THE SHIPPING TRADE OF THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 26 January 1884, Page 2

THE SHIPPING TRADE OF THE WORLD.

] Some interesting statistics have been .. prepared by it shipping journal at. Marseilles, the,' Semaphore,' aB to the shipping trade of the world; Accord*; ing to this return, Great Britain now, ; possesses 17,875 sailing vessels, with a ] tital burden of 5,271,160 tons; the: United states, 6,214, with a total bur-den'of-2^000,218 tons; Norway, 4,003, with a total burden of 1,366,941 tons; Germany, 2,614, with a total burden of 891*,558 tonr; - Russia, 2,434, with a;to{al buriJen of 452,316 tons j and Franee, 2;131, with a total burdeu. of '-. 468,272 tonflj. The countries which come next in ordoa of importance are ■ Sweden, ..Greece, Holland, Spaih', Austria, Denmark, Turkey, there, aro 48,704 sailing vessels, .with a total burden'of 13,647,377 tons,' shfiw-' inlg a diminution Within the last fiyo years of, 959 yessels, and of. 455j723: r tons burden. classed as owning steamers, Gt'eq't-. " Britain haying more than halt o£tho.;. 2 whole number, and two-thirds of the..,' total tonnage. The number of steam-', • ert is given as being 7,764, with a gross burden of of 9,232,006 tons, arid ' a riet burden of 6,037,164 tons, Great • Britain owning 4,649 with-a net tonnage "of 3,822,708 ; France comes next with 458 steamers, of 444,265 tons riist"; the tJmted -States third with .422 Bteamers, of 374,314 tons net ;snd.' < ; Germany fourth, with 420 steamers, of. ' 345,-103 ton net.. Next in order of importance come Spain, Italy, Holland). Russia, Austria, Hungary, Norway,:' Sweden,' Greece, Egypt, Portugal, and ; / Turkey. The increase in the number, 4 ' \ of steamers within' the last five years ,',. has been' 1,867, with' 3,052,161 tens. ■ gross arid 2,015,295 tons tonnage.Putting' Bteamers-and sailing; vessels'• together, the total', is' 43,838, 'with'a •', total burden of close , upon 23,000,000 . toris.' : •• i v'l

England, Germany,, Franco; Ruisiaj :• and the smaller natiojis 'of Europe are - - fee .cdfc:".' • cation of-their artisans, and;, land,morepartlcularly,,private;hber*, : ,:' alky is ;added to l»wt^i ".'ji to Intend: the >'' v The%g?st. . ;telef>hpne^wiisa : , ;• in:lhe : worl is in Sctoßiii c > "' Intends from Glasgow a distance of 32 miles, V- ~±<r '