. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. 35 M.; saving 47 per cent. From Marseilles t(iBombay by the Cape 12,144 M., by the Canal 5022 BI.; saving 59 per Constantinople to Zanzibar by the Cape 10,271 M., by the Canal4365 M.; saving 57 per cent. From Kotterdam to the Sunda Strait by theCape 13,252 M., by the Canal 9779 M.; saving 26 per cent. The canal is open both by day and by night to vessels of all nation-alities. The following table illustrates the growth of traffic: — No. of Aggregate No. of Aggregate Year vessels tonnage t Year vessels tonnage t 1870 435 493,911 1805 411
. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. 35 M.; saving 47 per cent. From Marseilles t(iBombay by the Cape 12,144 M., by the Canal 5022 BI.; saving 59 per Constantinople to Zanzibar by the Cape 10,271 M., by the Canal4365 M.; saving 57 per cent. From Kotterdam to the Sunda Strait by theCape 13,252 M., by the Canal 9779 M.; saving 26 per cent. The canal is open both by day and by night to vessels of all nation-alities. The following table illustrates the growth of traffic: — No. of Aggregate No. of Aggregate Year vessels tonnage t Year vessels tonnage t 1870 435 493,911 1805 4115 ,694 1875 1494 2,009,984 1906 3975 13, 1880 2026 3, 1907 4272 14,728,32(! 1F85 3624 6,335,753 IfiOS 3795 13,640,199 )885-S9 8344 ,089 1909 4239 15,417,748 1890-94 356S 7,799,B?6 1910 )33 16,581,898 1895-99 3387 8, 1911 49fi9 18,324,794 1900-4 3769 11,423,904 1912 5373 20,275,120 + In the above table the figures for lS85-irOl shuw tlie annual averages;the tonnage for 1870 is gross, for the other years •Ui c a =^^i]^^^ 3 V ^
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