AnnualReport-1916

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Thus

Steamers.

No. of Times entered.

Total Tonnage.

Flag.

Steamers 308 British Sailing... 2 2 Steamers 264 271 972 987 1915. 1916. 1915. 1916. 281 1,989 1,858 3,669,800 3,424,457 2,253,086 2,104,307 5,419 Japanese Sailing.... 2 1 2 1 328 75 Norwegian, 28 33 199 164 199,341 168,156 38 45 236 305 Chinese, 271,183 306,793 4 4 6 4 Danish, 18,634 13,440 Dutch, 23 24 132 135 293,002 359,713 25 19 164 134 French, 230,242 269,437 5 59 101 Portuguese, 34,547 48,151 4 15 16 Russian, 16,571 16,642 1 1 Siamese, 810 6 5 9 8 Swedish, 20,342 24,582 15 24 39 47 U.S.A.Steamers, 169,204 118,601 724 717 3,824 3,761 Total, 7,181,699 6,855,164

7. The 281 British ships carried 2,519 British officers and 56 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 19 Norwegian, 13 Americans, 11 Danes, 5 Swedes, 4 Japanese, 2 Dutch, and 2 Belgian.

Thus, the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 2.21 per cent. comprising 7 nationalities, an increase of 1.31 per cent. with a decrease in number of officers and of ships.

8. The 436 Foreign ships carried 3,252 officers, of whom 69 were British as follows:-

1915. 1916. In Chinese ships 55 49 United States ships 4 15 Japanese ships 7 4 Russian ships 0 1 66 69

Thus, 2.12 per cent. of the officers serving in Foreign ships were of British nationality, with an increase in number of officers and of ships.