. Cassier's magazine. 242 CASSIERS MAGAZINE. THE BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE 243 outputs were approximately the same,and they possessed equal facilities fordevelopment. During the next sixyears the United Kingdom obtained aslight lead, which was lost in 1867,when the situation was relatively un-changed. From 1867 upwards, how-ever, British shipbuilding has progressedat a much greater rate than a rough average, the annualBritish output has been increased inforty-three years by 700,000 tons, while This indifference to their maritime in-terests on the part of Americans is, tosome
. Cassier's magazine. 242 CASSIERS MAGAZINE. THE BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE 243 outputs were approximately the same,and they possessed equal facilities fordevelopment. During the next sixyears the United Kingdom obtained aslight lead, which was lost in 1867,when the situation was relatively un-changed. From 1867 upwards, how-ever, British shipbuilding has progressedat a much greater rate than a rough average, the annualBritish output has been increased inforty-three years by 700,000 tons, while This indifference to their maritime in-terests on the part of Americans is, tosome extent, intelligible, if we bear inmind the enormous tracts of countrywithin their home jurisdiction, and thealmost limitless spheres of enterprisewhich they have at hand in other direc-tions than that of navigation. Theyare, to a very considerable degree, aself-contained and self-supporting peo-ple, inhabiting a country capable of fur-nishing the products of the most diverse
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