THE SUEZ CANAL.
BRITAIN'S PROFITABLE ■ INVEST- 1 ■■ i .■-■; ■-:■•' HENT. ■■~ ..■;■••.:_ .". : The report of, the British Vice-Consul at Port Said (Mr. Dunlop), just published" as a White' Paper, draws attention to the '' increased traffic through the Suez Canal. : - Last .year. 4239 vessels, of a : net tonnage of 15,407,527 tons, passed through the ; canal, as compared with 3795-vessels, of - 13,633,287 tons, in IMS. The'percentage' "" in number of British ships last year, was 60 per cent., and ia net tonnage 62 per cent., an increase' on 1908. ,The German percentage was 14 • and 15 per cent.,re- ~ spectively,' and. the Netherlands",conies third with 5.9 and.5.2-per cent. : .;■ '.': In the coarse of'a brief account of.the . creation and development, of the canal, 3tr. Dunlop says that the Khedive's . shares were purchased by. tfie British Government in 1875 for £4,076,622, and .•:■ are now-.worth about. .£34,000,000, and bring in an aiinual revenue of . over .£1,000,000. , ; :■■ • . .. '. ■■■.:.'..
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1053, 16 February 1911, Page 6
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145THE SUEZ CANAL. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1053, 16 February 1911, Page 6
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