78 HOME TRADE AND FOREIGN TRADE 



represented by the number loo ; then the food 

 and raw materials will together be represented 

 by 76, and manufactures by 24. 



In the same year the number of British sailors 

 employed in the foreign trade was about 128,000; 

 the number of foreign sailors employed in British 

 foreign trading ships was about 30,000 ; and of 

 lascars 44,000. If the total number of sailors be 

 represented by 100, the British sailors will be 

 represented by 63, the foreign sailors by 15, and 

 the lascars by 22. Some of these men are em- 

 ployed in ships trading in the East, and it is not 

 possible to state exactly how many, nor in what 

 proportions, British, foreign, and lascars. Those 

 ships are known, however, to be largely manned 

 by lascars ; the proportional figures given are, 

 nevertheless, probably accurate enough. A cer- 

 tain proportion of foreign produce is brought 

 to Great Britain in foreign ships. But here also 

 the Board of Trade returns do not enable us 

 to apportion the different classes of produce 

 between British and foreign ships. Therefore 

 we must be content to apply the proportional 

 figures given for the classes of imports only, to 

 the different classes of sailors in British ships, 

 and treat exports as return cargoes. 



If we do that we have the following figures : 

 British imports, food and raw material, 76 of 

 the total ; manufactured goods, '24 ; British sailors 

 ■63 of the total, lascars '22. Therefore the food 

 and raw material imported into Great Britain 

 are sufficient to keep all the British sailors 

 employed. 



