THE MERCHANT NAVIES OF THE WORLD. (Pall Mall Gazette)

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 438, 9 March 1875, Page 2

THE MERCHANT NAVIES OF THE WORLD. ( Pall Mall Gazette )

According to a recant jkiblicitiftauK* MjL^^OpiJS' Veritas the sea-going merchant ns^^P o^^hH^^^"" consist of 56-/259 siiliog vessels, iKyui^nj^rHpS^A^^ £30 tons, an I 539&£i&imHP«<^£$u"ty 4? *TO*>^ 837 tons. Tue<tfsr&s herfcjgT/etjgclo not! cjtaffes- \ \ pond wibhtlwoSuiilVii-ii^ifth^Veralcj)'!!^ l^ kf included in this pulJiWiar^intfib& ditr^r *^q# .is^fft explained by tfclpjt 1 s thJHJb?j t^^J^^JJj VoftWjg'^ reckons only on seV^jiug i^isseJv'bvei'^wliUtiCl^^^ bm-thetu The great sa;>erijrit^.of the British l&apire at sea, appear very clearfy-froni; this cornpila■ti*>a> ■ ofiJJ* d over p^r caniToF the number ~and fl7"pai' 'ooai^aCT— the tonnage belong to the British Empire ; whether as regards number or capacity that ia, E:ig]and"rin& ' ■tiftftiligpßnrianiaarg^ xnoj;e than onethird of all the'sailing ships tbljTnaviffer'tlli? 1 tnsea and oceans of the globe. In- ; aftfttthtvesse's, agnin, 'IKa^uparTol'i^irfxrnrjnrs^fciiig ssjll, the-^tiah pi-j;>jrtion being over &B^i4i' ceiiti^fiibd rtfraiber,, i^i^-^iearjy pixty piy.' ct'iit of -tiie- tonnage. It is srringth |u' ( s%imer3 thit' nbw easai-es^ih jiwnnaoy at - ; ssi/i The-.- Hgiires just- cited' sW lio^' promptly^ • .jettt-tftually they acted upon it. The British' sea-, going strata merchant liaVy is-no^floiKiiderttblyf . tlian theNaea^uing steam merc^ant'naviesofi... all the rest of'the^^^on^tinfed, ; ItVortia^eOT ■ ihdeai, thafc-^he reoeut great rUe in .ih'e'/^nce,' of - ..iroii and catl alih'^st prtt a stop to - thdj- Hi<tre«ise - of. bhe Hteam s'nppifi^of many foreign cwtttries. lOf E igland it may fiave c niseJ the increase ltd"- haVe. been lt-ss rapid' than it Qtherwise.^ouid j.ave b^ft," bnfit did. not,.J,n the slightest degree c!ie.ck tlie iupidity" of incWaße'pieviowsly established. As^ oompared with 1839, tbe Hritteh steam, tonna^e^ last year had augmsnted 76 per corit'. In sailing; vessels'thb- 1 1 rhitftd Sta&'R rink next. after our own country, but the interval is a very long o le. In \ munber'the A'mericun vessels are 'littln M,t>«e iL»ui one-third of tht-B.irish, and in tounage onlw4o per cent. In steainfrs tie dispari yis still more marked. , The IXnittd States, itih trtip, occupy ihe? second place in these «lso, lilt the American steamers mtmher li^launore than uue-.'-Jxih' of tl.e British and' their c.\p\<^y is not oue-fu>xrtt. It is k t6 be remeiuheretl", ht>wever r that the United States, l>*tesess a- large number of both ftGamere and Bailfir St > t It ing vessels exclusively engigel oil, th j greit lakes^ aWI rivefs ? aid in tn a c >astrig trail©,, which arenot here fnclitieJl With reg-i^l to ste-nuer*, F. auceocjupie.3 t^-j third p^ace, with j si:ghtlv tnor« thaiK halt the nunibftr aud tonnig^of tlie United Sfate.B.l Theiijatuitt in ord i r, Germany, S,fcrm, Russia, Sweden 'and Norway,. Ho land, Ttaly, and Austria.. Tliis onVar is acc^nling to tonnage; 'it "vifbuld besj n3\v lut diffji'dnb w:rs wj toarri'a»e, Vf3->rli »q tjp^m'oer of ships. First' c mes, Norway, thenr lialv, then Germany; while Francferwnich was third' in respect to-Bteamers, ranks he.re.onjy sixth, -. liumgdiatsly after her great^riva). , IJLollanti, agviin,. d-ice th^gr^lteat of maritim-3 pojw^r^h now, s>i faras sailing v* s.ssUara concernedj beaten by Sjiain, and "Greece, and only ju.^t takes precedence of Swe^ den without N )rvu,y. The 'decline of JlollHnd is,» indeed, not less marked than tfte promijibnee of* Eng l and and theincre&sing imiJOi-tan^, of, Germany as Hi maritime nation..* as we- hay© s ;en y , is eighth" in steam, bpnnfcgl,. raivking^ Mbw Wp'dn,. Russia," and even; $>\*©den and '^pt^vAyi while/ in^ sailing tonjia^eiWUe.-is only nintl}, V^njj/.jfnferior toy bjth Sp tin WnH^Cfi-eece. Gea'riffin^.jjSTit' tlie o«her hand, as we,s>how v el iv an O^ci^iotimd'i'^ote, on Stturd.iy last, "Hy ' fi^iren quoted ft^o'rik.'t^e .fierlin Boi's-jnzutu lg, is- lohedily fourth, in apisiam tonnage,, and in filing v v ton page sh^ liarf ' beaten> FJ'ance, though she is still ijJL&a^i'rtcV Norway and; Italy; - . '- t-.- :i