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GERMAN EMPIRE
The total shipping at the seven principal ports of Germany was as follows in 1897 :—
—
With Cargoes
In Ballast
Total
Number
Net tonnage
Number
Net tonnage
Number
Net tonnage
Hamburg :^ —
Entered
9,779
6,498,402
1,142
444,504
10,921
6,942,906
Cleared
9,076
4,930,707
2,540
2,238,181
11,616
7,168,888
Stettin : —
Entered
4,384
1,416,258
83
43,622
4,467
1,459,880
Cleared
3,056
815,368
1,261
649,185
4,317
1,464,553
Bremen : '^ —
Entered
3,825
1,708,243
172
61,980
3,997
1,770,223
Cleared
2,588
1,276,174
1,629
481,138
4,217
1,757,312
Kiel :—
Entered
3,028
499,210
112
15,259
3,140
514,469
Cleared
2,270
395,084
790
117,182
3,060
512,266
Lubeck : ^ —
Entered
2,580
528,157
286
14,652
2,866
542,809
Cleared
2,068
354,845
794
191,483
2,862
546,328
Neufahrwasser (Dantzig) : — Entered
1 1,600
577,003
237
122,592
1,837
699,595
Cleared
1,534
509,661
330
194,169
1,864
703,830
Konigsberg : —
Entered
1,561
317,851
29
8,976
1,590
326.827
Cleared
1,532
332,088
166
37,526
1,698
369,614
1 Including Cuxhaven.
'■i Including Bremerhaven and Vegesack. 3 Including Travemlinde.
The vessels engaged in the coasting trade and inland navigation (not in- cluded in the above tables) on January 1, 1898, numbered 22,564, of which 21,945 had an aggregate burden of 3,371,247 tons.
Internal Communications.
I. Railways.
The great majority of the German railways are now owned by the Imperial or State Governments. Out of 29,461 miles of railway completed and open for traffic, only 2,502 miles belonged to private companies, and of these 172 were worked by Government. Narrow-gauge lines measured 819 miles (Government lines 390 miles) in 1896-97.
The mileage and financial condition of German railways (including narrow- gauge lines) are shown as follows, for five years ending 1896-97 : —
