SUEZ CANAL
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Shipping and Navigation.
The lollowiiiij; taMes .show llio nationality and tonnage of vessels aniviii^ and clearing at Alexandria. Great laeilities have heen alibrded to steamers since the eoin[)letion ol" the docks, wharfs, and qnays ; and in order to still further facilitate navigation the Government have constructed a new pass, 300 feet wide, to enable vessels, which have often l)een delayed off the jtort during stormy weather, to make a direct run into harbour. The new [)ass, 30 feet deep, was opened to navigation in July 1894.
Arrivals and clearances of commercial vessels at Alexandria in five years : —
Year
.^
Lirivals
Clearances
Vessels
2,271 2,375 2,393 2,132 2,203
Tons
2,033,060 2,221,145 2,206,667 2,123,591 2,267,120
Vessels
2,233 2,397 2,339 2,105 2,143
Tons
1893 1894 1895 1896 1897
2,025,433 2,201,885 2,194,964 2,094,684 2,270,836
The following table shows the nationality of commercial vessels arrived and cleared in 1897 : —
Nationality
l^ritish
French
Austrian .
Turkish .
Russian .
Italian
Greek
Swedish and Norwegian
German .
Other, countries
Total for 1897 .
Arrivals
CI
uarances
Vessels
Tons
Vessels
Tons
657
1,034,019
663
1,046,886
139
280,359
139
278,333
140
242,252
141
243,921
777
126,456
714
111,704
83
179,049
86
185,572
100
204,087
119
206,927
184
82,166
184
85,449
19
33,365
17
29,317
35
61,369
35
59,946
49
15,998
45
22,781
2,203 I 2,267,120 2,143 2,270,836
Suez Canal.
The following table shows the number and gross tonnage of vessels of all nationalities that passed through the canal in 1897 : —
