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COMPARATIVE TABLES.

THE MERCANTILE NAVIES OF THE WORLD.

States

Year

Steamers

Sailing vessels

Total

tsumbr 2,972

Tonnage

dumber

Tonnage

Number

Tonnage

Groat Britain and Ireland

1869

948,367

24,187

4,765,304

27,159

5,713,671

United States of America

1868

3,619

973,850

24,499

3,344,459

28,118

4,318,309

German Empire

1868

153

90,402

5,057

1,316,374

5,210

1,406,776

France ....

1867

407

129,777

15,230

913,034

15,637

1,042,811

Norway ....

1868

79

31,345

6,830

917,447

6,909

948,792

Italy ....

1868

98

23,091

17,690

792,430

17,788

815,521

Dominion of Canada

1868

335

45,766

5,487

730,577

5,822

776,343'

Prussia ....

1870

60

9,690

3,212

633,115

3,272

642,805

Spain ....

1868

101

20,754

4,739

347,036

4,840

367,790

Austria ....

1868

74

34,263

7,756

290,152

7,830

324,415

Greeee ....

1868

4,721

290,000

Netherlands . . .

1868

43

8,136

2,074

259,460

2,117

267,596

Hamburg

1869

36

39,386

437

215,456

473

254,842

Bremen ....

1869

26

41.105

279

195,125

305

236,230

Sweden ....

1869

114

22,103

1,233

198,201

1,347

220,304

Turkey ....

1865

2,200

182,000

Russia ....

1865

90

20,751

2,042

160,241

2,132

180,992

Denmark

1868

75

10,453

2,871

165,101

3,132

175,554

Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

1869

1

200

439

89,146

440

89,585

Portugal

1869

817

88,392

Oldenburg . .

1869

3

651

562

63,613

565

64,264

Chili ....

1866

11

6,090

248

51,021

259

57,111

Belgium . .

1868

7

4,686

91

33,293

98

37,925

Liibeck ....

L869

13

5,432

32

6,210

45

11,642