SHIPPING.

No. 55.-TOTAL NUMBER and TONNAGE of VESSELS REGISTERED under Part I. of the MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894, belonging to the UNITED KINGDOM, including JERSEY, GUERNSEY, and the ISLE OF MAN, at the end of each Year.

(Compiled from the "Annual Statement of Navigation and Shipping of the United Kingdom.”)

(a) The net tonnage of steam vessels on the Register was somewhat increased in 1914, owing to the coming into full force, on 1st January 1914 of the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1907.

(b) Excluding vessels registered in the Irish Free State,

SHIPPING.

No. 56.-NUMBER and NET TONNAGE of all SAILING and STEAM VESSELS (other than War Vessels) BUILT in the UNITED KINGDOM.

(Compiled from the " Annual Statement of Navigation and Shipping of the United Kingdom.")

NOTE-The above Table, as stated in the heading, relates to all mercantile vessels built in the United Kingdom including those built for foreigners.

(a) Excluding vessels built in the Irish Free State.

No. 57.-NUMBER and NET TONNAGE of SAILING and STEAM VESSELS (other than War Vessels) SOLD to FOREIGN COUNTRIES, distinguishing between SHIPS NEW BUILT and VESSELS on the REGISTER of the UNITED KINGDOM which were sold to FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

(Compiled from the " Annual Statement of Navigation and Shipping of the United Kingdom.")

SHIPPING.

No. 58.-NUMBER and NET TONNAGE of REGISTERED SAILING and STEAM VESSELS

SHIPPING.

belonging to the UNITED KINGDOM, EMPLOYED in the HOME and FOREIGNn Trades, PERSONS EMPLOYED therein.

NOTES. The above Return includes vessels belonging to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
The number of persons shown as employed in the year is the sum of the number of persons forming the first crew
of each vessel employed during the year.

The Home Trade includes vessels trading or going within the following limits, viz.: the United Kingdom, the Isle of
Man, the Irish Free State, the Channel Islands, and the Continent of Europe between the River Elbe and Brest.
The Foreign Trade includes vessels trading or going beyond the above limits.

Some vessels known to be trading abroad are omitted from the Return owing to the fact that no late information of the
number of their crews could be obtained.

(a) Vessels employed on rivers and going beyond smooth water limits as defined in the regulations regarding Passenger Vessels, but not beyond partially smooth water limits, have been excluded from the Employment Returns since the end of 1910. 781 sailing vessels of 34,976 tons and 86 steam vessels of 3,809 tons, which would have been included in the totals for 1911 had the basis remained unchanged, have thus been excluded.

(b) Including Masters, Pilots and Lascars. The numbers of British and Foreign sailors and of Lascars are stated below:

(c) Under the heading "Lascars" are included Asiatics and East Africans, whether British subjects or Foreigners, employed on vessels trading between India and this Country, or entirely in Asiatic or Australian waters, and serving under Agreements which terminate in Asia.

(a) Excluding vessels registered in the Irish Free State.

SHIPPING: FISHING BOATS.

No. 59.-NUMBER and NET TONNAGE of FISHING BOATS on the REGISTERS in each Division of the UNITED KINGDOM on the 31st December; REGISTERED and

(Compiled from the "Annual Statement of

The First Class includes all steam and motor boats of 15 tons gross tonnage and upwards and all sailing boats of 15 tons net tonnage and upwards.

The Second Class includes all steam and motor boats of less than 15 tons gross tonnage and other vessels of less than 15 tons net tonnage but of 18 feet keel and upwards.

The Third Class includes all boats (other than steam or motor) under 18 feet keel, except those navigated by oars only and marked with the owner's name and the port or place to which they belong.