HC Deb 25 July 1910 vol 19 cc1909-10W

Statement showing the gross and net tonnage of vessels of fifty tons gross and over on the German Register in each of the undermentioned years, so far as the particulars are available:—

Year. Tonnage of Vessels on the German Register.
Vessels of 50 tons gross and over.
Gross Tonnage. Net Tonnage.
1880 … … Particul'rs not available. 1,140,138
1885 … … 1,243,475
1890 … … 1,395,178
1895 … … 1,458,310
1900 … … 2,779,899 1,905,210
1905 … … 3,677,033 2,432,776
1907 … … 4,233,574 2,753,673
1908 … … 4,307,052 2,788,933

The following statement gives the information asked for, so far as it is available:—

Net tonnage of vessels of and over 50 tons net registered in the British Empire. Gross tonnage of vessels of and over 50 tons registered in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and-the Channel Islands.
Year. Sailing. Steam. Sailing. Steam.
Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
1871* … 5,333,011 1,381,695 † †
1875 … 5,271,932 2,036,998 † †
1880 … 5,072,575 2,900,606 † †
1885 … 4,628,948 4,231,325 † †
1890 … 3,914,702 5,345,266 2,868,194 8,075,329
1895 … 3,612,198 6,462,394 2,869,272 9,929,468
1900 … 2,680,714 7,643,222 2,093,001 11,792,310
1905 … 2,247,823 9,635,190 1,659,290 14,856,894
1908 … 1,960,358 10,841,053 1,389,363 16,708,034
1909 … 1,854,777 11,030,536 1,284,119 16,966,567
*Figures for 1870 on the same basis as those for later years arc not available, figures for 1871 have therefore been given instead.
†Particulars not available.
Note.—The aggregate gross tonnage corresponding to the figures in the first two columns of the table, and the aggregate net tonnage corresponding to the figures in the last two columns, cannot be stated.
The following Statement gives the information desired by my hon. Friend, so far as the particulars are available:—