Foreign Seamen in British Ships.

HC Deb 05 June 1913 vol 53 cc1053-4W

Mr. M'GHEE

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can furnish a Return showing the number of seamen engaged on British foreign-going ships in the United Kingdom during the years 1911 and 1912, respectively, the number who failed to join their ships, and the number of discharge books suspended, distinguishing separately the numbers for each port?

Mr. BUXTON

The following Return gives the desired information:—

Return showing the number of seamen engaged on British foreign-going ships in the United Kingdom, the number who failed to join their vessels, and the number of continuous discharge books suspended during the years 1911 and 1912—

—	1911.	1912.
No. of Seamen Engaged.	No. who Failed to Join.	No. of Books Suspended.	No. of Seamen Engaged.	No. who Failed to Join.	No. of Books Suspended.
Cardiff, Barry, and Penarth	44,711	937	116	46,961	1,012	136
Glasgow	…	…	48,387	1,861	261	48,589	2,016	194
Hull	…	…	15,309	260	55	16,137	332	76
Liverpool	…	…	192,059	4,937	149	198,361	5,155	182
London	…	…	90,799	1,702	221	94,909	1,998	197
Middlesbrough	…	…	4,672	158	32	4,467	163	24
Newcastie	…	…	6,213	161	12	4,303	112	9
Newport	…	…	10,941	177	17	10,121	222	26
Shields, North	…	…	12,952	280	66	12,379	333	64
Shields, South	…	…	13,813	349	18	14,129	319	39
Southampton	…	…	48,407	699	7	53,854	1,349	12
Sunderland	…	…	4,556	131	18	4,801	157	18
All other Ports	…	…	63,674	1,612	226	61,905	1,878	201
Total	…	…	556,493	13,264	1,198	570,916	15,046	1,178

Mr. M'GHEE

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can furnish a Return of the number of Chinamen engaged in the United Kingdom on British ships during the years 1911 and 1912, respectively, distinguishing the numbers engaged at each port?

Mr. BUXTON

The following Return gives the desired information:—

Return showing the number of Chinese seamen engaged on British ships at ports in the United Kingdom during the years 1911 and 1912:—

	1911.	1912.
Cardiff	357	593
Barry	796	746
Penarth	137	95
Glasgow	219	177
Hull	261	325
Livepool	1,357	1,751
London—Dock Street	90	274
London—Victoria Docks	232	287
London—Poplar	808	1,028
London—Tilbury	16	74
Middlesbrough	42	83
Newcastle	15	47
Newport	183	263
Shields, North	504	597
Shields, South	99	425
Southampton	61	—
Sunderland	24	132
All other ports	165	543
Total	5,366	7219

The question is receiving careful attention.