SHIPPING AT PRINCIPAL PORTS: ENTERED.

Coasting Trade) at certain PRINCIPAL PORTS in each YEAR from 1918 to 1923.

For the 12 months ended 30th June of the years stated.

(e) Excluding Chinese junks.

Excluding the tonnage of vessels that called for the purpose of coaling and for orders only.

(h) The figures represent direct entrances from places outside the Commonwealth. Oversea vessels which call at more than one port in Australia are recorded at the first port of call therein.

(a) For the 12 months ended 31st March of the year following that stated.
(b) Excluding Native craft and vessels engaged in trade with Foreign Indian ports.
(c) Excluding Native craft.

(d) Excluding warships, transports, yachts, Native craft, and steam and sailing vessels under 50 tons in all years, but including vessels engaged in trade between the Settlements years prior to 1921.

No. 16.-Continued.

SHIPPING AT PRINCIPAL PORTS: CLEARED.

Coasting Trade) at certain PRINCIPAL PORTS in each YEAR from 1918 to 1923.

(f) For the 12 months ended 30th June of the years stated.

(g) Excluding the tonnage of vessels that called for the purpose of coaling and for orders only.

(h) The figures represent direct clearances to places outside the Commonwealth. Oversea vessels which call at more than one port of Australia are recorded at the final port of departure therefrom.

SHIPPING: VESSELS BUILT.

OVERSEA DOMINIONS AND
PROTECTORATES.

No. 17.-NET TONNAGE of SAILING and STEAM VESSELS

1909. 1910.

1911. 1912. 1913. 1914.

1915.

1916.

(a) For the 12 months ended 31st March of the year following that stated. (b) The figures shown for 1912 and later years represent gross tons.

(c) The Commonwealth Government states that the only official intimation of ship building is the registration of the ship. Such registration may not be effected for some years after the ship is built, and consequently the figures for past years are subject to amendment from year to year.

In addition to the above sailing and steam vessels, a few oil motor boats, pontoons, dredgers, &c., are built from time to time, in the various States of the Commonwealth.

SHIPPING: VESSELS BUILT.

BUILT in the undermentioned OVERSEA DOMINIONS, &c.

(d) The figures given for New Zealand represent the tonnage of vessels built at "ports in British Possessions" but registered (for the first time) in the Dominion in each of the years stated. Particulars of vessels built in the Dominion cannot be stated.

(e) For the 12 months ended 30th September of the years stated.

Including motor boats.

(g) Motor boats.

(h) The figures are inclusive of only those vessels that have been built and registered in British Honduras.