AnnualReport-1918

# Steamers

No. of Times entered.

Total Tonnage.

Flag.

1917. 1918. 1917. 1918. 1917. 1918.

Steamers 257 268 1,581,501 1,219 2,582,521 1,803,176 British Sailing 2 4 2 4 3,205 10,121 Steamers 291 1,507 911 2,110,499 1,744,888 Japanese Sailing 1 1 75 37 25 138 108 165,536 128,157 Norwegian 54 66 328 620 335,475 424,965 Chinese 6 5 6 7 16,360 18,915 Danish 42 58 156 133 427,585 334,347 Dutch 24 20 155 153 250,831 154,474 French 15 142 80 67,972 43,063 Portuguese 4 13 6,721 Russian 2 5 15,244 Siamese 2 3 2 2 4,072 1,801 Swedish 2 4 3 10,825 8,304 Steamers 36 32 74 88 164,792 187,309 U.S.A. Sailing 1 1 1,271 1 1 3,420 Italian Steamers 1 2,074 Belgian 1 1 445 No Flag Sailing 1 Total 750 675 4,023 3,343 6,150,334 4,878,109

7. The 162 British ships carried 1,396 British officers and 38 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 11 Norwegians, 13 Americans, 1 Dane, 4 Swedish, 2 Japanese, 3 Dutch, 1 Belgian, 2 Russians, and 1 Roumanian.

Thus, the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 2.72 per cent., comprising 9 nationalities, an increase of 7 per cent., with a decrease in number of officers and ships.

8. The 513 Foreign ships carried 3,437 officers, of whom 57 were British, as follows:-

1917 1918 In Chinese ships 42 45 Japanese ships 3 ? French ships 2 - Russian ships - - United States ships 11 9 58 57

Thus 1.6 per cent of the officers serving in Foreign ships were of British nationality, with a decrease in the number of officers and an increase in the number of ships.

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