NAVIGATION AND SHIPPING
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The principal articles of import into Great Britain from Italy, and British exports to Italy (according to the Board of Trade returns) in the last 2 years were : —
Imports into U.K.
1910
1911 '
1
Exports to Italy
1910
1911
Fresh fniit ....
Hides
Canned vegetables .
• Eggs
Hemp
£ 597,353 478,233 214, 326 350,038 413,516
640,883 1 287,433 232,699 1 366,859 454,482
Coal
Ironwork .... Machinery .... Chemicals .... Woollen goods . . Cottons
£
5,. 947, 887 915,298
1,138,125 577,330 554,078 498,696
£
5,638,428 984,085
1,080,903 919,494 434,845 494,885
Total trade between Italy and the United Kingdom for 5 years (in thousands of pounds sterling) : — •
Imports from Italy to United Kingdom Exports to Italy from United Kingdom
1908
£
6,241 15,028
£
8,236 14,022
Navigation and Shipping.
Mercantile marine January 1, 1911 : —
—
Sailing Vessels
—
Steam Vessels
1
Total
No.
Tons
No.
Tons
Over 5,000 tons .
10
53,179
10
53,179
No.
Tons
3,001— 5,000 tons .
45
160,983
45
160,983
Over 2,000 tons .
5
10,394
2,001—3,000 tons' .
68
167,790
73
178,184
1,001 to 2,000 tons
130
180,475
1,001—2,000 tons .
138
201,391
268
381,866
501 to 1,000 tons .
96
72,236
501—1,000 tons .
78
56,807
174
129,043
101 to 500 tons .
370
73,800
101—500 tons
112
29,590
482
103,890
1 to 100 tons
4,140
95,785
1—100 tons . Total
267
4,757
4,407
100,542
Total .
4,741 E432,690
718
674,497
5,459 ,1,107,187
In 1910 the vessels entered and cleared at Italian ports were as follows : —
—
Entered Italian Ports
Cleared from Italian Ports
•
Vessels
142,487 13,788
Tons
Vessels
142.646 13,768
Tons
Italian Foreign
Total
31,377,623 19,836,278
31,378,623 19,798,384
156,275
51,213,901
156,414
51,177,007
