Bremen, Feb. 2.
Altogether 990 ships with a total tonnage of 2,117,024 were under construction in 1916. according to Lloyd's Register, as compared with 649 ships {in 1995 and 835 in 1834. Of these 990 vessels, 328, with 856257 tons, were under construction in Great Britain and Ireland and the rest in other countries The. figures given by Lloyd's for Germany "are 161 ships with 370981 tons. 5
This, statement. however, contains only ships, the construction of which has actually staried. According to German statistics, ihe number of ships under construction or ordered in Germany on January. 1," 1037, amounts to 248 vessels with 977,230 tons—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min.
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