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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

Year

Entered

Cleared

Total

British

Foreign

Total

British

Foreign

Total

British

Foreign

Total

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

1,0001 ns. 40,416 38,890 39.662 39,642 40,778

l,000tns. 25,825 26,579 26,648 27,019 28,387

l,000tns. 66,241 65,469 66,310 66,661 69,165

l.OOOtns. 40,892 38,980 40,102 40.173 41,108

IjOOOtns. 26,138

26,997 26,856 27,196 28,637

l,000tns. 67,031 65,977 66,958 67,369 69,745

l,000tns. 81,308 77,870 79,764 79,815 81.886

l,000tns. 51,963 53,576 53,504 54,215 57,024

l.OOOtns 133,271 131,446 133,268 134,030 138,910

With cargoes only.

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912

29,266 28,051 28,356 29,122 29,455 31,143

12,137 12.139 11,960 12,497 12,491 15,205

41,403 40.190 40,316 41,619 41,946 46,348

37,146 35,284 36,241 36,239 37,100 37,372

20,698 21,325 20,953 21,088 22, 1 63 24,638

57,845 56,609 57,194 57,327 .59,263 62,010

66.412 63,335 64,597 65,361 66,555 68,515

32,835 33,464 32,913 33,585 34,654 39,843

99,247 99,799 97,510 98,946 101, -209 108.358

Of the foreign tonnage (57,023,887 tons) entered and cleared at Britisli ports in 1911,

Germany . Norway . Denmark . Sweden . Holland .

had 14,017,463

,, 9,592,969

,, 5,576,830

,, 5,3.30.040

,, 5,714,384

France . Spain Belgium Russia . Italy . .

had 3,449,631 2,867.234 3,392,323 1,542,373 1,114,262

A.ust.-Huiig. . had 1,609,541

U.S. America. „ 436,637

Greece . . . ,, 1,079,320

Japan . . . „ 827,490

The total net tonnage of vessels that arrived and drparted at ports, with cargoes and in ballast, excluding those coastwise, 1911 : —

Loudon . . . Cardiff .... Livei'pool (includ- ing Birkenhead) Tyne Ports . . Southampton

Hull

Glasgow . , . Newport . . .

24,335,399 15,045,038

21,834,271

15,796,321

10,702,446

7,641,494

7,291,010

4,157,786

Blyth . . Dover . . Plymouth . Swansea . . Sunderland . Middlesbro' Grimsby . . Leith . . .

3,6.59,051 4,226,346 7,195,329 4,269,546 3,300,189 4,055,802 3,129,277 3,202,406

Mancliester Methil . . Grangemouth Goole . . . Hartlepool . BurntiislaTid Harwich . . Bristol . .

3,393,713 2,134,928 1,8M,81S 1,539,946 2,081, 7i2 1,373,569 1,901,222 2,601,998

Vessels entered coastwise with cargoes and in ballast 1911, 290,341, ot 62,508,897 net tons ; cleared, 289,836 vessels of 62,096,225 net tous.

Internal Communications. I. Railways.

Year

Line Open

Av. Yearly Increase

Year

Line Open

Yearly Increase

1890 1900 1905

Miles 20,073 21,855 22,847

Miles 214 178 213

1909 1910 1911

Miles 23,280 23,387 23,417

Miles

75

107

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