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Marine Business Statistics Condensed Port Traffic Record Houston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No, Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage June,:1922062. 28. 2 38 48,938 36 §=©74,798 May vio) esa Ass 8 44 45,108 42 134,046 APG reas cus kie 42: 61,751 47 98,825 WiavGh? sige sie Sees 48 45,312 40 105,309 Pepruary ics. s oes 28 27,173 30 86,028 Jantiary a... cccere PARES WE!) 31 92,096 Vecember, 1921 22 42,359 PAL 27,001 November seis. ss s/5 23 30,705 27. = 46,519 Oubober yen: ee 17 36,682 16 32,223 Septeniber st wie. 24 74,633 28 26,929 AMUSE. Hie ea etn 24 15,558 21 585492 Ty iva 6 Hees ee 28 39,566 28 54,057 TUG (5 dies scare ee 27 33,405 19 33,187 Port Arthur, Tex. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Nene, A922 sien ae oe 271,752 87 285,633 Was se acca ale 90 303,623 88 292,595 Aprils ie ks 90 282,288 101 313,829 Warch 3.00 sae 91 318,679 87 269,369 February ..... 73 =-233,148 81. 250;138 Vanier aes oe cee 82 261,439 77. +-261,604 December, 1921. 106 359,401 104 339,605 November ..... 92 286,179 89 263,940 October sn. 93 256,932 89 263,993 September 87 224,944 92 254,039 AURIS cece 74 193,578 70 167,193 PRUE cs sereteie sccren 70 168,438 59 142,181 FRING So PUR 76 212,571 85 214,705 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage June, 1922. vowed 31,095 7 17,423 Wray iecere cca 14 49,985 13 37,000 Apres eck eae 9 24,854 if 31,049 Marche s5 oS 12 45,966 8 34,272 February 23 13 53,367 11 46,372 Janwaty:.csesace a1 46,093 sd2 50,449 December, 1921. 8 26,053 16 50,847 November ..... 12 50,551 16 59,677 October i os8 as 13 46,530 10 44,661. September ..... 12 43,665 19 65,515 August 6 19,722 3 13,095 TUS ed since 14 45,133 4 13,674 JANE ceed. ee 7 21,703 16 43,556 Lake Erie Receipts Out®*- of 6629 711 tons of iron ore shipped from upper lake ports “in ‘June, Lake: Erie |. ports received 4,465,341 tons, as shown by the figures compiled by Marine Review. The balance on dock July 1 was 6,753,991 against 8,417,725 tons on July 1, 1921. Detailed receipts are: Port Gross tons Buffalo and Port Colborne............ 488,131 Pitie ee ees hues abe Bee s 33,844 Conneaut eth. eo iar PGs 1,133,813 A SHEAMILIA ais nis cide pay ciranhbas meee oa 34,452 Painnort hots «+ sete oe ee hg eds ee oie 294,259 Cleveland sto cere a eee 909,974 AGOCAUT okey x oul suses, ode SEP oie © Be aie oh acaips 345,225 TA VON os Sk sR oe Re ey eee 138,456 POled 6. ssi. os See ks ee ae ee oe 225,142 Petro. cee oe eras es eae eas 62,045 TOtal ccs seithn se UA Ss KS 4,465,341 Soo Canal Report The movement of freight through the Soo canal is gaining strength. In June, the total was 8,066,117 net tons, a decrease of only 13,359 net tons when compared with shipments for June of last year of 8,079,476 net tons. Last month’s shipments are the lowest for a like period in the last seven years. The tonnage comparison figures for the past seven years follow: Net tons SMI E TO ZB ata we Or ibeee te wena 8,066,117 Fae ODT i aeugas savers tres ia ota eae 8,079,476 anes LIZ Or eh oocyte sete wena ae 10,647,819 Jae TOTO a eS estate vw es alaneces 11,219,416 AMG 1 OPO) si aecattiee eresa ee ow Ha cieace 11,999,520 Jute SLOT Ee oe tare cou tases Board hice wk 13,225,163 IMINO, LO UG Geerc aye a praca nin vaca ay ote a oe 12,960,469 Of the total freight carried in June, 7,597,326 tons were handled through the United States canal while 468,791 tons passed through the Canadian canal. The following tabulation gives the figures in detail for 1922 and 1921: EASTBOUND ToJuly 1, To July 1, 1922 1921 Lumber, M. ft. B. M.... 61,642 55,073 Blours, barrels 3k3 gs. esas 2,130,790 2,099,110 Wheat, bushels ......... 46,809,000 31,620,728 Grain: DUSHEIS wicce ss we 45,418,967 31,209,229 Copper, net tons......... 13,639 6,810 Iron ore, net tons....... 8,078,374 6,640,152 Pig ion) met tons... 6. 80 526 Stone; net:tOns: . ececsia 8,650 6,175 General merchandise, net COTS SCO IS a eae 213,788 15,716 Passengers, number ..... 4,613 5,129 WESTBOUND Coal, soft, net tons...... 559,530 5,589,834 Coal, hard, net tons..... 7,100 571,543 Iron ore, net tons........ VV 424 sh oy cae ee Manufactured iron and steel, let tOnSi.. sce 21,204 7,928 Salt, net. 4008s puteart «ho ss 21,061 20,054 Oil, neptons 2. Cee. 78,466 163,953 Stone, net tons... sash. 105,144 133,853 General merchandise, net ; TONS .o5) a cen eel ae 177,126 150,153 Passengers, number ..... 5,04 4, SUMMARY Vessel passages, number.. 3,979 3,705 Registered tonnage, net.. 11,165,713 9,190,950 Freight— Eastbound, net tons... 11,040,756 8,554,352 Westbound, net tons... 981,055 6,637,318 Total freight, net tons. 12,021,811 15,191,670 Lykes Bros., Inc., has separated its steamship and other affairs and will here- after operate the steamship business as Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. Record of Traffic Through Panama Canal In May, American vessels made a splen- did showing in handling cargo through the Panama canal. The following table shows that of 1,032,816 net tons of ship- ping using the canal, practically one- half was American. Of the 1,158,507 Atlantic to Pacific traffic Pacific to Atlantic traffic gross tons of cargo transported, 53 per cent was handled in American ships. In both the east and west bound trades, American ships showed a higher rate of revenue loading than the foreign ves- sels. The past year’s record follows: Total traffic through canal _ Panama Canal Panama Canal —---—Panama Canal—---— No. of | net Tons of No.of — net Tons of No. of net Tons of ships tonnage cargo ships tonnage cargo ships tonnage cargo 1922 May American 59: 285,265 343,913 49 226,356 264,626 108 511,621 608,539 Foreign 75 309,448 329,485 60 211,747 220,483 135 521,195 549,968 Total 134 594,713 673,398 109 438,103 485,109 243 1,032,816 1,158,567 April American 47 220,055 260,442 48 223,913 238,420 95 443,968 498,462 Foreign 74 300,633 301,991 61 230,232 245,194 135 530,865 547,585 Total 121 520,688 562,433 109 454,145 483,614 230 974,833 1,046,047 March American 57 256,613 239,696 46 215,547 219,569 103 472,160 459,265 Foreign 81 329,428 342,256 50 174,223 158,568 131 503,651 500,824 Total 138 586,041 581,952 96 389,770 378,137 234 975,811 960,089 February American 46 199,564 186,486 42 192,931 193,643 88 392,495 380,129 Foreign 68 288,441 256,339 56 205,599 201,606 124 494,040 457,945 Total 114 488,005 442,825 98 398,530 395,249 212 886,535 838,074 January American 47 208,770 206,633 38 169,575 153,649 85 378,345 360,282 Foreign 78 304,994 286,958 47 163,177 160,058 125 468,171 447,016 ce Total 125 513,764 493,591... 85 %.332;752 313,707 210 846,516 807,298 1 December American 44 198,506 163,744 43 198,528 179,441 87 397,034 343,185 Foreign 91° 377,163 © 353,866 61 243,047 256,502 152 620,210 609,868 Total 139:2:579,609 +.517.110 104 441,575 435,943 239 1,017,244 953,053 November American 48 227,644 173,027 3@ 160,457 182,992 84 388,101 356,019 Foreign 7552311873 .215,054 63 242,937 285,767 138 554,310 499,421 Total 123 539,017 386,681 99 403,394 468,759 222 942,411 855,440 October American 43 201,893 165,942 46 195,968 217,141 89 397,861 383,083 Foreign 88 369,282 208,495 78 302,411 394,197 166 671,693 602,692 Total I3i° (571,175: 3745437 124 498,379 611,338 255 1,069,554 985,775 September American 46 210,031 161,875 41 200,375 222,226 87 410,406 384,101 Foreign 82 320,603 138,845 52 194,128 231,948 134 514,731 370,793 Total 128 530,634 300,720 93 394,503 454,174 221 925,137 754,894 August American 43 148,188 146,159 51 180,346 234,208 94 328,534 380,367 Foreign 77.4 339,031 171,811 65 297,711 287,095 142 636,742 458,906 Total 120 487,219 317,970 116 478,057 521,303 236 965,276 839,273 July American 36 151,595 103,698 37 169,842 212,523 73 321,437 316,221 Foreign 69 251,456 154,742 64 237,720 238,019 133 489,176 392,761 Total 105 403,051 -258,440 101 407,562 450,542 206 810,613 708,982 June American 47 214,919 199,183 34 126,642 142,052 81 341,561 341,235 Foreign 56 200,383 160,401 55 219,533 193,084 111 419,916 353,485 Total 103 415,302 359,584 89 346,175 335,175 192 761,477 694,720 May American 38 156,454 198,197 52 213,749 217,597 90 370,203 415,794 Foreign 62 257,975 193,126 58 236,439 193,815 120 494,414 376,941 Total 100 414,429 381,323 110 450,188 411,412 210 864,617 792,735