The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-19
The Carrying Trade OF the World.

OmiIting vessels OF less than so tons measure
ment. Europe possesses - tons per / 900 in
habitants. America 40, AMI Australia 10, but as
might be expected, Asia and Africa have only
about two tons per thousand. In England the
East and West Coasts divide the tonnage very
equally. that Of the former being placed at this
return at 2,Sl5 900. and that OF the latter at
3.I73 900 tons, while on the South Coast the
total tondage is only 2s5. coo. The compiler Of
the return-Mir. Kiaer-calculates one steamer
ton as equivalent to three Of sailing vessels. and
on th basis 4 seems that tho larg.s. port 10 tie
world LiverpO0l-has tonnage Of 2, ,647 1873,
while London comes next with 2,33O ,6SS, and
GlnsgUW is the third with l ,432 ,364. In this
last case, however, u must be borne IN mind that
Greencck, which stands fourteenth in the list,
and Port Glasgow, and other adjacent places
which are not included at all, would help to
swell the total ol Glasgow. the tonnage Of Green
Oc< alone being 275 COZ The tonnage Of New
York, which Is the fourth in order OF importance
IL ,l53, GIG, and after 10 placed MaTseilles,
Hail. Newcastle Sunderland Hamburg, Bremen,
North Shields. Boston, and Charleston, st. John
New Brunswick), GreenOck, Philadelphia, West
IIartlepOOl, san Francisco, Havre, Barcelona,
and Genoa. This estimate Is based upon the
number Of ships actually fitted out for the mer
chant service and not upon the vessels which visit
these ports and the mOst significant TACT which
il reveals is that while the nine British ports in
the list have total tonnage Of S,724, l23, the
four ports IN the United States possess only
l .97O, $40 and st. John New Brunswick)is near
Iy NJ important a. Boston and Charlestown, and
more so than Philadelphia. The two French ports
Marseilles and HaVre, have a tonnage Of only
763, ,97l; Germany ~ very much IN the same
position, while Spain and Italy can be left out
Of account altogether. Proceeding on the same
basis Of calculation respects steamers and sail
ing vessels, Mr.. kiaer Classics the countries Ut
the world in order. Great Britain and Ireland
head the list with n total tonnage OF steamers OF
. 500 ,237, and Of sailing vessels 3.99o, u.s. or
total Of nearly twelve millions. taking the basis
OF one steamer ton equal To three tons IN sail
ing vessels. In the United States, which come
next, the tonnage Of steamers GlT ,O54, and OF
sailing vessels $40, sol. Norway, by reason OF
her export trade in timber and iron, and her
extensive coast line, has earned the third place
her tonnage OF steamers is As 720, and Of sailing
vessels 1913 HIS. Germany has 40, ,4S3 and
900 $50 respectively and France, which is fifth,
on the list. 27O.7l7 and coo. .l6l- British
America ~ sixth with 80 23S and l.ll9 ,564
tons respectively and IL Great Britain and all
her dependencies DO taken into account this En-
pirc Possesses a total carrying power OF l4OOOOOO
Of tons out Of the y 900 600 Of the whole world,
while the United States has but 100000.
France is third regards her steam Navy, but
in the aggregate is only fifth. and is even some
what behind Germany ~ the race OF nations
As more than fye-eighths Of the steam tonnage
belongs 10 Great Britain. share Of the effective
tonnage u Of course considerably more than q
half, and IL advanced last year by no less than
224 per cent. IL is constantly Increasing, and,
therefore, the figures which we have quoted,
enormous as they are. will certainly change IN
the near future for others revealing stil greater
state Of British prosperity