9
1
Thus :-
Steamers.
No. of times entered.
Total Tonnage.
Flag.
1918. 1919.
Steamers 158
British
Sailing... 4
2
Steamers 291
379
1918. 1919. 1918. 1919.
299 1,219 1,938 1,803,176 3,436,616
4 2 10,121 2,267
911 1,148 1,744,888 2,111,252
Japanese
Sailing
1
1
89
Norwegian,
25
18
108
96
Chinese,
66
84
620
854
128,157 99,652 424,965 585,972
Danish,
5
6
7
6
18,915 17,720
Dutch,
58
39
133
113
334,347 262,213
French,
20
17
153
159
154,474 204,494
Portuguese,
4
5
80
85
43,063 51,459
Russian,
9
13
8
15,244 9,989
Siamese,
3
3
2
7
1,801
7,916
Swedish,
2
1
3
1
8,304
2,217
Steamers 32
90
88
150
187,309 415,859
U.S.A., Sailing
1
1
1
1,271 3,000
Belgian,
Steamers Sailing
1
1
2,074
Inter Allied,
3
6
31,974
Total,
675 957 3,343 4,575 4,878,109 7,242,689
The 301 British ships carried 2,408 British officers and 32 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 5 Norwegians, 18 Americans, 2 Danish, 2 Swedish, 1 Roumanian, 3 Russians, and 1 Greek.
Thus, the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 1:33 per cent., comprising 7 nationalities, a decrease of 1:40 per cent., with a decrease in number of officers and an increase in ships.
8. The 656 Foreign ships carried 4,659 officers, of whom 78 were British, as follows:
1918.
1919.
In Chinese ships -
45
34
Japanese ships
2
2
French ships
1
1
United States ships
9
26
""
Greek ships
15
>>
57
78
Thus 16 per cent. of the officers serving in Foreign ships were of British nationality, with an increase in the number of officers and an increase in the number of ships.