SHIPPING: FISHING BOATS. (i.e., REGISTERED under Part IV of the MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894) with an estimate of the NUMBER of PERSONS EMPLOYED in UNREGISTERED FISHING BOATS. Navigation and Shipping of the United Kingdom.") (a) Including the Isle of Man. (c) Excluding Londonderry. (c) 949 (c) 600 (c) 1,549 (c)55,559 (c) 9,547 (c)65,106 Total (b) The figures for Ireland relate to 1921: corresponding figures for 1922 are not available. (d) Excluding the Irish Free State from 1923. (J) 872 Regular 6,506 (c) 568 Occasional IRELAND (a). (c) 1,440 UNITED Total (a) (d). 55348 M WRECKS. No. 60.-NUMBER and TONNAGE of VESSELS belonging to the UNITED KINGDOM TOTALLY LOST at Sea (exclusive of VESSELS of the ROYAL NAVY). (Compiled from the Reports of Shipping Casualties received by the Board of Trade.) NOTE.-Losses of unregistered vessels (if any) are included in the above figures for 1914 and prior years, but are subsequently excluded. The figures for the years 1918 to 1924 include vessels lost in rivers or harbours. The total number of these in the year 1918 was 11 vessels aggregating 16,569 tons. (a) Excluding losses of vessels by enemy action. (b) Excluding losses of vessels due to mines. (c) Excluding vessels belonging to the Irish Free State. No. 61.-NUMBER of PASSENGERS and CREW LOST by WRECKS and CASUALTIES at SEA to VESSELS belonging to the UNITED KINGDOM (exclusive of VESSELS of the ROYAL NAVY). (Compiled from the Reports of Shipping Casualties received by the Board of Trade.) FROM SAILING VESSELS. FROM STEAM VESSELS. TOTAL. NOTE.-Losses of unregistered vessels (if any) are included in the above figures for 1914 and prior years, but are subsequently excluded. (a) Including 1,498 persons (673 crew and 825 passengers) on the s.s. "Titanic." (b) Including 1,011 persons (171 crew and 840 passengers) on the s.s. "Empress of Ireland." (c) Excluding losses by enemy action. (d) Excluding losses due to mines. (e) Excluding vessels belonging to the Irish Free State. CIVIL AVIATION No. 62.-BRITISH CIVIL AVIATION on REGULAR AIR ROUTES (INTERNAL and CONTINENTAL). (Compiled from Returns furnished by the Air Ministry.) NOTE.-The number of passengers carried represents the number of passenger-stages flown, each stage averaging about 200 miles. No. 63.-ACCIDENTS INVOLVING INJURY to OCCUPANTS of BRITISH AIRCRAFT FLYING on REGULAR AIR ROUTES. (a) Flying accidents resulting in the death of one or more occupants of machine. No. 64.-AIRCRAFT FLIGHTS and PASSENGERS CARRIED between UNITED KINGDOM and ABROAD. RAILWAYS: GREAT BRITAIN. No. 65.-FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS OF RAILWAY COMPANIES OF GREAT (Compiled from the Annual A.-PAID-UP CAPITAL OF RAILWAY COMPANIES, WITH B.-RECEIPTS FROM PASSENGER AND GOODS TRAIN TRAFFIC, &C., NOTE.-The scope of the statistics given in the Railway Returns for 1919 and subsequent years differs somewhat from that of the statistics previously published for 1913 and earlier years. The chief differences are due to the exclusion now made of figures relating to the Manchester Ship Canal. (a) Excluding Manchester Ship Canal Company. (b) The figures for 1913 given above have been adjusted to compare approximately with those for the years 1919 and subsequent years. Comparative figures are not available for the years 1914 to 1918, inclusive. RAILWAYS: GREAT BRITAIN. BRITAIN (a) IN EACH OF THE YEARS 1913 AND 1919 TO 1924. AVERAGE RATES OF DIVIDEND OR INTEREST THEREON. (c) The Amalgamations and Absorptions under the Railways Act, 1921, involved certain re-arrangements of capital, and it is necessary to bear these alterations in mind in comparing the figures for 1922, 1923 and 1924 with those for previous years. |