+---------+--------------------------------+ | | Total for Korea | | +--------------+-----------------+ | | Sailing | Steam | | Flag +-------+------+-------+---------+ | |Number | |Number | | | | of | Tons | of | Tons | | |Vessels| |Vessels| | +---------+-------+------+-------+---------+ |British | — | — | 4 | 11,998| |Korean | 641 |12,277| 845 | 165,782| |Chinese | 339 | 3531| — | — | |French | 1 | 1744| — | — | |German | — | — | 1 | 1379| |Italian | — | — | 1 | 2791| |Japanese | 1516 |61,123| 1904 | 877,193| |Norwegian| — | — | 2 | 50| |Russian | 4 | 294| 113 | 101,222| |United | | | | | | States | 59 | 1570| 32 | 480| | +-------+------+-------+---------+ |Total | 2560 |80,539| 2902 |1,160,895| | ” 1901| 2533 |82,373| 2439 | 902,936| | +-------+------+-------+---------+ |Average, | | | | | | five | | | | | | years, | | | | | |1898-1902| 2331 |75,352| 2053 | 833,334| +---------+-------+------+-------+---------+ NOTE.—Japanese shipping (steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Osaka Shosen Kaisha and the Hori Company) easily occupies the first place. The Korean share in the trade is increasing, and Russian steamers show a larger tonnage in Korean ports than before. APPENDIX III RETURN OF PRINCIPAL ARTICLES OF EXPORT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES FROM THE OPEN PORTS OF KOREA DURING THE YEARS 1901-1902.