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Show Llod's Register i.ahowa'':2,874;,'47G H tons of vessels under 'construction In H the United Kingdom compared with H ijlGLOC tpns hi ajl other countries. H Two years ago the.Unlted States waB H building 1,350 000 more than BrI- H tain. '"'Nearly SOer'ccKi of world'n H construction is now being carried on M in Drltlsh ports, American total H Is only one third of what It was at M this tlmo last year. Peak of Amer- jH lean construction in the spring of H 1019 when 4,186,000 tons were being H built In thsl country. World produc- M tlon reached peak In September of Jt 1919 with 8,048,000 tons. H |