BRITAIN'S SEA TRADE.
The Navigation ana Shipping Returns of the United Kingdom for 1911 help ua to realise to some extent the predominant position Britain occupies in the ocean-carrying trade of the world. Whatever other industry may be imperilled or show signs of decay, there is no evidence of collapse in the British shipping business, and over 60 per cent, of the tonnage that enters and clears ports in the United Kingdom is British, which is within ten per cent, of the proportion of fifteen years ago, notwithstanding the natural growth of the mercantile marine of other nations, and in spite of the fact that the aggregate has nearly doubled in that time. Even a considerable amount of the foreign tonnage is really British, and is only foreign by virtue of the particular flag it may happen to fly. The total tonnage engaged in the foreign trade which entered and cleared during the past five years is as under: —
Entered. Cleared. Tons. Tons. 1907 .. 66,240,900 67,030,800 1908 .. 66,459,100 65,977,100 1909 .. 66,309,500 66,958,200 1910 .. 66,660,400 67,369,900 1911 ,. 69,164,500 69.744.8U0 The increase of last year on 1910 is about four per cent.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 517, 13 November 1912, Page 6
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190BRITAIN'S SEA TRADE. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 517, 13 November 1912, Page 6
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