§ Lord NINIAN CRICHTON - STUARTasked the President of the Board of Trade the numbers of Chinese signed on British ships during 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, and 1913, respectively, trading from ports in the United Kingdom?
§ Mr. BURNSThe number of Chinese seamen engaged on board British foreignoing ships at ports in the -United Kingdom for the years 1911 to 1913 are as follows:—
1911 … … … … 5,366 1912 … … … … 7,450 1913 … … … … 9,286 Complete statistics are not available for previous years. It should be borne in mind that these figures may include repeated engagements of the same men.