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Thus:-

Steamers.

No. of times entered.

Total Tonnage.

Flag.

1918 1919 1918 1919 British Steamers 158 291 379,911 Sailing... 4 2 4 Japanese 1,219 1,938 1,803,176 3,436,616 2 10,121: 2.267 Sailing. 1 1 89 Norwegian, 25 18 108,157 99.652 Chinese, Danish, 66 84 620,854 585,972 6 7 18,915 17,720 Dutch, 58 39 133,113 262,213 334,347 French, 20 17 153,159 204,494 Portuguese, 5 80,85 51,459 43,063 Russian, 13 8 15,244 9,989 Siamese, 1 1,801 Swedish, 23 7 7,916 1 8,304 2,217 Steamers 32 90 88 150 187,309 415,859 U.S.A., Sailing .. 1 1 3,000 1 1.271 Steamers 1 Belgian, 1 2.074 Sailing 1 Inter Allied, 3 6 31,974 Total, 675 957 3,343,457 7,242,689 |3,343 4,575 4,878,109

7. 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:-

In Chinese ships - 1918. 1919. Japanese ships 45 57 French ships 26 15 " United States ships 2 "" Greek ships 2 1 78

Thus 1.6 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.

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