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Show SHIP LOSSES BY U-BOAT ATTACKS LONDON. April 24 The admiralty has announced the cessation of the weeklj return of shipping losses and 1 lie substitution of a monthly report on the Thursday following the 21st j of each month. ! A table issued tonipht gives the losses of British, allied and neutral merchant tonnage due to enemy action ac-tion and marine risk since the beginning begin-ning of 1917. Losses for the quarter nding March l'jl? were British, 911, 840, and allied and neutral. 1,619,873 For the quarter ending in June: British, Brit-ish, 1,361,370, and allied and neutral, 2,236.934. For the quarter endlns September: British, 952,938. and allied and neutral, 1.494,473 For the guar ter ending in December: British, 782,- B80 and allied and neutral, 1,272,843. The losses for the quarter ending in March. 191S were British, 687,576, and allied and neutral, 1.123.510. Clearance in and out of the ports of the Cnlied Kingdom were very steady. The total for last March was 7,295.620 tons. ROME. April 24. One steamev of J more than 1500 tons and one steamer 'of less tonnage were sunk during the week ending April 20, according to the official statement on losses by mine or submarine issued tonight. 00 |