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SAILING VESSELS.
Ships.
No. of times entered.
Total Tonnage.
Flag.
1901. 1902. 1901. | 1902.
1901.
1902.
British,
16
26
19
28
23,261
45,411
French,
9
16
7,040
German,
2
2
143
2,973
Italian,
794
Japanese,
2
212
Norwegian,
2
1,418
Sarawak,
1
2
1,338
United States,
22
9
22
11
25,191
17,040
Total,.....
50 42 60 47
56,429 68,392
6. The 350 British vessels carried 2,659 British Officers and 21 Foreign Officers, as follows:-
British,
German,
Norwegian,
Swedish,
United States,..
Total,.....
.2,659
2
2
2
15
..2,680
Thus the proportion of Foreign Officers in British ships was 0.78%, compris- ing four nationalities, a decrease of 0.29°, with an increase of ships.
The 368 Foreign ships carried 2,737 Officers, of whom 293 were British, borne as follows:-
In Japanese
Chinese
ships,
....
Dutch
59
""
French
""
??
United States
"2
$9
Belgian
>"
.131
-97
37
11
11
6
Total,...
.293
The proportion of British Officers in Foreign ships was, therefore, 10.7% distributed among six nationalities; an increase of 0.37%, with an increase of ships.
Of the crews of British vessels-
17.7% were British.
0.8%
>1
81.5 %
Other Europeans. Asiatics.
33
Of the crews of Foreign vessels—
1.4% were British. 24.1% Other Europeans. 74.5%
Asiatics.
7)
This shows a slight increase of Asiatics, with a corresponding falling off in the proportion of Europeans.
TRADE.
7. It seems hardly necessary to again refer to the fact that the returns under this heading depend, for accuracy, on the information voluntarily afforded to this Department by the Masters, and, in some cases, by the Agents concerned. While thanking these for their assistance in the matter, I would ask to be allowed to impress upon them how desirable it is that such information should be as reliable as they can make it.