Show nh J ws LJ decline tc cl i r in 0 ship lloyds register reports total of ship tons in yards of world BIG bie DROP IN IH U S IN YEAR total building here tons 1 Is only about 40 per cent of record year ago japan shows small gain new york more than gross tons ions of vessels are I 1 imported us as being lit in the shipyards of lie flit world says a statement by lloyds register compared with the total on january 1 tile tons toils to be exact re represents a dec decline lille of f less own tons warty nearly alfs 1 per cent the actual decline in 1 g activity has cell much sharper in the he past three than appears on oil the f surface says III im statement tito tho total reported report ud d for great britain gross tons tolls la Is n gall of tons ovir over alic lie january I 1 record but there here lins has been marked reduction lit in the vol of tonnage on oil which work is a actually proceeding proceed liiK lloyds register bluds work Sut suspended in fit the total tn ili life litins s of british shipyards are kross gress tons of vessels on oil which work lias liven been suspended and an tons the completion of which 11 hns ills been positioned chiefly owing to lie ho iti malke ike of alj tl lias interfered with alli tho fitting filling out ot of n number of linge large liners and other vessels ca the ilia report continues taking this total ot of tons into onald consid cr atlon therefore tit total of new ships on mi which leilh work Is proceeding in british shipyards Is tons toils or about 20 per tent cent less than tile total told ut at the beg beginning luning of lie year additional of tile lie M condl 1 11 hons in tilt alie it shipbuilding tire furnished by tile i turns returns of laundr ings ind find new work mk begun during tile quarter of t tills year new keels i represented present oil only gauss tims ws 11 in gitil etli for lh tile lust last r of 1020 and for the quarter ended endea april 1 1920 1020 l ings during eiliv quarter i just juit ended XIO tons tolls ns its against ngit ns tons for the he last thrle e months of 1020 1920 nan with ilia delity dela 4 lite line to strikes oil and other causes work Is acing completed colita ced more rapidly alinn now flow worl work Is coining ming ott oil decline in america front american tilia show that tile lip decline caille ehlt liia lit lincir v in 11 effit more 11 year seal wil lloyds says the total reported under way ay on oil april I 1 I 1 ton only 1 I 40 per cent atit of the A lk year ngo ago tito biggi egi I 1 te for sill nil ollier countries except alie lie 11 reat britain and Ger mariJ rill fin III aliu just no returns ni m t aviivii in nil 11 najle shows a gain of about L jmj oer I 1 er ilia lie january total LIIS I 1 arti ti mates tile apparent world lattin c in 11 shipbuilding activity during lurli iR tile tat quarter therefore has been nui mil aar froin it million tons toils a decline le cillie irol loal 12 per rent cent tile tho N says in ili sonic directions houe ho vrr ore are shown in lii the volume of ile if alon oil under way these are marked lit in the case of finnup Fri ilive fildi now stands next to tile lie united bilig kin flom doin all and the united states as it flip feltl building nation having KI 1111 land during the lie last oft larer A vear ago france with only ami un der way was wag led by dapah Tn puli italy aitio I 1 and and was wall construct lii oliby loix tons sore titan the it in millions riK tny 4 building she ilie tina tills nearly two twit annd it half times tile the total for or the file lons long fir and lends leads japan and illicy liy iq to tons fig and tona tolls rey peet ct I 1 voir japan show a small f gall in fit tile die total under con construction jit n I 1 the h previous quarter owl ian idly ly holland and the ilie slight decreases |