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Merchant Shipping.
On the 31st Dec., 1877, the total number of vessels on the Register Books of the Dominion was 7,362, measuring 1,310,468 tons register tonnage, an increase of 170 vessels and 49,575 tons as compared with 1876. At $30 a ton this would make the value of the registered tonnage $39,314,040 These vessels were divided among the different Provinces, as follows:—
|
Vessels. |
Tons. |
| P. E. Island |
342 |
65,547 |
| Nova Scotia |
2,961 |
511,579 |
| N. Brunswick |
1,133 |
329,457 |
| Quebec |
1,951 |
248,399 |
| Ontario |
926 |
131,761 |
| B. Columbia |
43 |
3,479 |
| Manitoba |
6 |
216 |
|
7,362 |
1,310,468 |
The number of new vessels built in the Dominion in 1877 and registered in the Dominion was 430, measuring 118,985 tons register. Rather more than half of these were built in Nova Scotia. The following table shows the division of these vessels among the Provinces:—
|
Vessels. |
Tons. |
| P. E. Island |
62 |
17,036 |
| Nova Scotia |
219 |
47,980 |
| N. Brunswick |
54 |
31,158 |
| Quebec |
62 |
19,253 |
| Ontario |
28 |
3,316 |
| Manitoba |
3 |
48 |
| B. Columbia |
2 |
201 |
|
430 |
118,985 |
Two vessels measuring 1,943 tons, built at Quebec, went from that port to the United Kingdom without register, which would make the vessels 432, and the tonnage 120,928 tons. At an average value of 45 a ton, the value of these vessels would be $5,411,760. An Act of Parliament was passed in 1877 directing all Canadian Steamships to be remeasured according to the rules of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1851. 180 vessels were re-measured, and there are 75 or 100 yet to do. The subjoined table (page 42) from the Repertoire Général for 1877-78 shows the tonnage of the principal nations of the world:—
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