D 33
TABLE XXIX.
Bunker Coal and Oil Shipped during 1938.
EXPORTS.
1937. 1938.
Class. No. Coal, Oil, Coal, Oil, No. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
Steamers 4,749 379,113 69,899 3,839 64,813 1,737
River Steamers 3,387 8,588 443,926 71,636 6,961
Total 3,574 337,884 70,673 67,987 548
405,871 71,221
TABLE XXX.
Comparative Return of Work performed by the Government Marine Surveyor's Department for 3 years ending 31/12/38.
Year.
Item. 1936. 1937. 1938.
Surveys for Passenger and Safety Certificate including Wireless Telegraphy Installations 61 74 81
Surveys for Passenger Certificate 47 18 16
Surveys for Safety Radio Telegraphy Certificates 38 54 70
Surveys for Loadline Certificate 41 36 39
Surveys for Bottom Certificate 7 4 1
Surveys for Emigration Licence 91 95 74
Measurement of Tonnage for British Registry 14 28 61
Measurement of Tonnage not for British Registry 7 2 16
Measurement of Tonnage for Suez Canal.... 4 3
Measurement of Tonnage for Panama Canal 1 4
Inspection and Certification of Light and Sound Signals 16 24 27
Inspection and Certification of Life Saving Appliances 14 20 28
Machinery and Boiler Plans 94 85 95
Surveys of Boilers during Construction 3 2
Surveys of Government Land Boilers 49 53 35
Surveys of Launches for plying Licences 631 610 606
Surveys of Government Launches and Harbour Buoys, etc. 1,400 1,510 1,530
Ships' Plans Examined 232 238 261
Inclining Experiments 11 9 4
New Lifeboats Surveyed during Construction 31 98 152
New Buoyant Apparatus Surveyed during Construction 598 519 216
Lifejackets Inspected and Stamped 11,195 16,330 14,925
Lifebuoys Inspected and Stamped 680 586 549
Engineers Examined B.O.T. Certificates 39 26 26
Engineers Examined Local Certificates 121 91 109
Estimated Total Number of Visits in connection with surveys 5,528 5,117 5,510
Lifeboatmen Examined for Certificates 598 133 329