The evening times., 1900-01-11

/
tance premium for each voyage made; the
government also pays about Sl,SOo,VUO
year for the mails carried
Them merchant marine Of Belgium con-
sists of &c vessels, with total measure
ment of 90.91 tons. OF this number O.
craft in existence on December 81, 1895,
62 OF 90.629 tons belonged to the port o.
Antwerp. / OF 100 tons to Louydin. OF
SO tons to Nieuport, and . of ll3 tons 10
Ostende The state also owns lP steamers, z
sailing vessels. and l auxiliary, most OF
which are employed in the postal and pas
sepger service between Ostende and DoVe:-
The report says nothing OF bounties pald'
The Danish merchant marine conslsteu
ON March /, 1899, of 3,l70 sailing We sells
of gross tonnage of 1S6, GOO tons and ooo
steamers of a gross tonnage OF 3S7, 200 TONS
against :. 199 sailing vessels OF gross Ton
mage of 1872 100 tons and 442 steamers OF
a gross tonnage of 2I6,S00 tons on April !,
1897. AS to the condition of the same
there are I sailing vessels over 100 years
CID | dating from 1116, , from l'sb, from
1874. and , from 1926. There are about lto
sailing vessels fifty years old. The mars
of Denmark are usually carried py Danlsn u
ships.
Statistics From Lloyds.
According to the statistics furnished by
Llovds Register for 1899, the number Of
French steamers OF 100 gross tons and
inward recorded in the register book was
e3a, of a net tonnage of 516,0s6. and OF
gross tonnage OF 997, ,235. or these, 10 were
luilt of wood of LASS gross tons, / was
composite built of 566 gross tons, SOS were
iron Of 5l2,327 tons, and 26o St steer o.
49,, ,s54 gross tons. The number OF shi-
ing vessels of 100 tons burden and upward
was SAB Of a net tonnage of 244,Soe lots
of these. 40g were built of wood, measuring &
747S9 net tons; J composite built, 4ol het
tons: 81 of iron, 51.02S net tons, ana -
of steel, gauging 1lS,5IS tons Bes!ues
paving bounty OF so much ton LOT 'oll-
struction. France pays S5,Vle,eoV !edi 10
its subsidized postal lines.
I'm the whole record of German prog
ress and development during the past
thirty wears" says the report from
that country, mo chapter is more
striking than that which describes
the growth and improvement OF ITS com
merciaf marine, which now ranks seeohu
among European nations 10 that OF Great
Britain alone The two largest, weaIthles''
and most powerful steamship companies IL
The world are German. and are located al
Hamburg and Bremen. and the whole mer-
chant marine of Germany included, on jan
nary l. 1898 tthe date Of the last puolishel
official statisticsl 2,j22 sailing vessels ol
| 5s5 57l tons net measurement, mahheu pS
14162 sailors and l Ill seagoing steamers
of 9e9 so Otons, and crews numbering 20
9s6 men. total of 1888 seagoing vessels
of 555,3Il tons net measurehenl anu
manned by Il. 42S men.
Thn renort shows that the German Gov
ernment paws large subsidies f0r carrying
the mails for tonnage IN DHi1fns,- anu
in many other ways encourages the llsr-
chant marine; the passenger shlps OF me
German lines being the equal OF any III the
world. a.o 49,.
december 81. 1897 Italy had 6.2SS yes
sells with a tonnage of 1854 tons. ne
following subsidies are pald; A SUBSIDY
of Il. "a cents per ton, gross tonnage, per
600 miles navigated, is granted for three
wears to all Italian built steamers or for
aien- hliIt steamers registered in Italy be-
fore 1887. for voyages to and from ports
hevond the SueZ Canal and the Straits OF
Gibraltar. Steamers not passing through
the canal or the straits will be subsidized
AT ,wo-thirds of the above rates. The sub
sidv is to be reduced by 1.93 cents every
three years and all payments Will cease
when the steamer is fifteen years old
Sailing ships are subsidized under similar
conditions, except that the triennial re-
ductiun is fixed at 30 cents, and after the
first nine years the rate remains constant
at 1856 cents until the ship is twenty-one
years old, when all payment will cease.
The Italian Bountiex.
The regulations concerning bounties
payable on ships built in Italy 6x the
amount at sl4.S6 per ton gross burden for
iron and steel ships, and at s3.3S for
wooden vessels. On engines built in Italy,
s2.41 are allowed per indicated horse
power; on boilers, s1.s3 are allowed per
auintal. Ships of war built for foreign
countries receive no construction fee.
The total shipping under the Neither
lands flag January 1, 1899, was Neither
lands proper, SIS: East Indian possessions
249; West Indian possessions 81; total
of SS4, with tonnage of 459, 1872 tons. The
government has liberal contracts with all
the steamship companies for carrying the
mails.
The merchant marine OF Great Britain
is the most extensive and important in
the world. and its condition is. excellent
The British vessels that entered and clear
ed with cargoes and in ballast at ports in
the United Kingdom during 1898 numbered
652 0S3, with a tonnage of 169 949,27s tons
The number of foreign vessels that enter
ed and cleared for the same period
amounted to 61,054, with. tonnage of 30,-
S9S.77s tons.
The government of this country. does not
pursue any particular policy for the pur-
pose of promoting its merchant marine
Subventions are paid for the use of certain
vessels as armed cruisers in case of war.
and payments are made for the carriage
of mails.
The payment by the revenue department
for packet services is estimated. for 1899
to amount to $4,070,o97, and for 1900 to
So, SIS, sos. The amount paid for the use
of certain ships as armed cruisers in case
of war aggregates nearly s243, ,325 per an
mum.
On the registry books of the Dominion
OF Canada are 6,64S vessels, steam and sail,
of 693, ,7S2 tons. The total value of Canada's
present shipping is given as 800, ,S13,4 400.
During the year 1898, 27s vessels of "a
522 tons were built and registered, as COM
pared with 231 vessels of 1904 tons the
previous year. In 1874. at the establish
ment of the registry Of shipping, Canada
built 490 vessels of 1S3.010 tons.
The government gives a few postal SUBJ
sides.
The merchant marine of Mexico consists
of 266 ships. with total Of 1906 tons reg
lister, as follows: Forty-one steam vessels