Thus:-
Steamers.
No. of times entered. Total Tonnage. Flag. 1924 1925 1924 1925 1924 1925 British, 416 371 2,650,946 2,492,197 Japanese, 269 269 1,324,153 1,153,550 U.S.A., 100 69 423,490 370,638 Chinese, 59 65 323 453,092 365,450 German, 33 33 79 78 317,416 332,495 Danish, 20 12 73 42 180,513 117,249 Dutch, 53 45 262 244 807,254 754,440 French, 39 26 278 177 535,528 453,272 Italian, 17 13 41 35 154,371 130,895 Panaman, 4 2 33 2 34,843 3,239 Chilean, 8 7 257 126 130,606 71,549 Norwegian, 71 55 387 286 443,067 319,006 Portuguese, ... 17 200 109 91,017 46,166 Russian, 1 915 Siamese, 1 377 Swedish, 13 7 60 15 120,830 58,915 Spanish, 4 3 17 14 42,395 37,670 Total. 1,123 1,015 6,484 4,776 13,809,974 11,810,938The Nationalities of the Crews in British and in Foreign Ships were as follows:
VESSELS. BRITISH CREW. OTHER EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS. ASIATICS. 1924 1925 1924 1925 1924 1925 British, 416 371 36,666 32,498 479 1,320 209,151 165,776 Foreign, 707 644 1,708 741 44,841 39,395 226,048 175,884 Total, 1,123 1,015 38,374 33,239 45,320 40,715 435,199 341,660