The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-15
THE sUEz CANAL STATEMENT
number, Tonnage, and DrauEht Of
Vessels Using the WATERWAY.

The State Department has received
from John 9. Long the United states
Agent and Consul General at Cairo. the
following summary OF the annual report
o. the directors Of the British Suez Canal.
The net tonnage for the past year
shows a decrease of I5-.47I tons. as com
pared with that Of 1899. but an increas Sc
OF isy,yiy tons as compared with that OF
1885, The transit receipts. which in IN8
amounted 10 SlI,G2i,25p. and were higher
than in any previous year since the open-
ing Of the canal fen % 81. 1886 IN 1851
The number Of vessels which passed
through the canal was 5.5l in 1855. s.6J7 in
1899. and 3.tfI I'm 1870. or which 2.2g5 IN IggS.
z.al' IN 1893, and 1885 in 1879 carried the
British flag. There has consequently been
falling of in the tonnage OF British
vessels. which amounted TO 6-s'I.74g tons
IN 1-55. 6.5s6.3l0 tons Ia isss. ana g SIS ~
tons IN 1850 During the same period the
tonnage from German vessels mas IN
creased from y59,591 tons in lsgS TO loo III
in 1850. and ]. f563g tons in 1870
or -,+g4 merchant vessels and vessels in
ballast, OF net tonnage Of 6.6f2. 5l6 tons.
passing through the canal. G5I ships. Of
net tonnage OF 4.705,Cg4 tons. were Brit
ish, being fully So per cent Of the number
and fully 4 per cent of the tonnage Z91
or y per cent were German vessels
whose tonnage was III per cent Of the
whole France. Holland and Austria
Hungary combined furnishing a total Of
lis per cent Of the vessels and g6 per cent
Of the tonnage Of the carrying trade 70
the East through the Suez Canal
In the ten years I99-lSSS. the annual
net tonnage ranged from 6.73IS7 tons to
S.z3S.GaG IONS. and The transit receipts from
l2.I0.2l3 70 SlG.4Gl.Sgl. The average of the
net tonnage was 1892 $50 tons. and Of the
transit receipts 81. $50 t5s, while i'm 1870 the
net tonnage was 9CSl52 tons and the
transit receipts amounted 70 ST.. 395 3sG.
The mean net tonnage per vessel also rose
from 1851 tons in lsS5 10 2.Tf3 tons in Isg9
as against $3.50 tons in 1900
The mean duration of passage for all
vessels navigating the canal amounted TO
eighteen hours and thITty-tw1 minutes In
1893, as compared with eighteen hours and
tGlTtE-tfght minutes IN 1898. In 1860. the
percentage Of vessels navigating by night
was 81 per cent. as against 500 per cent
in 1850
than . feet was $50 ia 1893, against
ga i'm 1860 while that Of vessels drawing
more than p feet was 81 in 1893 as com
pared with $40 in 1870.
The maximum draft allowed for YES
sells passing through the canal is - feet
inches, and 5'z vessels. drawing
more than y feet inches. used
the canal. as compared with $50
ia 1889 and 81 IN 1895. representing
"A percentage Of 117 in 1885. 1pT In 1893
and SIS in 1900 It is hoped that before
long the maximum draft allowed will be
raised TO 25 feet inches.
1T may be Of interest 10 remark that
i'm 1880 only = vessels passed through the
canal with a beam of - feet ? inches or
more. Since 1895 the number has fncrra scd
AS follows. FOrty-two in 1898. IS in 1886
- in 1891, - in lSSS. l59 in 1889 and PIP in
1860
The number Of troops carried through
the canal in 1870 amounted TO l542lg. as
against los 552 In 1893 being an increase
Of 9,1u Russian, $50 French. % 63i Ger
man. GA Italian. 81 Japanese 30 Dutch
and % PortuSue~et against a decrease OF
.E& British 545 Turkish SyI Suauisb
and 758 American troops as corupared
with 1929. The number of civilian mas
scuCers amounted 10 l02 iI5 in 1890 as
against s. SIC IN the preceding year. vbiI.
the number of pilgrims. emigrautg ana
cuuvicts was 25.53J In 1900, as compared
with > l19 in 1899.
I'm the year 1870, 6I5S civil and military
passengers We're carried through M
canal, iu 1880 the number rose Co .S glsi- I'm
1880 10 ZS22l as against 22l2.S i'm 1889 p.