SAILING SHIPS.
Ships.
No. of times Entered.
Total Tonnage.
Flag.
1898.
1899. | 1898. 1899.
1898.
1899.
British,.
36
23 115
27
52,287
29,558
German,
10
5
51
5
16,918
9.241
Italian,
1
1
1
794
794
United States,
32
24
50
25
44,233
36,240
Danish,....
1
1
382
French,...
1
1,114
Hawaiian,
2
2,159
Norwegian,
2,398
Russian,
1
471
Siamese,
309
Total,
88
53
226
58 121,065
76,833
423
6. The 312 British ships carried 2,286 British Officers, and 27 Foreign Officers; as follows:-
British
German
United States
Danish
Swedish
Austrian
Portuguese......
..2.286
10
$
5
1
1
2
Total,.........2,313
The proportion of Foreign Officers was, therefore, 1.18%, comprising 6 nationalities - of 0.62% with an increase of ships.
--a decrease
The 291 Foreign ships carried 1,867 Officers, of whom 253 were British; borne as follows :-
In Japanese ships
29
Chinese ships
**
French ships...
19
Belgian ships
::
United States ships...... German ships
159
73
9
1
Total,......... 253
The proportion of British officers in Foreign ships was, therefore, 15.6 %, distributed among 6 nationalities. An increase of 4.3 % on 1898, with a decrease of 26 ships.
Of the crews of British vessels--
17.6% were British.
0.7% Other Europeans.
81.7%
I 97
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Asiatics.
Of the crews of Foreign vessels-
2.2 % were British.
24.0% Other Europeans,
73.8%
->
19
Asiatics.
This shows a tendency towards a greater employment of Asiatic labour both in British and Foreign vessels, with a corresponding reduction in the proportion of Europeans.
At the same time, there is a reduction in the percentage of "Other Europeans" employed in British ships, and an increased proportion of British seamen employed in Foreign vessels.
Taking the total entries and departures, the average crew of British ships was 60 (an increase of 3). of whom 18.2 % were Europeans (a decrease of 1 8 %). For Foreign ships the average crew num- bered 33 (an increase of 6), of whom 26.2 % were Europeans (a decrease of 2.4 %).