Thus:-
Steamers.
No. of Times entered. Total Tonnage. Flag. 1913. 1914. 1913. 1914. 1913. 1914. Steamers 359 383 British Sailing... 2 2 2,099 2,130 164 188 740 826 1,907,307 2,114,494 Japanese, 106 96 597 350 1,107,453 691,852 German, 20 29 189 205 182,633 218,721 Norwegian, 12 11 51 30 168,063 98,693 Austrian, 26 23 233 224 272,166 271,727 Chinese, 6 8 13 16 34,433 46,906 Danish, 15 19 128 124 242,928 252,700 Dutch, 22 22 155 154 284,628 248,280 French, 2 7 18,312 Italian,.. 5 7 114 71 52,009 32,968 Portuguese, 21 15 34 20 86,021 54,721 Russian, 7 8 12 12 31,497 24,093 Swedish, Steamers 15 13 73 60 270,987 236,624 U.S.A. Sailing... 1 1 1,043 Total,... 791 825 4,447 4,226 8,873,806 8,468,6098. 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.
9. The 440 Foreign ships carried 3,082 officers, of whom 94 were British as follows:-
1913. 1914. In Chinese ships 15 10 In Japanese ships 84 94 United States ships 6 4 French ships 4 4 2 0 Total 110 94Thus, 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.