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SUEZ CANAL 1169<br />
The number and gross tonnage of vessels that have passed through the<br />
Suez Canal, and the gross receipts of the company, have bean as follows in<br />
six years :—<br />
Year<br />
1891<br />
1895<br />
1896<br />
Country<br />
Great Britain .<br />
Germany ,<br />
France<br />
Holland .<br />
Austria-Hungary<br />
Japan . . !<br />
Russia<br />
Italy<br />
Norway .<br />
Spain<br />
America .<br />
No. Of<br />
Vessels<br />
3,352<br />
3,434<br />
3,409<br />
No.'<br />
2,310<br />
387<br />
226<br />
206<br />
101<br />
65<br />
55<br />
69<br />
59<br />
39<br />
26<br />
Gross<br />
Tonnage<br />
Gross<br />
Tonnage<br />
9,046,031<br />
1,492,657<br />
940,125<br />
583,011<br />
371,364<br />
321,128<br />
266,444<br />
200,625<br />
165,738<br />
164,202<br />
101,246<br />
Receipts<br />
11,283,855 ! 2,951,073<br />
11,833,637 3,124,149<br />
12,039,859 ! 3,182,800<br />
Revenues applied to improvement of canal<br />
Redemption and Insurance Funds<br />
Tear<br />
1897<br />
1898<br />
1899<br />
Country<br />
Denmark.<br />
, Turkey .<br />
Belgium .<br />
Greece<br />
Egypt .<br />
Portugal .<br />
Sweden .<br />
Siam<br />
Total .<br />
No. of<br />
Vessels<br />
2,986<br />
3,503<br />
8,607<br />
Gross<br />
Tonnage<br />
11,123,403<br />
12,962,632<br />
13,815,992<br />
Eeceipts<br />
£<br />
2,913,222<br />
3,411,791<br />
3,652,751<br />
464,100,827<br />
151,174,307<br />
17,764,598<br />
. 633,039,732<br />
There were besides, 100,000 founders' shares, with right to participate in<br />
surplus profit under certain conditions. In 1899 the net profits amounted<br />
to 54,153,660 francs, and the total amount distributed among the shareholders<br />
was 51,538,028 francs.<br />
No.<br />
21<br />
26<br />
5<br />
4<br />
2<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
3,607<br />
Gross<br />
Tonnage<br />
76,106<br />
52,385<br />
16,759<br />
11,223<br />
2,892<br />
2,260<br />
1,021<br />
775<br />
13,815,992<br />
The number of passengers who went through the canal in 1899 was<br />
221,347 as against 219,671 in 1898, 191,215 in 1897, and 308,227 in 1896.<br />
The Suez Canal is 87 miles long, 66 actual canal and 21 miles lakes,<br />
connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, opened for navigation<br />
November 17, 1869.<br />
The state of the capital account as regards bonds in circulation and redeemed<br />
was as follows, on December 81. 1899 :—<br />
Francs Francs<br />
Capital, 400,000 shares at 500 francs . . { >een!ed°? ^STIMO } 200 ' 000 > 000<br />
Consolidation of unpaid coupons, 400,000 f 393,382 in circulation 33,437,470) o« nno ooo<br />
bonds at 85 francs . . . . 1 6,618 redeomed . 562,530 j o*> mv > mv<br />
Loan (1867-68), 333,333 obligations at 300 ( 218,108 in circulation 65,432,400 1 QJ ' '<br />
Loan (1871). 120,000 30-year bonds at 100 f 16,780 in circulation 1,678,000 ) 19 nftft ,,„„<br />
francs' 110.1,220 redeemed . 10,322,0001 ".o."<br />
Loan (1880), 73,026 3 per cent, obligations, f 68,498 in circulation. 25,325,821) „B 0(m 0(W<br />
various prices \ 4,528 redeemed . 1,674,141 } ■"."■'•'.•"^<br />
Loan (1887), 195,000 3 per'cent. obligations, ( 217,708 in circulation 90,151,859) 0, inn(¥1r<br />
various prices . ' . . . . \ 2,292 redeemed . 949,106/ J 1 . 1 .-""<br />
Total<br />
10.1057/9780230270305 - The Statesman's Year-Book, Edited by John Scott-Keltie<br />
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