BRITISH SHIPPING.
LARGE INCREASE IN SPITE OF . THE WAR.
LONDON, August 2. The 1915-16 edition . of:,-«. Lloyd's Register'! discloses . that,-despite, the wastage of war,r the tonnage of merchant shipping registered in Great Britain during the year ended June .50, 1915, increased by 300,000 tons. The recent law facilitating the transfer of shipping to American registry probably accounts for the American increase of 550,000 tons; , '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8207, 3 August 1915, Page 6
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64BRITISH SHIPPING. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8207, 3 August 1915, Page 6
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