WRECKS. No. 196.-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 1925 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. 197.-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. No. 198.-STATEMENT of LIGHT DUES, &c. collected, and of EXPENDITURE incurred for the LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE in the UNITED KINGDOM in each Year ended 31st March. [Compiled from the Accounts of the General Lighthouse Fund.] LIGHTHOUSES. 1910-1. 1911-2. 1912-3. 1913-4. 1914-5. 1915-6. 1916-7. 1917-8. 1918-9. 1919-20. 1920-1. 1921-2. 1922-3. 1923-4. 1924-5. (d) 111,210 113,865 112,770 118,800 118,844 124,434 130,597 143,452 167,946 216,122 285,914 265,050 219,424 206,058 Maintenance of Steam Vessels. 87,002 Maintenance of District Storehouses, &c. 15,126 14,151 Head Office Expenses 39,170 38,906 38,330 39,345 39,197 38,044 36,540 37,838 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,500 33,816 35,577 38,518 37,386 37,275 41,027 37,630 57,861 85,038 86,155 58,616 67,312 36,669 15,018 19,273 10,311 10,581 11,990 15,199 4,779 8,344 11,108 32,995 (b)1,609 20,797 92,056 98,155 94,714 93,554 90,575 103,699 116,128 147.764 181,479 259,070 14,929 15,855 14,200 15,358 17,455 17,938 22,075 28,102 35,781 40,657 50,811 70,863 7,500 6,150 6,400 43,589 51,093 69,286 10,257 65,352 7,500 8,500 Miscellaneous Expenses Total Expenditure 13,556 20,889 21,206 17,237 14,110 32,239 28,985 64,752 129,669 57,364 55,832 56,868 91,202 84,889 (c)172,859 (c)110,882 ()121,984 50,786 46,091 477,423 513,203 525,315 506,854 509,174 481,815 489,075 569,723 754,064 795,353 1,235,540 1,114,158 935,708 831,428 901,156 (a) Including an advance of 199,500l. obtained from the Board of Trade with the sanction of Treasury to meet deficiency on the Fund. (b) Credit. Amount chargeable to Admiralty in excess of Maintenance. (c) Including repayment of Treasury Loan amounting to 100,000l. in 1920-1, 35,000l. in 1921-2 and 64,500. in 1922–3. (d) Figures for the year 1921-2 are not properly comparable with those for previous years as a "Revenue and Expenditure" system of Accounting was introduced for the General Lighthouse Fund from the 1st April, 1921, and consequently there is a certain overlapping as between 1920-1 and 1921-2 accounts. 37,151 13,507 7,875 77,219 65,507 5,934 deficiency on the Fund. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. No. 199.-TOTAL VALUE of the IMPORT and EXPORT TRADE of the UNITED KINGDOM, with the PROPORTION thereof per HEAD of TOTAL POPULATION. The Trade Tables are compiled from the Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom. The values of the Imports represent the cost, insurance, and freight; or, when goods are consigned for sale, the latest sale value of such goods. The values of the Exports represent the cost and the charges of delivering the goods on board the ship, and are known as the "free on board" values. These Accounts are exclusive of Gold and Silver Bullion and Coin (see pages 352-3) and of Foreign Merchandise transhipped under Bond (see pages 354-9). 1,932,648,881 41 11 9 1,709,895,550 36 15 11 1,334,469,269 28 14 4 222,753,331 1,557,222,600 1920 798,638,362 17 18 2 164,746,315 963,384,677 1919 1920 (a) In respect of the figures of Imports and Exports given in this Abstract, it should be noted that, in July 1917 and subsequently, the Accounts include merchandise imported and exported in public as well as in private ownership, except exports for the use of His Majesty's Forces on active service. The figures for the period fron August 1914 to June 1917, inclusive, include, in the case of Imports, all articles of food, but do not include other goods which, at the time of importation, were known to be the property of H.M. Government or the Governments of the Allies. In the case of goods exported, the figures for this period include goods bought in the United Kingdom by, or on behalf of, the Governments of the Allies, but do not include goods aken from British Government stores and depôts or goods bought by H.M. Government and shipped on Government vessels. (b) Exclusive of the value of the diamonds imported into the United Kingdom from the Union of South Africa. For the value of the Exports of diamonds from the Union of South Africa to the United Kingdom See note (f), pp. 284-5. (c) From 1st April, 1923, particulars relating to Imports and Exports include the trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the Irish. Free State. From the same date the direct foreign trade of the Irish Free State has been excluded. IMPORTS. No. 200.-TOTAL VALUE of IMPORTED MERCHANDISE CONSIGNED from (Exclusive of Gold and Silver Bullion and Coir Azores and Madeira Portuguese West Africa Portuguese East Africa Egypt(e). Morocco Canary Islands Tripoli Austria Serb-Croat-Slovene State Congo Free State Liberia Persia Siam China (exclusive of Hong Kong, Macão, and leased territories). (f) Japan (including Formosa and Japanese leased territories in China). (g) United States of America Philippine Islands and Guam Cuba Hayti and St. Domingo Mexico Central American States(h) Colombia Panama Venezuela 1911. 11,938,733 13,236,076 14,212,902 6,231,172 6,897,355 7,437,141 20,580,668 22,119,910 23,830,633 142,805 218,888 10,035,914 2,874,125 1912. 65,280,739 70,048,152 229,517 238,375 18,665,120 21,433,657 5,334,317 6,648,642 20,825,726 23,615,740 23,382,268 3.914.233 Shown as Congo Free State. 1 87,668 | 90,688 198,447 13,693,049 1,452,483 6,919,184 107,216 6,911,943 £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 43,154,411 40,538,532 40,270,539 28,092,527 21,424,998 18,251,838 17,936,926 67112 22,091 712,529 160,371 255,533 10,627,296 2,830,716 84,499 148,976 244,412 2,273,756 2,171,746 317,086 491,484 6,583,396 3,250,415 5,513,747 6,409,315 1913. 14,552,229 1,353,626 8,239,364 18,143 7,019,030 80,411,057 228,776 23,577 841 21,483,299 25,789,975 817,094 670,078 22,897 408.218 43,733 35,891 59,320 56,709 45,000 957,715 673,147 429,562 421,658 322,737 516,187 4,892,744 4,933,015 4,671,608 3,382,118 3,933,443 4,387,606 122,691,486 134,579,304 141,652,072 1,839,626 2.182,750 1,296,089 3,674,896 2,158,764 516.377 810,911 270,034 2,238,621 2,514,619 1,879.794 1,574,896 1,867,577 2,014,030 1,046,215 1,088,717 1,198,010 667.761 1914. 52.256 560,180 21,394,735(e)17,096,154) 1915. 2,202,486 3.934,622 2,423,516 53,450 794,868 814,319 4,718,854 103,163 48,900 200,880 326,006 534,737 464,899 23,418,757 22,138,834 19,903,006 14,474,398 18,902,421 17,190,081 997 1,577,804 1,290,912 332,622 2002 1,353,221 3,188,718 3,159,331 89,037 219,968 566,371 369,839 15,251,744 3,980,092 118.891 239,893 979,124 18,864,493 1,899,511 11,258,452 1,162 48,531 1916. 1,618,490 7,034,852 408,292 601,443 330,214 Shown as Belgian Congo, 245,419 194,116 944,401 485,285 26,584,543 22,868,536 34,90 2,295,397 2,918,579 290 1,309,457 1,529.499 2 1,018,380 1,409,705 101,716 325.010 15,510,423 73,514 181.593 11.309,601 130 5,250,639 3,856,261 974) 101,932 20,114 188,452 158,841 1,168,632 793,933 9098 25.033.708 22,165,501 304 2,238,346 11,243,273 107.507 10,397,321 1534 925 30 (a) Including Armenia. (b) From 1921, inclusive, the statistics relate to countries as reconstituted under the Peace Treaties. (c) France includes Alsace-Lorraine from 1919 inclusive. 1917. 1918 280 6,681 4,686,668 800 857,216 938,092 467,586 211.270 572,996 1,289,411 8,335,102 8,497,356 1,126,947 4,105,214 9,379,432 12,493,667 15,298,338 237 138,575.284 237.773.576 291,835,358 376.329.480 515.5 1,612,390 4.346,842 8,240.109 2,156,651 3,986,525 3.803.946 60L) 13,051,977 17.770.637 197.772 308,362 154,928 2,227.980 1,849,504 2,144,016 2,292,821 1,090,164 1,189,684 108,770 334,844 (d) Including Cochin-China, Camboja, Annam, and Tonquin, and, from 1913, French leased territories in China. (e) Including Anglo- Egyptian Sudan prior to 1914, now shown separately. Shown t 358,584 213,757 2,573,291 2,316,317 1,718,423 1,016,532 187,575 34,346 171,743 420,178 20.248 215,385 (f) Shown as "China (exclusive of Hong Kong, Macão, and Wei-hai-wei)" prior to 1913. 7) Shown as "Japan (including Formosa)" prior to 1913. A) Includes the States of Guatemala, Honduras, San Salvador. Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. (1) From 1st April, 1923, particulars relating to Imports include the trade of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the Irish Free State. From the same date the direct foreign trade of the Irish Free State has been excluded. |