. Seaways of the empire; notes on the geography of transport. Fig. $.—The Indian Ocean and the Far East INDIA AND THE FAR EAST 63. British Steamships, Homeward, 64 SEAWAYS OF THE EMPIRE trade. If we spread the work over all ships, our Indianindex is reduced to 76. We have allowed already forthe share of the Dutch ships in the trade of Malaya. Inthe Far Eastern trade, a larger proportion of foreignshipping was engaged, but, in this case, for the most part,under the Japanese flag. On the assumption that theJapanese tonnage carried its fair share of our exports,the index, for all ships, would be
. Seaways of the empire; notes on the geography of transport. Fig. $.—The Indian Ocean and the Far East INDIA AND THE FAR EAST 63. British Steamships, Homeward, 64 SEAWAYS OF THE EMPIRE trade. If we spread the work over all ships, our Indianindex is reduced to 76. We have allowed already forthe share of the Dutch ships in the trade of Malaya. Inthe Far Eastern trade, a larger proportion of foreignshipping was engaged, but, in this case, for the most part,under the Japanese flag. On the assumption that theJapanese tonnage carried its fair share of our exports,the index, for all ships, would be reduced to about 7,rather lower than that for the Indian Ocean. As againstthe British cargoes carried by foreign ships may be setthe large quantity of Continental goods carried in Britishships. Even allowing for competition, the Far Eastshows a profitable outward traffic, while in India andCeylon British ships have almost a monopoly of the carry-ing trade from the United Kingdom. The return journey shows a very different against 4-0 tons of British shipping, of which nearlya quarter was in ballast, moving southwar
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