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Shipping in the United Kingdom and British possessions, exclusive of coastal trade, 1910 to 1914

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Shipping in the United Kingdom and British possessions, exclusive of coastal trade, 1910 to 1914
	Net tonnage of vessels entered and cleared
	1910	1911	1912¹	1913	1914²
	tons
United Kingdom	134,030,000	138,910,000	152,457,000	164,810,000	140,089,000
British India^{3, 4}	14,993,701	16,616,435	17,484,391	17,386,408	12,857,885
Aden^{3, 4}	6,901,768	7,247,268	7,449,398	7,932,564	6,189,590
Straits Settlements and Labuan⁵	21,407,490	21,932,231	23,665,291	25,085,291	23,134,121
Ceylon⁶	14,769,208	14,926,764	15,420,142	16,126,254	14,272,694
Mauritius	986,267	877,691	773,092	833,027	874,969
Seychelles	373,394	413,240	349,830	323,287	248,702
Hong Kong⁷	20,986,504	20,490,520	21,614,995	22,939,134	22,069,879
Australia	9,333,146	9,984,801	10,275,314	10,601,948	10,732,854
Territory of Papua	256,286	253,122	275,803	308,478	358,506
New Zealand	2,756,238	2,949 780	3,340,722	3,438,792	3,506,830
Fiji	515,662	584,935	613,343	711,696	664,250
Falkland Islands	325,583	350,685	375,996	500,449	516,794
Union of South Africa	10,231,687	10,856,610	10,039,907	10,631,118	9,961,583
East Africa Protectorate^{3, 4, 8}	2,566,739	2,886,331	2,998,314	3,201,939	2,052,276
Zanzibar Protectorate⁹	1,215,956	1,420,837	1,565,638	1,668,200	1,259,566
Somaliland	111,918	123,759	103,202	113,561	156,365
St. Helena⁸	344,716	369,138	377,547	400,924	428,467
Total West Africa	6,701,637	7,261,458	7,766,090	8,281,228	7,586,973
Nigeria	1,601,045	1,610,668	1,656,913	1,738,459	1,423,641
Gold Coast	2,599,388	2,676,440	2,849,248	2,986,553	2,811,274
Sierra Leone	1,994,290	2,493,439	2,676,471	2,931,085	2,780,118
Gambia	508,914	480,911	583,458	625,132	571,940
Total North America	24,396,884	26,841,200	28,425,201	32,130,461	28,183,864
Canada⁴	22,297,188	24,589,605	26,231,098	29,568,486	25,402,586
Newfoundland¹⁰	2,099,698	2,251,595	2,194,103	2,561,975	2,781,278
Total West Indies	18,134,258	20,774,840	20,102,481	21,232,695	20,330,618
West India Islands
Bahamas	1,722,340	1,739,957	1,247,844	1,647,779	1,250,762
Turks' and Caicos Islands	385,763	338,112	378,753	408,326	385,101
Jamaica	3,823,931	4,319,112	4,688,438	5,118,123	4,303,848
Cayman Islands¹¹	23,732	34,259	45,737	42,536	65,372
Windward Islands
St. Lucia	2,792,359	3,996,163	3,490,042	3,546,690	3,192,431
St. Vincent	290,917	298,976	322,449	278,789	352,564
Barbados	3,395,080	3,475,511	3,653,784	3,771,598	3,528,130
Grenada	590,451	535,161	565,788	656,191	867,798
Leeward Islands¹²	2,338,322	2,379,894	2,183,292	2,028,056	2,603,266
Trinidad and Tobago	2,771,364	3,657,695	3,526,354	3,736,607	3,778,346
Bermuda	1,388,987	1,402,920	1,273,936	1,255,866	1,211,002
British Honduras	979,427	588,367	629,064	816,858	923,979
British Guiana	1,006,199	988,663	934,745	921,385	1,039,582
Gibraltar	10,940,218	11,704,163	11,999,002	12,476,079	12,213,230
Malta²	8,667,037	8,240,820	10,398,948	11,097,612	7,705,015
Cyprus	742,584	758,502	644,363	721,515	581,926
Note: - Ton is an imperial measure representing 2,000 pounds (907.18 kg). A metric ton represents 2,200 pounds. - From the statistical abstracts of the United Kingdom and colonial and other possessions.
1.The figures from 1912 onward have been compiled on a somewhat different basis from those of previous years.
2. Figures for 1914 exclude vessels employed by the Government in connection with the war.
3. Including native craft.
4. For the 12 months ended March 31 of the years following those stated in the column.
5. Excluding the tonnage of vessels engaged in trade between the settlements.
6. Ceylon means Sri Lanka. Excluding the tonnage of vessels calling to coal, amounting to 1,720,358 tons in 1914.
7. Excluding Chinese junks. The tonnage of these junks entered and cleared in the foreign trade was 3,209,745 tons in 1914.
8. Gross tonnage.
9. Excluding native craft.
10. For the 12 months ended June 30 of the years stated in the column.
11. For the 12 months ended September 30 of the years stated in the column.
12. Including inter-presidency shipping.
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.