British Shipping through the Suez Canal
A vrry good id^a of i he iniporfcanca >f British shipping-is obtnint-d from i glance at the Su;-z o mil returns. From thesa it appears that oat of a total net ton <g) of nine and a quarter millions passing through the Canal more than six and a qnartc" Wera British. This is an improv^m°nt of nearly a million on thu figures of last y»ar. The nearest approach to the Eng ish tonnage is far enough below i . Germany'^ n^t tonnaga is nod r 979,000. as compared wiih Great Britain's fix and a quarler millions. France isnnxt with under 572,000. The revenue from So. z Cmal due' was higher last year lhari it any lime since the Canal was ipennd. It wai nearly 86,000.000 francs. j
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Manawatu Herald, 4 July 1899, Page 2
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132British Shipping through the Suez Canal Manawatu Herald, 4 July 1899, Page 2
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