London, Jan. 27.
Lloyd's register states that the total output of the world's merchant shipbuilding in 1919 was 7,144,000 tons, an increase of 1,697,000 tons compared with 1918 and of 3,811,000 tons compared with 1913 which was the pre-war record year.
Figures for the war period show an output in Allied and Neutral In 1914 of 2,852,000 tons In 1915 of 1,201,000 tons; In 1916 of 1,638,000 tons; In 1917 of 2,937,000 tons; Tu 1918 of 5,447,000 tons.
To the 1919 total of 7,144,000 tons the United States contributed 4,075,000 tons and the United Kingdom 1,620,000 tons which is still 311,000 tons below the 1913 record.
The total tonnage launched in the British Dominions in 1919 was 359,000 tons, which is an increase of 79,000 tons over 1918, and nearly equals the combined output of the 10 years 1908-1917.
The Japanese figures reached an easy record in 1919 viz., 611,000 tons, which nearly equals the entire output of Japan for the 22 years 1892 to 1913.—Reuter.
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