Steamers
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TABLE XXIX,
Bunker Coal and Oil Shipped during 1939.
EXPORTS.
1938.
1939.
Class.
No.
Coal, Oil, Tons.
Tons.
Coal,
Oil,
No.
Tons.
Tons.
3,574 337,884 70,673 3,709 356,279 88,086 River Steamers 3,387 67,987 548 3,803 46,204 326 Total 6,961 405,871 71,221 7,512 402,483 88,412TABLE XXX.
Comparative Return of Work performed by the Principal Surveyor of Ships' Department for 3 years ending 31/12/39.
Year. Item. 1937. 1938. 1939. Surveys for Passenger and Safety Certificate including Radio 74 81 85 Surveys for Passenger Certificate 18 16 10 Surveys for Safety Radio Telegraphy Certificates 54 70 70 Surveys for Surveys 69 (Wireless) 21 Surveys for Load Line Certificate 36 39 27 Surveys for Bottom Certificate 4 1 4 Surveys for Emigration Licence 95 74 86 Measurement of Tonnage for British Registry 28 61 39 Measurement of Tonnage not for British Registry 2 16 19 Measurement of Tonnage for Suez Canal 4 3 6 Measurement of Tonnage for Panama Canal 1 4 7 Inspection and Certification of Light and Sound Signals. 24 27 16 Inspection and Certification of Life Saving Appliances. 20 28 40 Machinery and Boiler Plans 85 95 211 Surveys of Boilers during Construction 3 2 2 Surveys of Government Land Boilers 53 35 39 Surveys of Launches for Plying Licences 610 606 578 Surveys of Government Launches and Harbour Buoys, etc. 1,510 1,530 1,625 Ships' Plans Examined 238 261 317 Inclining Experiments 9 4 18 New Lifeboats Surveyed during Construction 98 152 81 New Buoyant Apparatus Surveyed during Construction. 519 216 80 Lifejackets Inspected and Stamped 16,330 14,925 11,668 Lifebuoys Inspected and Stamped 586 549 988 Engineers Examined B.O.T. Certificates 26 26 19 Engineers Examined Local Certificates. 91 109 107 Estimated Total Number of Visits in connection with Surveys 5,117 5,510 5,144 Lifeboatmen Examined for Certificates 133 329 407