Four of the chief railway lines in Switzerland - the Central Suisse, the Nord Est, the Union Suisse, and the Jura-Simplon - have been nationalized. There only remains the St. Gothard Company. The existing concession will be renounced 1905, and the purchase price fixed on the basis of the average returns of the 10 years preceding 1894-1904.

Statement Of Number And Net And Gross Tonnage Of Steam And Sailing Vessels Of Over 100 Tons, Of The Several Countries Of The World, As Recorded In Lloyd's Register For 1903-4

Flag.

Steam.

Sail.

Total.

Number.

Net Tons.

Gross Tons.

Number.

Net Tons.

Number.

Tonnage.

British:

United Kingdom......

7,530

8,233,721

13,410,894

1,622

1,478,677

9,152

14,889,571

Colonies

1,023

466,732

782,688

959

334,115

1,982

1,116,803

Total..............

8,553

8,700,453

14,193,582

2,581

1,812,792

11,134

16,006,374

American (United States):

Sea

862

810,003

1,220,995

2,119

1,259,986

2,981

2,480,981

Lake

349

756,470

1,001,072

56

129,903

405

1,130,975

Total..............

1,211

1,566,473

2,222,067

2,175

1,389,889

3,386

3,611,956

Argentine..............

119

44,678

70,862

99

24,918

218

95,780

Austro-Hungarian

267

348,461

557,745

29

20,952

296

578,697

Belgian

112

103,459

156,559

2

488

114

157,047

Brazilian

228

84,110

132,107

90

22,979

318

155,086

Chilean................

49

42,164

67,186

59

36,572

108

103,758

Chinese...............

45

38,807

60,491

45

60,491

Cuban

41

24,703

38,550

12

2,324

53

40,874

Danish

385

283,490

483,968

414

97,279

799

581,247

Dutch. ...............

360

387,800

613,219

98

45,626

458

658,845

French...........

717

584,180

1,153,761

638

468,255

1,355

1,622,016

German

1,425

1,720,106

2,794,311

473

488,936

1,898

3,283,247

Greek

199

205,996

325,895

192

52,304

391

378,199

Italian

365

448,704

704,109

861

476,226

1,226

1,180,335

Japanese

544

366,232

585,542

1,042

141,276

1,586

726,818

Mexican

32

9,070

15,210

16

3,678

48

18,888

Norwegian.............

962

570,869

935,229

1,256

718,511

2,218

1,653,740

Philippine Islands

92

27,035

43,138

37

8,261

129

51,399

Portuguese.............

48

32,642

51,217

152

50,087

200

101,304

Russian

573

354,539

578,343

726

231,305

1,299

809,648

Spanish

459

461,333

720,822

136

43,625

595

764,447

Swedish

750

308,623

502,581

764

218,535

1,514

721,116

Turkish................

125

57,970

92,869

216

61,625

341

154,494

Other countries

23,330

15

5,333

47

28,663

Total, including countries not specified. .. .

17,761

16,822,466

27,183,365

12,182

6,459,766

29,943

33,643,131