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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM
Shipping and Navigation. The number and tonnage of registered sailing and steam (ex- clusive of river steamers) vessels of the United Kingdom engaged in the home trade — the expression ' home trade ' signifying the coasts of the United Kingdom, or * ports between the limits of the river Elbe and Brest ' — with the men (exclusive of masters) employed thereon was as follows in five years : —
Year Sailing Vessels Steam Vessels Number Tons Men Number Tons Men 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 8,211 7,920 7,495 7,086 6,871 518,264 503,727 479,764 449,192 434,125 34,659 33,480 31,757 30,148 28,866 2,446 2,597 2,633 2,752 2,906 372,527 404,684 406,477 421,404 432,839 27,809 29,727 30,424 31,800 33,759
The number and tonnage of those engaged partly in the home and partly in the foreign trade was as follows : —
Year Sailing Vessels Steam Vessels Number Tons Men Number Tons Men 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 263 246 222 220 180 32,345 31,669 26,721 24,640 22,645 1,467 1,422 1,210 1,156 1,022 345 338 329 294 313 224,562 222,462 238,633 232,297 256,223 6,438 6,135 6,441 6,003 6,584
The number and tonnage of those engaged in the foreign trade alone was as follows : —
Year Sailing Vessels Steam Vessels Number 1,994 1,845 1,765 1,686 1,534 Tons Men Number 3,569 3,601 3,661 3,701 3,619 Tons Men 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 2,348,584 2,286.829 2,230,285 2,144,235 2,016,247 42,180 - 39,949 38,639 36,903 34,027 5,045,106 5,266,914 5,479,968 5,661,572 5,763,734 128,421 129,745 132,012 136,029 136,673
