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Marine Business Statistics Condensed Record of Traffic at Principal American Ports for Past Year New York (Exelusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— Y Net No. Net Month tonnage ships tonnage April, 1928 2,487,959 541 2,359,979 March 2 x caccisiscevaccsns 2,338,855 578 2,449,705 February 2,205,204 501 - 2,185,910 MANUAL Ye ssksccccseions 2,160,576 512 2,146,026 December 1,770,154 548 2.222,409 November 2,248,752 474 2,069,106 October 2.105.864 581 2,221,372 September 2,158,701 565 2,428,200 August . 2,179,068 551 2,287,367 July, 1927 1,910,229 558 2,253,495 Philadelphia (Including Chester, Wilmington and the whole Philadelphia port district) (Exclusive, of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Aprils (1928 oi ices 109 261,785.60 140,547 March sas didicsecic 95 254,304 65 167,100 Pebruary.s.cscsscics 08 239,768 538 152,545 ATU BEY oo iead seers caxecs 81 206,710 54 141,408 December eressscssene 81 206,171 42 108,935 November _...sesseoee 78 193,676 43 99,965 OCtODERS siiiccseseccsese 94 211,988 63 136,871 September _ ........02 17 188,481 650 95,898 AUIGUBE oeakstisisscsce 99 235,657 70 153,305 Hoy Avdeaies 7 Raeeenepre 83 186,182 53 110,614 Boston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Aprile 1928) sic ccecciss 110 348,360 65 205,257 March ..... mee LOS. 848,026 67 194,408 February 100 801,053 50 160,330 SANUATY. sccscctsigrsernt 102 828,779 61 197,133 December —..cseseeseee 91 255,980 52 169,150 November ........... 98 820,340 63 178,707 October siiceciscsessne 107 880,655 69 244,265 September — ......... 114 875,509 838 243,244 August ........ Sidwtevas 149 441,819 96 285,255 Daly; “WO DT escccsessse 147 401,008 1038 326,695 Portland, Me. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Aprils 1928" oocc ieee 20 51,854 19 50,175 Marth saeiccicrssecsenes 20 58,110. 22 69,400 February 18 44,067 17 47,032 January ..... Rae Ons 57,757 18 48,294 December 23 50,380 23 55,280 November 25 42,291 26 40,248 October 32 60,920 35 71,587 September .......0000 82 68,688 32 61,227 August, 1927 ........ 33 61,8738 32 58,949 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, 1928 15,670 3 12,362 Mar elie ai ches 27,885 6 26,037 February 6,656 4 17,543 PANUATY,ccaiaccvssasvers 20,9381 4 18,817 December 11,618 5 21,125 November 16,374 2 9,920 October 24,736 1 2,875 September 12,240 4 14,109 August... 27,235 1 4,035 July, 1927 ' 37,384 5 17,628 Portland, Oreg. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April): 1928255355 37 187,821 41 152,042 Maren cacsinccsiectesiss 29 111,490 49 170,655 WebrvaTY. Cccccesnsss 23 86,160 35 120,026 JANUVALY.oscikcsserciape 37 130,578 50 188,254 December _ ............ 34 134,562 61 228,472 November _ ............ 38 141,747 70 247.571 October. sa iGice 7 208,738 70 254,270 September _ ............ 59 211,182 179 291,920 AU RUBE Os cicceces 32 117,116 47 157,715 SY WOOT iis ccesene 31 110,966 35 119,824 Note: to other American ports after original entry and before final departure. eign trade in this category were 60 of 200,565 net tons entered and 63 of The figures given in this table are for direct entrances and clearances. Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, «1928: 282.05. 140 896,942 134 394,124 Maretioviisisciscccctuns 891,117. 187 408,927 February 412,110 1385 899,729 January 854,807 120 374,617 December 406,889 132 398,587 November 330,488 110 823,666 October 365,876 116 350,509 September 855,924 130 402,528 August... 390,713 188 408.083 July, 1927 884,450 130 368,096 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, 1928 .......... 15 35,122 81 189,564 WiahOh scrcacescesetetosces 18 39,102 89 209,171 February 13 82920) oe U7) 206,630 January 14 29,831 16 202,997 December 17 85,489 78 207,636 November 23 OL 12652 108 206,978 October 25 65,640 77 214,940 September ............ 26 67,249 87 240,899 AUSUSt so i secsrcnsetece 32 71,3856 92 222,502 Si Rill bagi YP Roeser cant A2 BIDAR? DAG carer 201,882 Savannah (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, 1928... 30 93,778 86 114,845 November _ ............ 30 98,308 385 99,833 October: 2 icciciesoucss 41 119,953 39 112,138 September ............ 36 108,866 40 118.431 90,068 30 93,030 96,525 30 87,055 67,095 380 75,193 103,549 37 102,757 87,296 26 108,150 102,732 39 114,871 Key West (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, 1928............ 101 75,140 102 76,450 Martel’ sicscsccsiscerteans 119 96,746 112 94,408 February’ cs.cccsssccece 121 91,928 109 88,819 SANUBLY: <Geackesteesweee 110 85,955 123 85,750 December 103 91,299 101 90,557 November . 112 92,152 107 89,156 October _..... 280 87,814 88 88,587 September ....... cieeas | OO. 86,793 172 88,480 PRUGUBE: —Sescestvcoreveeo 72 81,247 70 84,132 SUL; TO 2T ccstecenss 18 84,790 79 84,186 Mobile (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April LOZR cas sccases 114 217,808 105 208,515 March: soeciiguuwec 242,444 97 246,634 February 271,569 . 83 226,210 January 309,644 82 216,381 December 189,231 73 178,068 November 161,528 79 176,885 October 210,978 97 237,282 September .......00... 80 172,518 89 195,714 PAUSE fs sincesscncsse 92 194,609 84 184,655 aly EOS caseea 94 198,668 89 190,965 Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic} —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Aprile: POOR: cine. 56 226,257 54 210,908 March: 4.cscaeac 46 191,601 46 196,371 BPebruary: <.ciccsssscasens 54 210,176 53 207,173 PAMUATV vies crccacceecs 50 206,743 62 239,133 December .........0000 56 232,726 58 241,398 November — ....essseee 59 231,003 68 264,841 October 215 cssseccescocss 68 268,666 69 272,875 September _ ......... » 62 283,554 58 227,096 NINO UST. se aceeaceevesees 109 218,218 102 203,902 Dyes LOST vesteccces 45 188,023 40 162,121 MARINE REVIEW—June, 1928 New Orleans (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, 1928° 0... 254 656,537 265 666,345 Mareh: jon er 265 669,301 282 720,407 PODrusry. isacdians is 238 627,445 236 616,772 JANUALY. > eistccscuic yelp | 725,985 272 697,301 December ............ 240 671,775 258 714,455 November _,........... 226 586,013 236 609,299 October ane 260 693,720 265 710,922 September ............ 232 618,772 240 682,593 AUSUBT 2: as 276 797,128 265 672,392 Sully, 198 ei 250 615,826 241 580,228 Charleston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net. No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, 1928 ............ 26 60,165 21 52,590 March (i5: seca 29 79,789 27 67,472 Mebruary fiicsssse 26 74,244 27 73,168 JANUELY siiaheecce 32 83,419 52 150,260 December i .aa, 27 65,379 25 63,354 November _ ........ 32 T7941. 88 81,978 October seein 37 95,4738 386 95,070 September _............ 39 102,374 389 101,044 AUSUBE BS occ cesscvects 39 108,022 385 92,227 Sly, TOQT <a 19 41,460 20 44,633 Galveston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— Net No. Net Month tonnage ships tonnage April, 1928 85,685 43 132,534 March. .......... 75,924 47 121,106 February 63,696 52 147,378 January ...... 83,419 52 150,260 December 79,353" ~b1 142,779 November 103,885 66 179,841 October nea 184,154 99 290,370 September ........... 70 200,578 97 801,105 AUZUSE sescsrscoee sopenbe eG 214,876 95 274,670 SUL, VOLT oe ei 17 204,961 93 260,431 Los Angeles (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, 1928 .......... 183 519,918 184 498,424 Marche: iisciscsisaas 522,110 222 483,105. February 466,319 172 439,193 January 477,974 165 437,080 December Buasbsbonseeauba: sosusecioan teabuaen Reson November 507,775 185 429,101 October 573,090 202 489,442 September 488,416 282 441,134 August 483,069 214 473,702 DUTY ies cesnasncatowseonet 452,983 106 407,695 June, 1927 484,561 125 418,967 San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, 1928 ............ 157 580,506 150 565,111 March ie cc iccscckecass 629,773 162 648,057 February 501,080 165 640,220 JANUARY sievecsensecsns 602,389 154 607,904 December 665,944 158 631,872 November 538,160 135 578,466 OCtODEr © = de icesostscesens 630,193 162 507,386 September 600,454 152 559,684 August... 636,152 150 588,653 June, 1927 556,225 140 526,976 Port Arthur (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage March, 1928 ........ 46 127,089 47 181,741 February AT 144,278 44 144,508 January 20 69,947 20 72,185 December . 23 67,105 21 68,602 November 21 64,277 26 80,084 October 18 50,682 25 82,177 September uc. 16 51,492 29 83,728 AUR USE oo sisiescsaiessere 22 58,3852 27 718,652 DULY osc gusravsccesveesuess 21 61,871 34 102,998 JUNE Hasiamcsous 16 44,565 26 92,198 May T92) vcccsscaases 15 46,223 28 83,926 Additional vessels in foreign trade enter and clear from and At the port of Philadelphia, for instance, additional vessels in the for- 218,377 net tons cleared for the month of April. 4}