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Shippings and Navigation.

The commercial marine of Hungary in 1911

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Number of vessels

Tonnage

Crews

Sea-going vessels Coasting-vessels Fishing vessels, &c. .

68 152 246

124,066 9,786

447

1,506

689 710

Total

466

134,299

2,905

Of the total number of vessels 128 of 132,483 tons were steamers, and 3' of 1,816 tons were sailing vessels.

The progress of navigation is shown as follows : —

Entered

Cleared

■«T ■

No.

24,080

Tonnage 2,444,956

■ No. 24,041

Tonnage

1907

3,440,941

1908

25,481

3,481,665

25,488

3,502,889

1909

33,248

4,348,861

33,243

4,351,671

1910

35,120

4,552,114

35,113

4,566,755

1911

37,250

4,664,645

37,210

4,651,998

At the port of Fiume alone in 1911, 25,021 vessels of 3,815,463 tons entered, and 24,981 vessels of 3,802,816 tons cleared. Of the vessels entered 134 of 260,000 tons, and of those cleared 99 of 164,295 tons, were British.

Internal Communications.

In 1911 the total length of navigable rivers and canals in Hungary was 3,087 miles, of which 1,922 miles were navigable for steamers. The river traffic of Hungary during five years was as follows : —

Year

Number of steamboats i

141 148 148 149 166

Number of passengers carried2

Goods carried in tons 2

1907 1908 1909 1910 1911

1,916,748 2,116,788 2,207,450 2,175,481 2,443,353

3,862,270 3,633,621 3,947,802 4,150,424 4,744,130

1 Exclusive the Danube Steam Navigation Company.

■- Inclusive the Hungarian traffic of the Danube Steam Navigation Company.

In 1911 the Ferencz canal, connecting the Danube and the Tisza (Theiss) was frequented by 2,696 ships and 2,429 rafts, the goods carried amounting to 312,282 metric tons. In 1911 the canal at the iron gates was frequented by 3,537 steamers, of which 2,311 with 2,199 rafts earned 557,738 metric

tons Aveight of goods.