The evening times., 1900-01-11

1897 As to The condition OF the same.
there are : sailing vessels over 100 years
old 1 dating from 1156, from 1855, from
1874. and ? from 1926. There are about loo
sailing vessels fifty years old. The mai.s
OF Denmark are usually carried by Danish
ships.
statistics From LlOyds.
According 10 the statistics furnished by
Lloyds Register for 1899, the number Of
French steamers OF 100 gross tons and
inward recorded in the register book was
esq OF net tonnage OF s16,0s6, and Of
gross tonnage OF gs7. .235. or these, 10 were
tnilt OF wood Of LASS gross tons, was
,omposite built of 566 gross tons, 36S we're
iron Of 5l2.3g7 tons and 260 0f steel o.
49, s54 gross tons. The number Of slii-
inc vessels of 100 tons burden and upward
was J43 Of a net tonnage Of 2A4,s7o tors
or these. 4Og were built Of wood measuring
.7Sg net tons, ] composite built, 4ol me-
tons. 81 OF iron. u .O2S net tons, and y
Of steel. gauging le'7'S tons bts-u'S -l'-
paving a bounty OF so much a ton TOT OoA-
structiou. France pays S5.OlS.O00 a year 10
its subsidized postal lines
I'm the whole record Of German prog
ress and development during the past
thirty years" says the report from
that country. no chapter Is more
striking than that which describes
the growth and improvement OF It's com
mercial marine which now ranks second
among European nations 10 that Of Great
Britain alone The two largest, wealthitet,
and most powerful steamship companies ln
the world are German. and are located al
Hamburg and Bremen, and the whole meI-
chant marine OF Germany included. on Jan
nary l. 1898 uhe date Of the last puOishel
official statistics, 2,JZ2 sailing Nesseis "'
~ 57l tons net measurement manned py
"a Ie2 sailors. and 1 Ill seagoing steamers
OF eeq so Otons. and crews numbering Zs,-
a66 men. a total Of 1888 seagulng vessels
OF $50. 81 tons net measurement aHo
manned by ~. 42s men
The report shows that the German Gov
ernment PAYS large subsidies tor carrying
the mails for tonnage IN bntidhs'- ahd
in many other ways encourages the mer-
chant marine: the passenger ships OF lhe
German lines being she equal OF any ID the
world. ,,e -
sells with a tonnage Of 1854 tons. The
following subsidies are paid; A SUBSIDY
of Il "A cents per ton. gross tonnage. per
GOO miles navigated, is granted for three
wears to all Italian-buIlt steamers or for
eign- built steamers registered IN Italy De-
fore 1887. for voyages to and from ports
beyond the Suez Canal and the Straits OF
Gibraltar Steamers not passing through
the canal or the straits viii be subsidized
AZ two-thirds - the above rates. The sub
sidy is to b. reduced by l.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 uTiennial re-
ductiun is fixed at 20 cents. and after the
first nine years the rate remains constant
at 3.S6 cents until the ship is twenty-One
years old, when all payment will cease.
The ItaIinB BountIes.
The regulations concerning bounties
payable on ships built in Italy Ak the
amount at S14SG per ton gross burden Tor
iron and steel ships. and at $3.3S for
wooden vessels. On engines built in Italy
S2.41 are allowed per indicated horse
power; on boilers, S1.s3 are allowed per
uuintal. 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, 57S; East Indian possessions
249; West Indian possessions. 81; a total
of SS4, with a tonnage OF 459 1852 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 cGrgoes and in ballast at ports in
the United Kingdom during 1898 numbered
go, ,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 81 O54, with tonnage Of 3d.
S9s. rs 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 pay nent by the revenue department
for packet services is estimated. for 1889.
to amount TO $4070,097, and for 1900 to
50, 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 6,6f5 vessels, steam and sail.
| of 693. 7S2 tons. The total value Of Canada 8
present shipping is given as 800, ,S13. 400.
During the year 1898, 27S vessels OF "a
522 tons were built and registered, as corr
pared with 231 vessels OF II 094 tons ii,a
previous year. In 1874. at the establ 81
ment of the registry Of shipping. Canada
built 490 vessels Of 1S3.010 tons.
The government gives few postal sub
| sides.
The merchant marine of Mexico consists
4 - ~. 80