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Marine Business Statistics Condensed Record of Traffic at Principal American Ports for Past Year New York (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 ...... 491 2,084,147 507 2,075,643 July 493 546 2,251,396 June May April March February DATUATS: ocssocceresees December ......-.ees0 ,706, November, 1925.... 473 1,902,745 488 1,886,587 Philadelphia (Including Chester, Wilmington and the whole Philadelphia port district) (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— No. —Clearances— Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, °1926:.:....... 109 248,485 81 170,661 PUL i eea cov ecaseccuseess 92 191,680 69 128,381 A ibststaes Premeel eerr ares 104 229,681 56 109,561 AVDA. sr ssehecseassesckoctacs 97 215,829 69 151,287 ADP? Oicseikensesseenstnen 80 185,401 61 135,919 March ...... 107 264,754 72 158,858 February 18 184,715 652 113,768 January .... 76 206,081 52 136,040 December 83 194,283 53 142,885 November, 1925..... 83 216,604 44 116,468 Boston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 .... 128 821,377 96 206,879 LILY Sshesies fess essen 152 836,135 108 274,513 DUT si ssscchsscseecuscayes 164 870,526 109 262,468 IM io civescsegacvossnvese 134 277,009 111 261,878 MASOEA eoscesectasccasdeckass 101 285,245 7 210,542 MMAPeb | isssscscscostsccred 117 856,482 62 173,217 February — eccvosessere 92 263,475 42 136,613 METIUALY © access seosvesass 97 287,385 655 156,167 December _........+0+ 96 270,869 67 210,652 November, 1925.... 115 841,258 59 147,554 Portland, Me. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— : No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 ... 23 47,089 26 45,669 AY. Kecesetzeass pee, 47,885 26 47,569 DUDO?Gsebiitseoees 44,390 29 46,942 WER os cticcrocecsdoecesssve 49,894 17 47,016 April 48,836 32 73,947 March 97,413 31 88,462 February 64,150 23 66,660 January 78,508 27 81,917 December 85,651 29 75,072 November, 1925.... 25 85,616 23 83,194 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage DUH 1926 © cisccspiess eae, | 29,207 5 18,641 TUITION ecco sc stoves gootiniece 5 17,954 3 8,355 May ie cciesclisesssveses ut 25,057 6 20,806 Pirora les ass vassnasencoucce 8 28,449 5 23,480 DATOS eis cscducscssabsers 15 47,557 8 84,025 BeDPUATY @ scsesecssecies 8 29,622 7 80,033 January 5 20,355 6 24,221 December .. 16 52,660 6 27,149 November o.csscssseee 6 16,446 8 26,811 October, 1925 ...... 9 85,405 6 21,232 Portland, Oreg. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No, Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 40 150,609 46 167,419 Mics asesapatdesscesaose 24 93,977 88 127,270 JAP OY as rasateohanecdaee 22. 17,850 45 156,103 A ck vaeecauvisasassebes 85 128,851 43 152,890 ASOD. sees cegecsse saksshes 17 66,789 29 107,892 March ciiccsscsscessnsts 21 85,073 38 184,482 February — csccccccsove 23 81,440 38 114,147 JTANUATY siscsceascs davtelot oe 84,722 26 97,068 December eseossoeee ee 86,443 40 144,392 November, 1926.... 28 108,796 387 140,784 ‘ Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 .... 228 672,453 221 639,677 211 644,261 202 603,648 402,230 132 371,781 869,729 121 355,443 830,401 110 326,649 882,983 119 362,256 804,714 99 288,640 802,841 88 264,249 814,958 109 $32,721 November 1925.... 106 884,997 99 812,705 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 .... 188 545,861 255 733,837 ULV. Oss cacauisluatess 727,874 309 854,305 June 215,803 171 502,701 May, 107,858 140 368,515 April 45,875 126 805,549 March 40,160 140 395,033 February 48,377 108 298,756 January 69,958 96 256,019 December 57,907 100 279,570 November, 1925.... 27 78,573. 81 254,439 Savannah (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1926 102,126 41 99,244 February 97,908 46 121,792 January 103,029 38 106,472 December 101,726 35 91,141 November .........00 37 112,158 38 117,064 October vsceecccoee 45 125,766 47 126,452 September ............. 50 187,030 39 103,408 AUGUBE: oscccevttensonccs 34 717,027 39 87,455 bt bs ener Ey pea 38 97,332 384 91,981 Tune, 1925 © ...cccccors 26 60,788 27 60,924 Key West (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 .... 84 98,702 87 99,362 WEY ececssoenisiess 78 ASAP): Wena if 86,323 WUE ss iectesseecacecsuses 94 110,100 94 108,581 MG ye isiiaaaiccveovcscscesss 114 126,089 109 120,597 ADVAN. aoccceuseierisicces 88 101,331 88 99,227 March: ‘ccscsssstecsesrseces 102 117,292 90 114,917 February — ..ssccccccoee 70 85,607 69 88,229 @PBTRUIALY. vesccessestesses 80 110,684 81 110,084 December .........s0000 89 121,193 88 118,996 November, 1925... 96 113,222 89 107,091 Mobile (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 ... 89 166,164 81 158,197 MT Yee a schviccctaes satttvens 86 153,642 84 159,256 QNIATIO arceetccdatiserecaves 89 168,610 89 163,318 Ma yt ick ticcsetedanses 99 188,795 95 191,442 ADP ripsiictecactoresuecs 109 205,085 98 178,025 MNO Foes idsscesscscenses 125 228,481 115 221,022 February 9 s.ccccecss 100 153,884 92 188,057 TANUALY Vecsvesuceesvacse 109 212,005 78 150,384 December .....ccesee 104 183,941 89 178,871 November, 1925.... 101 191,490. 95 185,722 Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 53 229,111 48 206,042 NUL ih casehedervaaacepassen 85 146,670 381 126,407 DUNE ei eiteiiscesce 39 165,989 42 181,090 IMG oie caovassasierascsane . 89 159,755 44 163,718 DPI 2 ihe sccnctiolasvans Sapa seb 215,641 47 191,161 Mar ohn iiiccsssecceoasnes 88 166,536 45 184,067 PeDrU ary © sicvsasscsecce 42 168,308 45 182,920 WANUWARY i coscscdecessvess 45 182,889 50 204,058 December ..........0000 47 201,460 55 231,787 November, 1925... 47 199,055 46 196,343 dA New Orleans (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 275 164,464 256 721,654 MAN Gees, Hanescd eas eave 263 716,066 270 739,005 Ui Os ose swateceriesetiaaates 658,385 221 665,960 WASH siiieessceesaaient 758,621 284 772,188 J Gop 4 ean poner a Cpa. 626,277 296 694,673 Me oes, iaesees teen 754,863 300 751,054 February 717,048 250 691,747 January & 659,776 243 652,209 December 27 750,625 279 764,022 November, 1925.... 261 645,709 232 629,728 Charleston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net. No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 .... 24 64,334 20 51,505 MUL: ics. ignceercpiceses 13 87,020 138 33,908 PUNEI. See ccsiseecsdecees 27,095 10 30,601 May crccpsevsescsseceesens 18,321 10 20,514 April 87,459 12 27,166 March 64,482 20 49,897 February 35,629 10 21,945 January 27,610 13 27,237 December _ .......0000 14 88,441 10 26,597 November, 1925... 17 50,093 138 $1,111 Galveston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage February, 1926 .... 39 89,426 71 208,388 January 86 92,194 75 235,699 December 88 83,590 97 300,872 November 84 107,440 838 266,458 October 43 98,168 96 302,581 September 33 95,954 72 225,194 August 28 80,524 41 133,058 Da) YS siesesteris teisecertns 36 100,359 62 141,316 DUNE os essence 47 120,423 57 177,647 May, 1926 ..2.:.c:. 46 114,702 53 151,098 Los Ang eles (Exclusive of Domestic) —HEntrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage DULY, | VOL6 rcreesece 127 460,296 103 352,367 PUTO ee eo ehccs cate sabe 123 349,986 88 344,187 MEY csssessssensscecesnnce 133 376,720 112 351,123 7.0 0) | Umer onan acai 149 434,866 130 370,158 Marehics sivcinecccssssecie 139 371,793 128 305,105 February | ou... 119 363,875 111 306,161 SANUALY iessckesee 130 881,785 115 335,041 December _ .........00 149 392,707 109 810,852 November ............ 181 898,459 123 837,483 October, 1925 ...... 261 365,552 183 268,611 San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1926 .... 169 580,310 111 466,346 UL Y eight ore ao veteccck 160 523,527 102 495,849 TUNE. eiisigedastcerioads 142 561,774 100 419,036 May saskosixedinvasndbecess 154 605,068 116 428,814 Buri iii ee Ga 155 583,821 167 602,680 MRO H cesctenccctecs 144 571,040 1385 511,010 Pebruary: © ciccssscccasce 133 506,778 134 506,317 PANUALY Ss sssteccecetens 154 544,882 189 528,315 December _.....:...0 135 532,691 1538 593,556 November, 1925.... 124 491,579 142 547,770 Port Arthur (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage ONY EO2G. ce cca 25 79,464 82 98,637 JUNE ees 22 70,748 80 97,056 May Bier anas eateenccaiie 20 60,276 386 95,754 ADP caisiccske 32 95,592 38 108,923 IVES rehire 357 sscacs ck 28 87,715 87 101,830 Bebruary | cise 21 65,9380 82 70,814 January: ocean 23 75,232 82 108,118 December 31 86,254 24 71,883 November .. 40 117,506 42 120,597 October, 1925 :....., 30 86,652 82 95,695.