AnnualReport-1918 — Page 9

These 675 ships measured 1,476,594 tons. They entered 3,343 times and gave a collective tonnage of 4,878,119 tons. Thus 75 fewer ships entered 680 fewer times, and gave a collective tonnage reduced by 1,272,215 tons, an average of 1,870.19 tons per entry.

Thus:

Flag Steamers No. of Times entered Total Tonnage 1917 1918 1917 1918 1917 1918 British Steamers,
Sailing Ships, 257
2 268
2 1,507
4 1,219
3 2,582,521
10,121 2,110,499;
9,388 Japanese Sailing Ships, 291 158 2,582 1,803 1,744,888 1,744,888 Norwegian, 37 25 138 108 165,536 128,157 Chinese, 54 66 328 620 335,475 424,965 Danish, 6 5 6 7 16,360 18,915 Dutch, 42 58 156 133 427,585 334,347 French, 24 20 155 153 250,831 154,474 Portuguese, 15 4 142 80 67,972 43,063 Russian, 5 13 6,721 15,244 Siamese, 2 2 4,072 1,801 Swedish, 4 3 10 8 10,825 8,304 U.S.A. {Sailing Ships,
Steamers, 36
1 32
1 74
1 88
1 164,792
1,271 187,309
... Italian, 1 1 3,420 Belgian Sailing Ship, 1 1 2,074 No Flag, 1 1 445 Total, 750 675 4,023 3,343 6,150,334 4,878,109

The 162 British ships carried 1,396 British officers and 38 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 11 Norwegians, 13 Americans, 1 Dane, 4 Swedish, 2 Japanese, 3 Dutch, 1 Belgian, 2 Russians, and 1 Roumanian.

Thus the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 2.72 per cent., comprising 9 nationalities, an increase of 7 per cent., with a decrease in number of officers and ships.

The 513 Foreign ships carried 3,437 officers, of whom 57 were British, as follows:-

1917 1918 In Chinese ships 42 45 Japanese ships- 3 2 French ships 2 1 Russian ships ... United States ships 11 9 58 57