SUEZ CANAL
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The steamers visiting the port in 1911 comprised : —
1'
^ Nationality
Arrivals
Departures
Steamers
1
Net registered tonnage
Steamers
Net registered tonnage
British
. ' 710
1,417,000
701
1,403,443
Austro-Hungarian
. '< 207
417,184
204
412,713
French
108
274,520
108
274,520
German
. i 138
355,188
136
350,839
Greek .
. i 325
218,403
324
221,530
Italian
. ' 199
301,393
198
300,835
Russian
. \ 111
200,125
109
199,183
Swedish and Norw
egian . 30
60,814
26
52,318
Other nationalities
186 . 2,014
199,078
186
199,585
Total
3,443,705
1,992
3,414,966
Suez Canal.
Tlie following table shows the number and net tonnage of vessels^ of all nationalities that passed through the canal in 1911 : —
Nationality
No.
Suez Canal net tonnage
Nationality
No.
85 41 85 26 57
Suez Canal net tonnage
British
German
French
Dutch .
Austro-Hungarian .
Russian
3,089 667 232 284 180 112 87 24
11,715,947 2,790,963 820,010 971,352 621,793 311,394 201,573 59,812
Ottoman
Danish
Japanese .
Spanish
Other nationalities
Total .
134,532 114,411 362,235 71,556 149,216
Norwegian
4,960
18,324,794
The number and net tonnage of vessels that have passed through the Suez Canal, and the gross receipts of the company, have been as follows in eight years : —
Year
No. of
Vessels
Net Tonnage
Receipts
Year
1908
1900 1910 1011
No. of Vessels
3,795
4,239 4,533 4,969
Net Tonnage
Receipts
1904 1905 1906 1907
4,237 4,116 3,075 4,267
13,401,835 13,134,105 13,445,504 14,728,434
£ 4,767,000 4,692,000 4,479,000 I 4,804,000
13,633,283
15,407,527 16,581, S98 18,324,794
4,459,000 4,939,000 5,348.000 5,522,000
The number of passengers (civil and military) who went through the canal was, in 1906, 353,881 ; in 1907, 243,826 ; in 1908, 218,967 ; in 1909, 213,122 ; in 1910, 234,320 ; in 1911, 275,259.
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 concession to the Suez Canal Company expires on November 17, 1968.
1 Including both commercial steamers and warships.