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Per Cent. Tons. 
Of this amount the United Kingdom launched about.... 60 or 1,650,000 
Geninanyaslannchedabouter serie ae ieee 12. or 330,000 
U. S. coasts and Great Lakes (rivers not included) 
TREN bv oYel oft baste ae ENS AUD At IESE OL IRIE ee REY al hc 9% or 253,000 
France launched) eras sicteynare sedate nem crete coin arnt eA ea bes 41% or 121,000 
All other countries, including Great Britain’s colonies and 
Canada, launched about ...................... eh aL A nots 385,000 
Solel iar cake watete eb Mnue mer eal CRRA AT IEIUA Ws A Roto 68 0:6 2,740,000 
WORLD'S TONNAGE. 
In the year ending June 30, 1915, the entire tonnage of the merchant vessels of the 
world amounted to 49,262,000 tons. 
Per Cent. Tons. 
Phe wUinited » Kingdompowseds ease ner eee eee 43.5 or 21,300,000 
United States owned about (excluding rivers and small 
TAKES) VRE eye OEE aaa ag ia pepe aan ie ea a 12 or 5,900,000 
Germanyilowned sos tas Oley saan ies deve aia Sori tia ine tBaan Ue 10 or 5,000,000 
irancenowhedeless tian eine wanna 5 or 2,300,000 
Taking the greatest tonnage of merchant vessels launched by any nation in any one 
year of all the years 1899 and including 1915, and combining same, we have a fair esti- 
mate of the capacity of the world’s shipyards. 
4 Tons. 
These figures give a total capacity of............................. 3,685,000 
Of which the Per Cent. 
United Kingdom, colonies and Canadian Lake ports 
davine hed ae Wal ey tele iA ee NDS Unie einai pie eA Mee cg tae 54 or 1,984,000 
United) States) coasts; and «GreatyWakesq4) see einai ee el tOnor, 540,000 
Germany . SOE RE MeN nie paces Hew Dante OS Mau gike pN (llores KOLP 465,000 
Al Other: COUMtRIES a. an Sea aise Sie ste aoe eee Mana paren 19 or 696,000 
CONDITIONS IN 1914. 
In 1914 the building of merchant vessels was reduced by the European war to a mini- 
mum in all countries, the nations at war turning their attention almost entirely to the build- 
ing of war vessels or munitions, while in the neutral nations it seemed as though marine as 
well as all other merchant business had come to an end; but in the last two years there has 
come a mighty change. 
The destruction of some and the interning of the remaining merchant vessels of the 
Teutonic Allies; the commandeering of others by both sides, and the great destruction of 
merchant vessels of all nations, including neutrals, amounting now to 5,000,000 tons, has so 
reduced the number of available ocean ships that in order to transport the immense purchases _ 
of Europe and to furnish other ocean transportation there has arisen a demand never before 
seen for old as well as new ships, for anything indeed that could be used for oceanic service. 
