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Show BRITISH MERCHANT TONNAGE- LOSSES I .ON POX. Thursday. Pec. n. Hit-it ish niercha n t t on n a go losses were P.'1;. 1 .SJS gross tons from the beginning of the war to October 31. PUS. according to an official offi-cial statement Issued tonight. New construction In the Pnited Kingdom King-dom in the same period was l.:M.rn ions; purchfi-sos abroad were iiSO.ooi) tons, ind enemy tonnage captured was 7 J iJ.fi 'JO. The net loss was 3.-MH.012 tons. . , Official announcement made 111 I.or.vi. Thursday night, placed the total losses in merchant ton mine by cm 0111 v net ion and marine risk from the beginning of the war to the end of October. I IMS, at1 1 .i.nrG.TSfl gross tons. |