AnnualReport-1915

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Thus:-

Steamers.

No. of Times entered.

Total Tonnage.

Flag.

1914. 1915. 1914. 1915. 1914.

1915.

**British** Steamers 383 308 2,130,308 1,989,416 4,168,538 3,669,800 Sailing... 2 2 3,082 2,130 **Japanese** Steamers 188 264 826,972 1,114,494 2,114,494 2,253,086 Sailing 2 2 328 **German, Norwegian, Austrian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian** 35 50 69,852 69,341 30 38 98,693 224 271,727 271,183 4 6 16 46,906 18,634 23 25 124 252,700 293,002 15 24 154 248,280 230,242 **Portuguese** 7 **Russian** 15 5 7 71 32,968 34,547 **Swedish** 20 8 9 15 54,721 16,571 **U.S.A.** Steamers 13 15 60 39 236,624 169,201 Sailing... 1 1 1,043 **Total** 825 724 4,226 3,824 8,468,609 7,181,699

7. The 310 British ships carried 2,790 British officers and 27 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 5 U.S.A., 4 Dutch, 7 Swedish, and 11 Norwegian.

Thus, the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 0.90 per cent. comprising 4 nationalities, an increase of 58 per cent. with a decrease in number of officers and of ships.

8. The 414 Foreign ships carried 3,312 officers, of whom 66 were British as follows:-

1914 1915 In Chinese ships 84 55 " Japanese ships 6 7 United States ships 4 4 French ships 0 0 94 66

Thus, 1.99 per cent. of the officers serving in Foreign ships were of British nationality, with a decrease in number of officers and of ships.