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Country-
No.
Gross Tonnage
1 Country
No. 1
Gross Tonnage
Great Britain .
1,905
7,389,237
Portugal .
366
Germany
325
1,194,106
Egypt .
3
5,344
France
202
807,995
America .
3
6,627
Italy
71
198,161
China
3
5,916
Holland .
■206
532,272
Sweden
1
1,648
Austria- Huijgarv
78
265,231
Denmark .
2
1,954
Spain
. 48
199,695
Siam
2
4,457
Russia
44
218,514
Mexico
1
891
Norway . Turkey
48
7
117,794
7,770
Total .
2,986
11,123,403
Japan
36
165,425
The number and gross tonnage of vessels that have ]>assed through the Suez Canal, and the gross iecei})ts of the company, have been as follows in six years : —
Year
1892 1893 1894
No. of Vessels
3,550 3,341 3,352
T^nnSe ^'^^'^
Year
No. of Vessels
Gross Tonnage
11,833,637 12,039,850 11,123,403
!
Receipts
& ■10,866,401 2,078,097 10,753,798 2,826,694 11,283,855 2,951,073
1895 1896 1897
3,434 3,409 2,986
1
£ 1
3,124,149 ; 3,182,800 1 2,913,222 '
The number of passengers who went through the canal in 1897 was 191,224, as against 308,241 in 1896.
The Suez Canal is 87 miles long, 66 actual canal and 21 miles lakes, connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, opened for navigation November 17, 1869.
The state of the capital account as regards bonds in circulation and re- deemed was as follows, on December 31, 1897 : —
Capital, 400,000 shares at 500 francs . .
Consolidation of unpaid coupons, 400,000
bonds at 85 francs .... Loan (1867-68), 333,333 obligations at 300
francs
Loan (1871), 120,000 30-year bonds at 100
francs
Loan (1880), 73,026 3 per cent, obligations,
various prices
Loan (1887), 195,000 3 per cent, obligations
Francs Francs
I .■590,599 in circulation 195,290,500 \ „ \ 9,401 redeemed ( 394,434 in circulation I 5,566 redeemed
( 231,844 in circulation I 101,480 redeemed . f 31,600 in circulation I 88,400 redeemed
3,779 redeemed 1,793 redeemed
4,700,-500 i-'^*^'^^<^^0" 33,526,890 \ 473,110 i 69,553,200 ) 30,446,700)
3,160,000 \
8,840,000)
34,000,000 99,999,900 12,000,000
Revenues ajiplied to improvement of canal
— 26,999,962
— 90,120,877
463,120,739 . 151,174,307
614,295,046
There were besides, 100,000 founders' shares, with right to participate in surplus profit under certain conditions. In 1897 the net protits amounted to 39,315,531 francs, and the total amount distributed among the share- holders was 40,913,803 francs.
