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EXPORTS.
The corresponding figures relating to ships of European type of construction, shipping bunker coal, are as follows:-
1921.
1922.
Increase.
Decrease.
No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. Steamers, 5,226 10,020,769 5,322 10,970,458 96 949,689 River Steamers. 3,775 2,048,591 3,558 2,231,345 182,754 Sailing Vessels, 1 580 1 44 536 Total.... 9,002 12,069,940 8,881 13,204,846 1,134,907 Net Increase, 1,134,907 1201921.
1922.
Increase.
Decrease.
No. Bunker Coal. No. Bunker Coal. No. Bunker Coal. No. Bunker Coal. Steamers, 5,226 508,793 5,322 439,734 96 69,059 River Steamers, 3,775 69,906 3,558 59,159 217 10,747 Total,... 9,001 578,699 8,880 498,893 313 79,806 Net decrease.... 313 79,806The River Trade, compared with 1921, is shown in the following Table :-
Year. Imports. Exports. Passengers. 1921, ..... 412,274 353,683 1,790,062 1922, 353,134 452,424 1,436,434