There are 90 enemy ships—s2 sail and 38 steam—held up oil the west coast of South America, in eighteen different ports, their total tonnage being 247,342. The largest steamer is tho Y'orck (oil 7 tons), tho largest sailing I vessel the Potosi (3755 tons), hot)) being in Valparaiso, which lias 72,535 tons tied up. ■ Of the whole 90 one is over 5000 tons, eleven over 400Q; 21 over 3000, .28 over 2000, and, 29 over 1000 tons. The sailing ships are chiefly in the nitrate ports, and nitrate'is a enmrnndity whioh Germany is greatly in *a«l oi.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2752, 22 April 1916, Page 2
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97Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2752, 22 April 1916, Page 2
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