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The Nationalities of the Crews in British and in Foreign Ships were as follows:
VESSELS.
BRITISH CREW. OTHER EURO-PEANS AND AMERICANS. ASIATICS. 1925. 1926. 1925. 1926. 1925. 1926. British,
Foreign,
Total, 371 **
644 339
1,015 869 32,498 36,391
530 741
33,230 37,002 1,320 611
39,395 38,618
40,715 39,427 809 (165,770
280,579 175,884 149,135
341,660,435,714
were British.
00-25% of the crews
Hence in British ships :-
1925.
16.28 % 00.66%
1926.
11-24% of the crews
and in Foreign ships-
1926. 00-33% of the crews were British.
1925.
00.34%
18.24% 20-50% of the crews
were other
were other
Europeans &
Europeans &
Americans.
Americans.
83.06 %
88-51 % of the crews 81-42 %
79.17% of the crews
were Asiatics.
were Asiatics.
100.00% 100.00%
100·00 % 100·00 %
TRADE.
The number and tonnage of ships of European type of construction carrying cargo for import and transit compared with 1925 were as follows:-
1925. 1926. Decrease. Steamers,River Steamers......................
Sailing Vessels,
Total,.. No.
4,776
3,085
172
7,861 Tonnage.
11,810,938
2,947,848
14,758,786 No.
3,930
2,244
6,174 Tonnage.
10,619,560
2,775,474
13,395,034 No.
846
841
1,687 Tonnage.
1,191,378
172,374
1,363,752
Decrease...
1,687 1,363,752
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The corresponding figures relating to ships of European type of construction, shipping bunker coal, are as follows:-