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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, 1917; of those added to and deducted from the Register during the Year 1918; and of those remaining on the Register on the 31st December, 1918.

Table showing the Number and Tonnage of the Registered Vessels (distinguishing Sailing from Steam) which belonged to each of the Ports of New Zealand on the 31st December, 1918.

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Sailing-vessels. Steam-vessels. * VrserU Gr0SS Net tVawla Gr0SS Net vessels. Tonnage. Tonnage. c ' Tonnage. Tonnage. Sailing-vessels. Steam-vessels. w i Gross Net vessels. Tonnage. Tonnage. Totals. Fpon the Rogistcr on the 31st December, 1917 184 24,356 22,404 376 115,683 65,092 500 140,039 87,496 .dded to the Register,— Vessels registered for the first time — Built at ports in British possessions Purchased from foreigners Vessels registered de novo.. Tonnage added in consequence of remeasuroment or alteration "% 2,424 2,195 4 1 4 155 1,117 120 61 638 38 4 1 6 155 1,117 2,544 61 638 2,233 17 2 79 61 96 63 Total added .. 2,441 2,197 1,471 798 11 3,912 2,995 >educted from the Register,— Vessels wrecked or otherwise lost .. Vessels broken up, decayed, &c. Vessels transferred to ports in the United Kingdom Vessels registered de novo.. Tonnage deducted in consequence of remeasurement or alteration 2 1 1 4 48 118 1,312 119 48 99 1,196 83 5 1 574 25 326 18 7 2 1 4 622 143 1,312 119 374 117 1,196 83 17 4 158 4 175 Total deducted 1,597 1,443 603 502 14 2,200 1,945 lemaining on tho Register on the 31st December, 1918 .. 116,551. 65,388 178 25,200 23,158 379 557 141,751 88,546

Sailing-vessels. Steam-vessels. Totals. Ports. Vessels Gr0SS Net Vessels. Tonnage. Tonnage. L. , Gross Net vessels. Tonnage. Tonnage. V7.aan.la Gr0SS Net vcssus. Tormagc . Tonnage. Auckland Napier Wellington Nelson Lyttelton Timaru Dunedin .. Invercargill 119 4 13 7 12 1 20 2 8,387 266 3,173 189 3,713 733 8,367 372 7,172 253 2,886 152 3,615 690 8,046 344 201 30 37 14 18 1 66 12 23,128 3,887 11,061 2,769 6,183 942 67,318 1,263 11,833 2,273 5/620 1,291 3,002 488 40,280 601 320 34 50 21 30 2 86 14 31,515 4,153 14,234 2,958 9,896 1,675 75,685 1,635 19,005 2,520 8,506 1,443 6,617 1,178 48,326 945 Totals 178 | 25,200 23,158 379 116,551 65,388 557 141,751 88,546