The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-02

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the ports between which the vessel ira
ded, tonnage, number of guns carried
and number of crew, place and date of
building. owners, and the last three in
dicating the years in which surveys
We're carried out. In the guns column
are letters giving further particulars
of each ship, such as esd single
deck, SdB, - single deck with tier of
beams, etc.
In the face of obstacles formidable
enough to discourage men of less deter
mination than those who formed the
committee of the society, the new reg
lister began to lay the foundations of
that worldwide reputation which it to-
day possesses. The expression " Al at
Lloyd 50 gradually became a synonym
for all-around excellence and reliability,
and it must have been proud day
in the lives of the committee when they
read in the columns of journal which
had been in the van of criticism that
the registry had acquired so great an
Importance as an authority upon the
value and seaworthiness of merchant
vessels that it would be impossible for
ever so good a ship to obtain freight
aboard without reference to the regis
teri
sHIPBUILDING IN 1907.
According to Lloyds Statistical tables
for 1907 the total addition of steam
tonnage during the year has been L.
249, SIS tons gross; and, of sailing tom
mage, 2s,599 tons gross; or, in all, l.
27S,114 tons gross. OF the tonnage
added to the Register over So per cent.
consists of new vessels, nearly all built
in the United Kingdom. The largest
items among the other additions to the
Register are those of vessels trans
ferred from foreign countries and from
British Colonies to the United King
DOM These together amounted to a.
1859 tons The gross deduction of steam
tonnage from the Register amounts To
531, S12 tons; and, of sailing tonnage, to
1928, 432 tons; or, in ALL to 660244 tons.
Of the steam tonnage, "a per cent, and
A per cent. of the sailing tonnage, in
cluded in these figures, have been re-
moved on account of loss. breaking up.
dismantIfng. &c. 1t should be noted
that in the returns of the Registrar
General of Shipping wrecks, &c, are
included according to the months in
which they were respectively reported
to him, and not as in Iloyd's Register
Wreck Returns, according to the dates
at which they occurred. The tonnage
transferred to foreigners during 1907
amounts to 350.474 tons. The steam tom
mage deducted on this account is 282,05s
tons, and the sailing tonnage 6S.4l6
tons. or over 50 per cent and nearly
So. 9 per cent, respectively, of the gross
deductions in each case. The total IS
rs. 243 tons lower than the similar
figures for the last year. The returns
show that 5S.975 tons have been trans
ferred to italy, and SAIL tons to Nor
way, within the year under review.
Among other countries which have ac-
CURED a considerable amount Of tom
mage from the United Kingdom may be
mentioned Greece (43S79 tons), Rus
STA (30494 tons), France (257S6 tons),
and Sweden (21, ola tons). In the main,
the vessels which are transferred to
foreigners are not of very recent con-
structfon Tables which are included IN
the Registrar Generals returns indl-
cate that nearly II per cent. OF the
removed from the Register be-
cause of foreign transfer was bullt pc
fore 1880. 81 per cent. before 1885; 81
per cent before 1890: over 81 per cent.
before 1895: rs per cent. before 1900;
and about 90 per cent. before 1905. In
addition to the tonnage transferred TO
65. 81 tons have been trans
ferred to British Colonies during 1907.
as compared with 59.20S tons in 1906,
3. 464 tons in 1905, and 37,464 tons in
1904 tt win be understood that new
vessels built in the United Kingdom /
directly for colonial and foreign owners
are not included in these returns. On |
he whole. during 1867, the steamers on /
he Official Register of the United 4
Kingdom have increased by 1913 vessels, |
md TT. 703 tons. while sailing vessels /
rave decreased by 1877 vessels. and 90
33 tons During 1907, $50 new vessels
# 1879. 534 tons. have been classed by
1oyd's Register. Corresponding with
he general movement Of the Shipbufld-
ng Industry the present return shows
decrease of 114.433 tons as compared
With the similar figures for 1906, which
we're the highest on record. OF these
essels. 1893 Of ]. 367. 9S7 tons are steam
rs. and AZ OF n,0bb TONS are SdiilIS
essels With the execution Of one iron
teamer of 446 tons and 81 wood vessels
f about $500 tons. the material used
4 the construction Of the whole Of the
onnage classed was steel. The average
ize of the steamers closed durins the
asst year is about 1866 tons, and Of
ailing vessels about 246 tons. The re-
urn includes statement showing the
ountrfes for which the vessels that
ave been classed were built, 902.595
ms. or 65.4 per cent. have been built
n the United Kingdom, and 47G,939
1ns. or S4.6 per cent. for others coun-
les Among the latter, Austria-Hung-