THE MERCHANT NAVIES OF THE WORLD.
A Freneh naval periodical,' recentl v published, contains the fol/owmg stare ment of the number of sailing ve.-sf l,s on the , high «eas belonging, to each flag ;
. -Number <>f .~ ®" Vesaeis ■ .l<»n'ingo English ..... 20,538 5.383,763 American <5,869 ...... 2,18t,6.39 Norwegian ...... 4,484 1,849,1.V8' Italian 4,343 ...... 1,257,816 German 3,483 ...... 852,789 French ...... 3,780 ...... 780,326 Spanish 2,674 509,767 Greek 2,063 ..... ■<1,0(i.9: , >7 Dutch 1,418 ... 38 ~302 Swedish 1.904 ... .. 361,368 Russian 1.4*8 331350 Austrian 935 ... 327,742 Danish -1.388 173,480 Portuguese ............ 410 92.808 Southern American... 219 82 761 Central American .... 138 46,580 Turkish 287 43.360 Belgian.... v 51 ...... 17,153 Asiatic 35 13,527
56,289 14,523,630 According to this table, the supremacy of England, even in this primitive mode of jr vigatioii. which the dearness of coal and wages has made more pros-' perous th?.n ever, is very marked. It is curious to. no to _ the--, "supremacy, of Greece over tfussia.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 311, 12 February 1875, Page 3
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147THE MERCHANT NAVIES OF THE WORLD. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 311, 12 February 1875, Page 3
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