AnnualReport-1914

The 385 British ships carried 3,766 British officers and 12 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 5 U.S.A., 2 Dutch, 2 Danish, 2 Germans, and one Norwegian.

Thus, the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 0.32 per cent, comprising 5 nationalities, an increase of 0.02 per cent. with an increase in the number of officers and of ships.

The 440 Foreign ships carried 3,082 officers, of whom 94 were British as follows:-

19131914 In Chinese ships8494 Japanese ships610 United States ships44 French ships02 Total94110

Thus, 3.05 per cent. of the officers serving in Foreign ships were of British nationality, with an increase in number of officers and of ships.

The Nationality of the Crews in British and in Foreign ships was as follows:

VESSELSBRITISH CREWU.S.A. AND EUROPEANSASIATICS 191319141913191419131914 British24,72824,2641,022866134,220135,214 Foreign1,4301,57131,44724,428126,923118,268 Total26,15825,83532,46925,294261,143253,482

Hence in British ships :-

1913, 15.46% of the crews were British.

1914, 15.13% of the crews were British.

And in Foreign ships :

1913, 0.90% of the crews were British.

1914, 1.08% of the crews were British.

0.64% of the crews were other Europeans.

0.54% of the crews were other Europeans.

83.90% of the crews were Asiatics.

84.33% of the crews were Asiatics.

19.75% of the crews were other Europeans.

16.93% of the crews were other Europeans.

79.35% of the crews were Asiatics.

81.98% of the crews were Asiatics.