SHIPPING AND NAVIGATION
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Of the 295,652 men employed in 1914, 212,640 were British, 31,396 were- foreigners, and 61,616 were Lascars.
British shipping engaged in the home trade {i.e. the United Kingdom or ports between the Elbe and Brest) and foreign trade, 1914 (fignres for a later year cannot be given) : —
Railing Vessels
Steam Vessels
Trade
Number "[^
Persons employed
Number
Tons Persons (Net) employed
Home i .
2,-371 167,772
10,084
324
6,786
5,268
360
3,981
391 58,5?8
Partly foreign. Foreign .
31 6,957 175 2J6.465
10,485,324 210,672
Total .
2,S77 431,194
14,094
9.609
11,7S3,346 281,558
1 Including fishing.
Total net tonnage of sailing and steam vessels (foreign trade), and tonnag with cargoes only, entered and cleared at ports of the United Kiugdom : —
Year
Entered
Cleared
Total
British
Foreign
Total
British
Foreign
Total
British
Foreign
ToUl
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l.OOOtns.
l.OOOtns.
l.OOOtns.
l.OOOtns.
l.OOOtns.
l.OOOtns.
l.OOOtns.
l.OOOtns.
1913
40,603
35,546
82,149
4<%647
36,014
82,661
93,250
71,560
164,810
19141
40,357
30,769
71,126
3S.303
30,660
88,961
78,660
61,429
1« 089
19151
28,551
24,800
68,354
26,263
24.S79
51,142
54,814
49.6S4
164 196
19101
25,900
23,793
49,693
22,621
23,465
46,086
4S.521
19171
23,089
11,046
34,135
20,542
10, w
31,411
43,631
21.915
$3,561
191S1
23,714
9,551
33,265
20,357
S.824
29,181
44,071
1S.375
62,446
32.292
16,772
H
r ith ear
goes on I 27,719
67,820
72,393
44,491
1913
49,064
40,101
19141
2S,929
14,132
43,061
32,516
23,453
55,968
61,445
87,585
•tuns
19151
22,86*
10,862
33,724
20,380
19,149
39.629
43,242
30,011
73.253
19161
20,217
9,842
30,059
17,752
17,844
35,596
37,969
65,665
19171
18,795
4,434
23,229
16,9X7
9,149
26,076
35,722
13.5S3
49,305
191S1
19,819
3,414
23,233
14,965
7.772
22,737
34,784
11,186
45,970
191 91
22,0SO
7,491
29,571
21,963
12,599 f
34,562
44,043
£0,090
64.133
19201
■J5.:3i
". . v
- ■■■ : U
23.409
13,151 '
-...• ■
24,168
73,166
i Figures for 1914 and later years exclude vessels employed by the Government in connection with the war. On the other hand, the figures for these years are increased to an unknown extent in consequence of the re-measurement of certain steam vessels on the coming into full force, at the commencement of 1914, of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1907.
Of the foreign tonnage (18,375,000 tons) entered and cleared at British ports in 1918. Norway . . had France . . ,, Sweden . . „ Denmark . . ,, U.S. America ,,
The total net tonnage of vessels that arrived and departed at ports, with cargoes and in ballast, excluding those coastwise, 1918 : — Liverpool (includ- Glasgow . . . 3,576,000 Manchester (in-
ing Birkenhead) 13,671,000 Hull 3,140,000 eluding Runcorn) 1,597,000
London . . ; 9,582,000 Swansea . . . 2,8-46.000 Middlesbrough . 1,379,000
Cardin" .... 7,735,000 Newport .... 2,476,000 Folkestone . . 1,196,000
Tyne Ports . . 5,743,000 ; Plymouth . . l,v.'S6,0O0 Sunderland . . 1,101,000
5,683,000
Belgium .
. had
630,000 ; Russia . . . bad
239.000
3.S59.OO0
Spain . .
• ii
597,000 Italy ,
120,000
2,293.000
Holland .
ii
528,000 i Other foreign
1,833,000
Greece . .
ii
427,000 ' countries . , .
444,000
1,418,000
Japan . .
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