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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 Aptis seca cats BO Deh ae 55 .119,521 AES el chee AS UR eas 54 69,428 51 135,906 Pebruary osoess ioe 49 50,379 48 167,872 AEM CED cig RS e eearer as 49 36,744 52 146,532 December, 1922... 58 70,948 53. 195,322 November ....... 65 72,192 63 215,043 OGtOber: clases 55, .:.57;106 53 168,254 September 43 46,600 43 97,005 PURUBEs et Genii s es 35 40,503 32 63,281 Tely se caisas Sea ea aes SOS9O9 32 73,299 JUNE. eodemewensce 688") 48,938 36 = 74,798 Mayes tn. ceases) 44) 45)108 42 134,046 Aprile css cs (ese ae se BOs OL 47 98,825 Port Arthur, Tex. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No, Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April 1923... 2 58 191,158 56 188,376 Maren: ee os 64 188,176 55 169,005 February ..... BOs 2203 44 142,554 December, 1922 59 210,778 65 218,274 November ..... 42 143,551 47 154,010 October sive. cis 68 227,039 66. 4217,502 September tbe. eueos lod 57 168,681 AUSUSt: S.clecs 69 227,941 70 224,654 VUNG one ise sia . 88 296,936 82 270,263 ~ PURO icerce's:0 oo BV ceeel foe 87 285,633 Mays 6 ieee 90 303,623 88 292,595 Pao) gt ORE ASE 90 282,288 101 313,829 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, 1923. 2107 33,783 12 41,352 Waren rns vc 6 8 31,910 8 34,367 Bebruary i j.5% 17 56,353 10 39,840 VanUaryn co. eee 13 45,175 12 52,651 December, 1922 6 23,609 8 29,871 November ..... 11 47,565 10 31,470 October ....... 9 81,293.09 31,232 September ..... 30 84,037 13 40,223 AUQUSE iste sieis 18 61,741 11 38,649 Julyeg ayes sci 10 19,279 7. 22,228 VUne cise sas oes 10 31,095 7 17,423 INGAW @s ceas ears 14 49,985 13 37,000 ADIL ys caren 9 24,854 7 31,049 Commerce Tisowah Soo Canal in May Despite the handicaps imposed by ice blockades during the early part of the month, the May record of frei ght handled through the Soo canal was satisfactory. The total was 10,645,275 net tons, about 760,000 tons ‘below the mark set in May, 1918 but greater than in any other year since 191755 As shown by the following table, the May total was more than three times as large as in May of last year: Net tons Gaile ees eye Na hag s atgtny 10,645,275 Ma ee enh May, D921 oi ocd peices se 6,155,063 May. O20 tag ces ots cee ie 3 a 8,421,210 GN I gisea 2 Re IB Rica ue 10,566,326 May, 19US ee oie nies Merrie 11,404,045 Mae th oe ee 8,807,892 Of the total movement in May, iron ore accounted for 6,081,285 net tons and coal for 2,863,817 net tons. Eastbound freight movement was 70 per cent of the total. The American locks handled 10,351,180 net tons and the Canadian lock 294,095 net tons. Distribution of the Soo traffic both east and _ west bound and by commodities follows: EASTBOUND To June 1 net tons WAT Der. NL te be ec ek eet 8,582 GUY oS DAtNeles ec tree es wceceuareccte 1,042,240 Wheat. DUSNEIS sii. 555 we sss sc cures oe 37,054,821 Gtaing DUSHele Wicca eee eet oe ace rns 9,790,541 Copper, net tons..... leer rime Ree aS 8,250 Brom Ores Met tOne: tis «wis cuas ape lew niece PIs ION; Net TONS. ccs « «cus ss cee SPO TEU hONS ected oie scsi tvess weminianes General merchandise, net tons....... Passengers. itm ben. ssc os aaalt seers ass WESTBOUND Coalis-sott,, net. tOMSs <a. wearer 2,622,357 Goal hard) net. tonscc ie ako ieee 241,460 LYON: OLE, mete tONS i 5 bes suene «aera 12,779 Manufactures of iron and steel, net BONUS wees OO ae cee cies ouiwcnt eioreae ee kero 11,912 Salts Net CONS is alec vs siesalereca wad cpu anuck 12,682 Ole nettonsy: tao cscs ere wie beak raratecens 10,414 Stone; net tons: so.6 ys annem accra cuses 107,516 General merchandise, net tons....... 82,558 Passengers, «number <a newer 365 SUMMARY Vessel passages, number .......... 2,390 Registered tonnage, net ........... 7,927,523 Freight : Hastbounds) net: 2tOnses 6 5 sce es 7,543,597 Wrestb ounds net: tOns: 2h assess scale 3,101,678 Totak. freight,; “met “tons. 4 sens 10,645,275 6,081,285 Lake Erie Receipts Out of shipments of iron ore from upper lake ports of 6,671,705 gross tons in May, Lake Erie docks received 4,- 279,320 tons. The distribution by ports follows: Port Gross tons Buffalo. and Port Colborne....:..-. : 606,342 PETC i Fs av ea Eo te ene 119,116 Conneaut: oc ans veneer esate eiecerereaiaes 791,671 Achitabulas ci ss ate saa ees cistern eae 1,090,588 Bia eporte vicars vieee poate Sacre ctsers 217,963 Cleveland cis. ei een ta ee es 852,824 Pj Orainec Cie scare eee leer iruaeea enero 312,193 PUTO Ore ia os tke oe tet ane woreeaeme 98,952 Toledo. os Aesauitaies See aes SANG 181,522 AD) Ani eet yen Marrs ite tLe herr sacirar 8,189 MOtaleu seen ceca simcewe a emsery se se 4,279,320 The Inter-Colonial Navigation Co, has succeeded to the business of the Tri-Na- tional Steamship Corp., and will operate the service between Boston, Halifax and St. Johns. The steamer ADVANCE is ex- pected to open the service from Boston. e Record of Traffic Through Panama Canal Atlantic to Pacific traffic No. of Net ships tonnage 1923 April American 123 662,300 Foreign 81 360,318 Totals 204 1,022,618 March American 119 635,992 Foreign 114 505,290 Totals 233 1,141,282 February American 97 486,186 Foreign 78 354,190 Total 175 840,376 January American 88 450,254 Foreign 106 473,524 Total 194 923,778 December-American 78 363,857 Foreign 83 352,020 Total 161 717,877 November American 65 324,783 Foreign 83 370,180 Total 148 694,963 October American 70 328,229 Foreign , 89 384,223 Total 159 712,452 September American 54 260,249 Foreign 72: 822,167 Total 126 582,416 August American 58 261,613 Foreign 83 350,249 Total 141 611,862 July American 52 250,378 Foreign 76 323,853 Total 128 574,231 June American 57 256,060. Foreign 78 338,136 Total 135 594,196 1923 April American 67 393,895 Foreign cafal 44,214 Totals 78 438,109 March American 60 359,006 Foreign 35 144,223 Totals 95 503,229 February American 36 229,578 Foreign 24 105,848 Total 60 335,426 January American 29 181,617 Foreign 26 109,586 Total 55 291,203 Panama Canal Tons of cargo 331,114 322,255 653,369 348,598 329,890 678,488 325,835 237,604 563,439 313,094 285,649 598,743 328,924 231,494 560,418 234,500 266,878 501,378 264,171 300,904 565,075 226,741 241,095 467,836 257,674 299,087 556,761 246,471 295,941 542,412 269,093 317,284 586,377 o?e ooo Ooo C00 © | | Panama Canal anama Canal No.of Net Tonsof No, of Net Tons of ships tonnage cargo ships tonnage cargo 116 637,178 1,041,481 239° 132991478: 1,372,095 84 347,894 492,295 165 708,212 814,550 200 985,072 1,533,776 404 2,007,690 2,187,145 96 509,443 819,204 215. 1,145,435 1,167,802 80 337,467 443,236 194 842,757 73,126 176 846,910 1,262,440 409 1,988,192 1,940,928 82 422,871 633,458 179 908,673 959,293 69 266,300 366,381 147 620,874 603,985 151 689,171 999,839 326 1,529,547 1,563,276 67 320,300 462,245 155 770,554 745,009 91 366,614 530,944 197 840,138 816,593 158 686,914 993,189 352 1,610,692 1,591,932 68 344,847 551,907 146 710,704 880,831 75 312,539 422,777 158 664,559 654,271 143 657,386 974,684 304 1,375,263 1,535,102 55 273,293. 416,5h9 120 598,076 651,015 91 369,024 508,967 174 739,204. 775,845 146 642,317 925,482 294 1,337,280 1,426,860 51 250,606 385,196 121 578,835 649,367 84 347,334 495,592 ZS 781,557 796,496 135 597,940 880,788 294 1,310,392 1,445,863 53 235,008 315,898 107 495,257 542,639 61 252,986 354,454 133 575,153 595,549 114 487,994 670,352 240 1,070,410 1,138,188 48 236,669 305,838 106 498,282 563,512 68 235,602 303,351 151 585,851 602,438 116 472,271 609,189 257 1,084,133 1,165,950 55 272,868 335,154 107 523,246 581,625 68 280,772 333,534 144 604,625 629,475 123 553,640 668,688 251 ~ 1,127,871 <15211,400 45 205,063 211,373 102 461,123 480,466 48 171,454 179,728 126 509,590 497,012 93 376,517 391,101 228 970,713 977,478 Vessels in Ballast a 18,837 0 70 412,735 0 2 2G, 412 0 13 53,626 oo 5 28,249 0 83 466,358 0 4 7,841 0 64 366,847 0 3 9,915 0 38 154,138 0° ? 47,756 0 102 520,985 0 0 0 36 229,578 0 3 7,486 0 27 113,334 0 3 7,486 0 63 342,912 0 2 10,141 0 31 191,758 0 1 4,942 0 27 114,528 0 3 15,083 0 58 306,286 0 Oo Pacific to Atlantic traffic Total traffic through canal