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Table showing the Number and Tonnage of Sailing and Steam Vessels which remained upon the Register of the Dominion of New Zealand on the 31st December, 1907 ; of those added to and deducted from the Register during the Year 1908; and of those which remained upon the Register on the 31st December, 1908.

Table showing the Number and Tonnage of the Registered Vessels (distinguishing Sailing from Steam) which belonged to each of the Forts of New Zealand on the 31st December, 1908.

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Sailing Vessels. Steam Vessels. Totals. ,v„l, Gross Net v esseis. T onnage. Tonnage. ., . Gross Net \ esseis. T onnage. Tonnage. .. . Gross Net vessels. Tonnage. | Tonnage. Upon the Register on the 31st December, 1907 46,373 43,967 150,628 88,629 628 197,001 132,596 323 305 Added to the Register,— Errors in Registrars' returns, 1907 Vessels registered for the first time— Built at ports in United Kingdom .. Built at ports in British possessions Vessels transferred from ports in the United Kingdom .. .. Vessels transferred from ports in British possessions abroad Vessels registered dt novo Tonnage added in consequence of remeasurement or alteration 7 2 4 217 2,576 5 133 2,474 1 4 10 54 20,331 791 5,374 46 12,556 402 3,107 1 4 J 7 4 58 20,331 1,008 7,950 51 12,5.56 535 5,58i 7 3 2,680 80 2,493 72 10 3 5,6i5 294 3,344 146 17 6 8,295 374 5,837 218 1 156 66 1 156 66 Total added 19 5,557 5,177 31 32,615 19,667 50 38,172 24,844 Deducted from the Register.— Errors in Registrars' returns, 1907 Wrecked or otherwise lost Broken up, decayed, &c. Transferred to ports in British possessions Registered de novo Tonnage deducted in consequence of remeasurement or alteration 1 8 5 8 50 2,041 652 i,877 332 43 i,939 619 1,728 297 I 8 2 225 1,425 48 11 134 691 48 1 9 5 16 6 50 2,266 652 3,302 380 54 2,073 619 2,419 345 4 1 104 152 20 89 1 124 241 Total deducted 2 7 5.056 4.778 II i,7i8 973 38 6,774 5-751 Vessels on Register on 31st December, 1908 640 315 46,874 44,366 325 181,525 107,323 228,399 151,689

Sailing Vessels. Steam Vessels. Ports. Vessels. Gross Tonnage. Net Tonnage. Vessels. [Gross Tonnage. Net Tonnage. Auckland Napier .. Wellington Nelson .. Lyttelton Timaru .. Dunedin Invercargill 207 6 24 9 22 i8,347 365 3,978 215 6,225 1,649 15,088 1,007 16,900 352 3,8n 209 5,974 I »577 14,581 962 141 22 38 10 17,869 2,311 9,57 J 1,345 2,952 942 145,484 1,051 10,147 1,452 5,138 755 1,133 488 87,69.+ 516 2 40 5 12 1 92 9 Totals 315 46,874 44,366 325 181,525 107,323