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Of barges, hulks, dredges, etc., not self-propelled, there were in 1915, 277 with » ton- nage of 68,771 ; in 1916, 270 with s tonnage of «S,232 ; in 1817, 259 with a tonnage of 65,772 ; in 1918, 251 with a tonnage of 62,264 ; and in 1919, 242 with a tonnage of S9.793.
Vessels engaged in oversea trade, entered and cleared, with cargo and in ballast :—
Entered
Cleared
Total
Number
Tons
Number
Tons
Number i 3,985
Tons
1913
2,014
5,371,531
1,971
5,230,417
10,601,948
1914-15
1,568
4,174,955
1,643
4,424,303
3,211
8,599,258
1915-16
1,654
4,269,484 |
1,670
4,268,838
3,324
8,538,322
1916-17
1,486
3,851,29-2
1,500
3,843,150
2,986
7,694,442
1917-1S
1,079
2,456,757
1,118
2,574,993
2,197
5,031,750
1918-19
1,350
3,239,060
1,264
1 2,941,426
2,614
6,180,486
Nationality of vessels entered and cleared, 1918-19 : —
„ ,
Number
Tons
Number
Tons
Australian
315
448,610
297
407,331
New Zealand .
109
120,463
104
125,112
Other British .
541
1,988,080
496
1,778, MB
French
64
74,585
61
63,479
United States .
127
174,999
127
169,796
Norwegian
50
93,890
41
80,935
Dutch
29
60,280
26
02.347
' Japanese .
71
164,72 4
71
107,148
Tonnage of vess
tels entered at the principal ports in
1918-19 :—
Ports
From orersea countries
Interstate
Local i
Vid
Total
Direct other Com " Ulrecl monwealth
ports
Tons Tons
Tons
Tons
Tons
Sydney
•_".>,933 1,008,522
■■■,170
1.92Q.235
5,152,800
Melbourne
414,514
1,037.-:-.'
1,326,574
2,735,590
5,51.
Brisbane
76,252
359,170
553,668
174,721
- ,817
Adelaide
154,809
508,987
500,067
— -
1,263,419
Albany .
•
37,768
376,704
32,044
Premantle .
823,304
29,489
629,182
44,370
1,526,951
Hobart
12,240
164,722
15,992
251,375
1 From other ports in the same State.
2 No record.
From the beginning of the war down to the middle of 1919 the Common- wealth Government spent over 10 millions sterling on the acquisition of yessels foi Australian requirements. Not all these vessels were completed by that date. Further programmes of construction have also been undertaken.
