THE SHIPPING TRADE.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1136, 9 January 1884, Page 2

THE SHIPPING TRADE.

Some interesting statistics have been prepared by a shipping journal at Marseilles, the Semaphore, as to the shipping trade of the world. According to this return, Great Britain possesses 17,875 sailing vessels, with a total burden of 5,271,160 ; the United States 0214, with n total burden of 2,000,208 tons ; Norway 4003, with a total burden of 1,366,911 tons ; Italy 3084, with a total burden of 915,019 tons ; Germany 2614, with a total burden of 891,558 tons ; Russia 2431, with n total burden of 452,316 tons ; and Franee 213.1, with .a total burden of 468,272 tons. The countries which come next in order of importance are Sweden, Greece, Holland, Spain, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Portugal, Turkey and Belgium. Altogether there are 48704 sailing vessels, with a total burden of 13,647,377 tens, showing a diminution within the last five years of 959 vessels and of 155,723 tons burden. Twenty-nine nations are classed ns owning steam' rs, Great Britain having more than half of the whole numbor and two-thirds of the total tonnage. The number of steamers is given as being 7764 with a gross burden of 9,252,006 tons, and n net burden of 6,037,164 tons, Great Britain owning 4619, with a net tonnage of 3,822,708; Fi •ance comes second with 458 steamers, 444,265 tons net ; the United States third, with 420 steamers, of 374,314 tons not ; and Germany fourth, with 420 steamers, of 345,103 tons net. Next in order of importance come Spain, Italy, Holland, Russia, Austria Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Greece, Egypt, Portugal and Turkey. The increase m the number of steamers within the last five years has been 1867, with 3,052,161 gross and 2,015,295 net tonnage. Putting steamers and sailing vessels together, the total is close upon 23,000,000 tons.