was as follows : —
—
Under 100 Tons gross
100-500 Tons gross
500-1,000 Tons gross
1,000-2,000 Tons gross
2,000 Tons
gross and
over
Sailing vessels Steamers
1,790 140
382 326
103 233
213 186
34
286
Of the sailing vessels 527 were totally of iron or steel ; of the steamers 1,163 were of iron or steel.
The following table shows the shipping (foreign and coasting) of the German Empire, in which each vessel, if it entered several ports on a single voyage, is counted only once : —
1895 :— Entered . Cleared .
With Cargoes
In Ballast
Total
Number
Net tonnage
Number
Net tonnage
Number
Net tonnage
57,436 49,948
14,225,271 10,227,895
9,252 17,194
957,951 5,057,632
66,688 67,142
15,183,222 15,285,5:^7
1896 :— Entered . Cleared .
62,631 54,150
14,504,365 10,426,323
10,859 19,896
1,129,462 4,986,338
73,490 74,046
15,633,827 15,412,661
1897 :— Entered . Cleared .
66,383 56,580
15,305,328 11,046,178
10,734 21,154
1,184,642 5,580,450
77,117 l77,734
16,489,970 16,626,628
The number and tonnage of foreign shipping of the German Empire entered and cleared as compared with national shipping were as follows in 1897 :—
Foreign ships
Entered
Cleared
With Cargoes
In Ballast
"V\' ith Cargoes
] n Ballast
No.
Net tonnage
No.
Net tonnage
No.
3,065 4,454 2,187 1,322 750 342
Net tonnage
No.
Net tonnage
British
Danish
Swedish
Dutch
Norwegian .
Russian
Total, indud- ing other foreign
German ships
5,469 4, SOI 3,711 1,744 1,245 604
4,421,869 822,676 744,755 260,368 563,703 201,945
273 1,500 200 288 134 20
282,561
101,492
40,953
24,700
71,126
7,405
2,090,279 660,509 501,908 204,277 311,909 121,509
2,734
1,812
1,731
721
623
311
2,688,270
270,379
290,554
70,370
325,000
95,046
17,805 48,578
7,214,012 8,091,316
2,423 8,311
537,981 646,661
12,279 44,301
4,027,191 7,018,987
8,017 18,137
3,815,873 1,764,577
