| Country- | No. | Gross Tonnage |
| Great Britain | 1,905 | 7,389,237 |
| Germany | 325 | 1,194,106 |
| France | 202 | 807,995 |
| Italy | 71 | 198,161 |
| Holland | 206 | 532,272 |
| Austria-Hungary | 78 | 265,231 |
| Spain | 48 | 199,695 |
| Siam | 2 | 4,457 |
| Norway | 48 | 117,794 |
| Turkey | 7 | 7,770 |
| Japan | 36 | 165,425 |
| Portugal | 1 | 366 |
| Egypt | 3 | 5,344 |
| America | 3 | 6,627 |
| China | 3 | 5,916 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1,648 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1,954 |
| Russia | 44 | 218,514 |
| Mexico | 1 | 891 |
| Total | 2,986 | 11,123,403 |
The number and gross tonnage of vessels that have ]>assed through the Suez Canal, and the gross receipts of the company, have been as follows in six years : —
Year No. of Vessels Gross Tonnage Receipts
1892||3,550||10,866,401||2,078,097 1893||3,341||10,753,798||2,826,694 1894||3,352||11,283,855||2,951,073 1895||3,434||11,833,637||3,124,149 1896||3,409||12,039,850||3,182,800 1897||2,986||11,123,403||2,913,222
The number of passengers who went through the canal in 1897 was 191,224, as against 308,241 in 1896.
The Suez Canal is 87 miles long, 66 actual canal and 21 miles lakes, connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, opened for navigation November 17, 1869.
The state of the capital account as regards bonds in circulation and re- deemed was as follows, on December 31, 1897 : —
Francs Francs
Capital, 400,000 shares at 500 francs 390,599 in circulation||195,290,500 9,401 redeemed||4,700,500
Consolidation of unpaid coupons, 400,000 bonds at 85 francs
394,434 in circulation||33,526,890 ||34,000,000
5,566 redeemed||4,700,500 ||473,110
Loan (1867-68), 333,333 obligations at 300 francs
231,844 in circulation ||99,999,900
101,480 redeemed
Loan (1871), 120,000 30-year bonds at 100 francs 31,600 in circulation||3,160,000||69,553,200 || 12,000,000 88,400 redeemed||30,446,700||8,840,000
Loan (1880), 73,026 3 per cent, obligations, various prices||3,779 redeemed||— 26,999,962
Loan (1887), 195,000 3 per cent, obligations||1,793 redeemed||— 90,120,877
| || ||463,120,739
|Revenues applied to improvement of canal||151,174,307
| || ||614,295,046
There were besides, 100,000 founders' shares, with right to participate in surplus profit under certain conditions. In 1897 the net protits amounted to 39,315,531 francs, and the total amount distributed among the share- holders was 40,913,803 francs.
