§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the President of the Board of Trade what was the total tonnage of coastwise traffic in the United Kingdom for the last year and what proportion was carried in Dutch shipping; and what were the corresponding figures for Dutch coastwise shipping and the proportion of such traffic carried in British shipping?
§ Mr. StanleyParticulars of the total tonnage of cargoes carried coastwise between ports in the United Kingdom or of the proportions carried in vessels of different nationalities are not available. The total net tonnage of all vessels, in410W cluding their repeated voyages, that arrived and departed with cargo coastwise at United Kingdom ports in 1937 was 58.4 million tons, of which Dutch vessels represented 0.9 per cent. I have no corresponding official figures of Dutch coasting traffic.