§ 13. Mr. Ridleyasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the registered tonnage of British shipping fuelled by coal and oil, respectively, in the year 1936; and what were the relative figures in the year 1913?
§ Mr. RuncimanAccording to the particulars given in the 1936–37 edition of Lloyd's Register Book, there are 9,079 steamers and motor ships of l00 tons gross and upwards on the British Register representing 20,172,983 gross tons. Of this total, 995 were motor ships of 3,482,193 tons gross, and 1,057 were steamers fitted for burning oil fuel of 5,884,162 tons gross. Included in the last-mentioned figure are a number of vessels which use coal or oil alternatively. I regret that comparable figures for 1913 are not available.