The 1920-21 edition of Lloyd’s Register shows that nearly 27,750.000 tons of shipping are actually cleared or about to he classed by Lloyd’s, and that, the existing vessels which were formerly classed total about 5,850.000 tons. Thai the recognition of the value of classification is world-wide Js "shown by the fact that of the 25,000,000 tons of vessels actually -appearing as classed in the new hook, 14,000,000 tons are of vessels owned outside of Great Britain. During the year 1919 the new vessels classed by Lloyd’s aggregated 4,285,000■ tons, of which nearly 2,200,000 were built in the United States.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2212, 7 December 1920, Page 4
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99Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2212, 7 December 1920, Page 4
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