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Marine Business Statistics Condensed Port Traffic Record San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1923 43 165,798 63 209,930 NURSE oes 64 208,625 65 224,918 SULLY SS eae sae 68 244,530 58 189,348 MUGS ravers a Vinay 59 204,204 65 227,566 May ..eeeeeess 64 230,778 69 244,321 UT Uicaratsale gkvesrs 61 199,831 63 227,467 March 4... 50 168,399 71 237,195 February ...... 47 165,333 60 214,686 PSTWAENIY teeter inne 51 156.249 65 216,083 December, 1922.. 54 187,648 68 234,385 November ...... 2 154,024 42 154,280 Octeber vcs. tee Oe 159,855 69 261,687 September ...... 52 163.697 65 233,079 Los Angeles (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. et No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage September, 1923 88 257,074 110 =: 193,177 August. .....:. 80 193,400 63 161,380 PTE este oeuate wie ee 78 265,294 56 187,987 POMC ce .cce einitie:+ 87 212,483 53 175,799 Maes vessels. 78 246,275 53 179,360 SEN iaishtien ics 87 269,264 72 165,302 Marchi eso. 2 es e0 21S 6 250,459 90 185,155 February .. 148,957 83 137,564 jenusty alee 153,564. 92 141,332 December, 1922. 133 132,114 76 83,537 November ..... 110 111,803 111 112,934 October .....-. 117. 115,548 138 94,522 September 61 127,969 96 133,561 Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage’ ships tonnage September, 1923 32 142,052 40 ~=159,006 AUIRUBE oo cae cies 39 = 173,885 yi 163,188 FAY ie eiereie ace als 30 «148,607 a2 149,239 TUNE Saas e 36 147,186 39 184,732 May 29 133,752 37 159,393 Aprils cist cie ett 32 141,569 31 133,950 March? ..4... ° 28 129,070 30 138,428 February . 26 120,548 39 =: 156,258 January cs. 278125, 551 36: 155,129 pinclunive of Domestic) December, 1922. 201 560,159 198 564,367 November ...-- 138 374,871 139 374,871 October ....... 164 417,901 148 406,498 September ..... 159 375,340 159 382,079 Soo Canal Report Freight movement through the Soo canals in September was heavy. The iron ore tonnage dropped below the 10,- 000,000-ton mark of the two preceding months but the total freight movement of 12,776,048 net tons is the second highest since 1917. The following table shows totals for the past seven years: . Net tons September, 1925 ........+2 scree eee 12,776,048 September, 1922 .:.....-eeeeeeeeees 10,986,056 September, 1921 ........--eseeeeeee 6,482,071 September, 1920 2......-. sees ee eeee 11,748,131 September, 1919 .......-e eee ee cence 10,202,917 September, 1918 .......-.eseeeeeees 12,400,073 September, 1917 ........0 ee eeseeees 13,544,686 The American canals handled 12,- 482,468 tons of last month’s total, leav- ing 293,580 tons to the credit of the Canadian canal. The following table shows the 1923 commerce through the Soo canal, divided by commodities, up to Sept. 1: EASTBOUND Lumber, M. feet B. M............. 161,310 Blout, “barrels. 4 sei se cre 6,196,150 Wheat; bushels (20.50 oi)... ees 110,436,996 Grain, Copper, net Pig iron, Passengers, number HUSHEIS CO eat pr ts a8 SOUS iiss sesesib ats acs EYOR? VOTE; SNGE TOMS vis Wieck cra cece. 6 cesses MOGs SCOTS F245 5. tase lace here aa LONG, NOG) CONG. crate digo aeiecresie eaten General merchandise, net tons ee WESTBOUND Coal, Coal, Iron ore, Manufactured iron and steel, net tons SOLt set A TONSic ate eek seine wos Hardy Vet tOnSe cer Nee ss eee ener 46,241,238: Salts. Nets tOMs lc. eee ais ces 39, "078 Oil, Anees tones ccna in enero 45, ay 788 Stone; ‘fete tOns 0... scree nen. 4,576 General merchandise, net tons..... 7 "600 Passengers, number ............0. 33,592 27.650 SUMMARY Vessel passages, number .. Registered tonnage, net.... Freight: Total freight, Eastbound, net tons Westbound, net tons ee eeee NET CONS... . ee ee enee eee eee ee ee ee 15,972 49,253,672 50,776,789 15,136,409 65,913,198 Record of Traffic Through Panama Canal Atlantic to Pacific traffic an ——Panama Yee of Net ships tonnage 1923 : ” August American 157 825,056 Foreign 104 445,708 Totals 261 1,270,764 July American 146 743,072 Foreign 109 464,386 Totals 255 1,207,458 June American 131 705,481 Foreign 96 405,816 Totals 227 1,111,297 May American 133 715,061 Foreign 96 424,600 Totals 229 1,139,661 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 1922 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 72 322,167 Total 126 582,416 August American 58 261,613 Foreign Bs. OU, "249 Total 141 611, *862 1923 August American 82 477,284 Foreign 24 100,910 Totals 106 578,194 - July American 76 443,654 Foreign 25 107,103 Totals -101 550,757 June American 70 422,173 Foreign 27 118,540 Totals 97 540,713 May American 72° 422,947 Foreign 23 = 87,784 Totals 95 510,731 April American 67 393,895 Foreign 11 44,214 Totals 78 438,109 March American 60 359,006 Foreign 35 144,223 Totals 95 503,229 February American 36 229,578 oreign 24 105,848 Total 60 335,426 January American 29 181,617 Foreign 26 109,586 Total 55. 291,203 Pacific to Atlantic traffic Panama Canal. Tonsof No.of Net Tons of cargo ships tonnage cargo 435,851 127 670,023 1,071,457 302,749 66 291,803 358,693 738,600 193 961,826 1,430,150 361,335 139 751,940 1,194,357 328,697 80 350,629 453,395 690,032 219 1,102,569 1,647,752 385,843 115 607,950 1,022,421 270,146 75 316,655 418,036 655,989 190 924,605 1,440,457 406,699 120 651,504 1,096,175 335,652 70. 337,249 426,557 742,351 190 988,753 1,522,732 331,114 116 637,178 1,041,481 322,255 84 347,894 492,295. 653,369 200 985,072 1,533,776 348,598 96 509,443 819,204 329,890 80 337,467 443,236 678,488 176 846,910 1,262,440 325,835 82 422,871 633,458 237,604 69 266,300 366,381 563,439 151 689,171 999,839 313,094 67 320,300 462,245 285,649 91 366,614 530,944 598,743 158 686,914 993,189 328,924 68 344,847 551,907 231,494 75 312,539 422,777 560,418 143 657,386 974,684 234,500 55 273,293 416,515 266,878 91° 369,024 508,967 501,378 146 642,317 925,482 264,171 51 250,606 385,196 300,904 84 347,334 495,592 565,075 135 597,940 880,788 226,741 53. 235,008 315,898 241,095 61 252,986 354,454 467,836 114 487,994 670,352 257,674 48 236,669 305,838 299,087 68 235,602. 303,351 556,761 116 472,271. 609,189 Vessels in Ballast 0 2 6,073 0 0 3 9,581 0 0 5 15,654 0 0 4 12,848 0 0 3 9,580 0 0 7 22,428 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 7,255 0 0 2 7,255 0 0 3 10,658 0 0 2 4,750: 0 0 5 15,408 i) 0: 3 18,837 0 0: 2 9,412: 0 0 5 28,249 0 0 4 7,841 0 0 3 9,915 0 0 72 17,156 0 0 0 0 0 0 *] 7,486 0 0 3 7,486 0 0 2 10,141 0 0 1 4,942 0 0 3 15,083 0 Total traffic through canal 1,495,079 737,511 2,232,590 1,495,012 815,015 2,310,027 1,313,431 471 2,035,902 1,366,565 761,849 2,128,414 1,299,478 212 2,007,690 1,145,435 842,757 1,988,192 908,673 620,874 1,529,547 770,554 840,138 1,610,692 710,704 664,559 1,375,263 598,076 739,204 1,337,280 578,835 731,557 1,310,392 495,257 575,153 1,070,410 498,282 585,851 1,084,133 483,357 110,491 593,848 456,502 116,683 573,185 422,173 125,795 547,968 433,605 92,534 526,139 412,735 53,626 466,358 366,847 154,138 520,985 229,578 113,334 342,912 191,758 114,528 306,286 2,096,446 1,502,874 2,209 2,265,083 1,372,595 814,550 2,187,145 1,167,802 3,126 1,940,928 959,293 603,985 1,563,276 1,591, 1932 880,831 654,271 1,535,102 651,015 775,845 1,426,860 649,367 796,496 1,445,863 1, 138,188 563,512 602,438 1,165,950 coco ooo ogo Coo ooo ceo cooec ooo