TE LR r OB Sailing ships, which played so great a part until just before the War, have rapidly decreased in numbers in recent years, and will soon have disappeared altogether. The merchant navy employs between 40,000 and 50,000 men— officers and crews. By way of comparison we append figures from Lloyd’s Register for 1932-33 showing the sea- trading shipping of the leading maritime coun- tries: Total Gross | Tons per 1000 Coty Tonnage Inhabitants British Empire... 22,784,000 46 U.S, A. 13,547,000 98 Japan . 4,255,000 46 Norway 4,167,000 1480 Germany 4,165,000 65 France 3,557,000 33 Italy 3,391,000 78 Holland 2,964,000 43 Sweden 1,716,000 279 Greece . Poss 1,470,000 230 Spain ........ 1,265,000 53 The great steamship lines maintained by Norwe- gian owners across every ocean and between all the continents will be seen from the accompanying map. Norwegian shipowners are organised in the Norges Rederforbund (Norwegian Shipowners’ Federation), Oslo. Managing Director: W. Klave- ness. 79