NAVIGATION AND SHIPPING

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The principal articles of import into Great Britain from Italy, and British exports to Italy (according to the Board of Trade returns) in the last 2 years were : —

Imports into U.K.

1910

1911 '

1

Exports to Italy

1910

1911

Fresh fniit ....

Hides

Canned vegetables .

• Eggs

Hemp

£ 597,353 478,233 214, 326 350,038 413,516

640,883 1 287,433 232,699 1 366,859 454,482

Coal

Ironwork .... Machinery .... Chemicals .... Woollen goods . . Cottons

£

5,. 947, 887 915,298

1,138,125 577,330 554,078 498,696

£

5,638,428 984,085

1,080,903 919,494 434,845 494,885

Total trade between Italy and the United Kingdom for 5 years (in thousands of pounds sterling) : — •

Imports from Italy to United Kingdom Exports to Italy from United Kingdom

1908

£

6,241 15,028

£

8,236 14,022

Navigation and Shipping.

Mercantile marine January 1, 1911 : —

—

Sailing Vessels

—

Steam Vessels

1

Total

No.

Tons

No.

Tons

Over 5,000 tons .

10

53,179

10

53,179

No.

Tons

3,001— 5,000 tons .

45

160,983

45

160,983

Over 2,000 tons .

5

10,394

2,001—3,000 tons' .

68

167,790

73

178,184

1,001 to 2,000 tons

130

180,475

1,001—2,000 tons .

138

201,391

268

381,866

501 to 1,000 tons .

96

72,236

501—1,000 tons .

78

56,807

174

129,043

101 to 500 tons .

370

73,800

101—500 tons

112

29,590

482

103,890

1 to 100 tons

4,140

95,785

1—100 tons . Total

267

4,757

4,407

100,542

Total .

4,741 E432,690

718

674,497

5,459 ,1,107,187

In 1910 the vessels entered and cleared at Italian ports were as follows : —

—

Entered Italian Ports

Cleared from Italian Ports

•

Vessels

142,487 13,788

Tons

Vessels

142.646 13,768

Tons

Italian Foreign

Total

31,377,623 19,836,278

31,378,623 19,798,384

156,275

51,213,901

156,414

51,177,007