TOLL OF THE SUBMARINE.
RISE IN GROSS FIGURES.
BRITISH LOSSES STEADY. A. and N.Z.-Reuter. LONDON, Sept. 25. The Admiralty reports that British, allied, and neutral merchant tonnage sunk during last month totalled 327,676 tons, of which the British was approximately 176,000 tons and the others 150,000, compared with a loss of 313,011 tons, made up of 176,479 British and 136,532 allied and neutral in July. Steamships exceeding 500 gross tons entering and leaving the United Kingdom from and to overseas, excluding coastwise and cross-Channel vessels, totalled 8,159,000 gross tons, compared with 7,719,000 in July. The following table gives the losses of merchant shipping in quarterly periods since August, 1914:—
The tonnage of steamships of 500 gross tons and over entering and clearing United Kingdom ports from arid to ports overseas, excluding British coastwise and cross-channel traffic has been as follows:Period. 1918— Gross Tons. January 6.836,663. February 8,826.986 \Urph , 7,295,620 Awfl . . .. 7,040,809 May • . .. 7,777,849 SSL .. .. 7,480.386 July .'• .. :.' •• 7,719.000 AuKUflt •• 8,159,000
Alliod and 1914. British. Neutral. Total. Aug. and Sept. 314.000 85,947 899,917 4th Quarter .. 154,728 36,688 281,416 1st Quarter ., 215.905 104,542 320.447 2nd Quarter .. 223.676 156,733 380.419 3rd Quarter .. 856.659 172,822 629.481 4th Quarter .. 307,139 187,231 494,373 1st Quarter .. 355.237 198.868 624,195 2nd Quarter .. 270,690 251,699 622,289 3rd Quarter .. 284.358 307.671 ,692,039 4th Quarter .. 617,563 641,780 1,159,343 1917 1st Quarter .. 911.840 697.533 1.819-373 Anril .. .. 665.056 888 821 893.877 May .. .. 874 419 265,917 630,836 Ju-Ie .. .. 432,895 280,326 712,721 2nd Quarter .. 1,361,870 876,064 2,236,934 July .. .. 883.430 192.619 576,949 August .. .. 860,296 189.067 549,363 September .. 209,212 159,949 369.161 8rd Quarter .. 952,938 541.535 1,494,478 October .. 289,973 '197,364 4877337 November .. 196.660 138.883 833,443 December .. 296.856 155.707 452,063 4th Quarter .. 782,689 489,954 1,272,843 JamS'.. ,. 218 598 138,187 354.716 February .. 264.303 132.334 886,687 March .. .. 222.651 176,797 899.448 1st Quarter .. 695.482 445,818 1,140.600 Anril .. 276.108 95.348 311.456 MiV ','. .. 231.780 182.703 364,483 June .. .. 165.514 115,980 281,494 2nd Quarter .. 623,402 334,031 957,433 Jul- . .. 176,479 136.532 813,011 August .. ... 176.000* 150.000* 327,676 •Approximate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16966, 27 September 1918, Page 5
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