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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 December, 1928.... 554 2,869,709 559 2,842,928 November _ ............ 516 2,237,046 550 2,418,097 October 2,666,360 589 2,571,403 September 2,424,887 5438 2,862,154 August 2,538,877 622 2,733,727 July 2,526,107 564 2,415,168 June 2,386,509 602 2,645,954 May 2,498,280 590 2,463,196 April 2,487,959 541 2,359,979 March)’ 1928304 548 2,388,855 578 2,449,705 Philadelphia (Including Chester, Wilmington and the whole Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, : 1928.... 127 392,882 1384 400,355 November _............ 134 412,100 134 417,523 October _..... 133 402,263 181 406,142 September 119 374,500 128 896,749 - POOP USE coi, sccssicccatecees 183 404,803 144 440,016 ci fol geese Saba saan 128 878,827 121 853,758 DUNE oo cartes heveasheverce 127 892,580 185 412,620 MLB y: vcs ci ccsisesseatencance 185 413,038 151 439,278 Aprily cite weeec 140 896,942 134 894,124 March, 1928.......... 128 891,117 187 408,927 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) Philadelphia port district) —Entrances— —Clearances— (Exclusive of Domestic) No. Net No. Net oe rues das Month ships tonnage ships tonnage 0. e 0. e Month ships tonnage ships tonnage November 49 BBITL oT BaB'eee December, 1928.... 106 309,214 72 213,261 October wecccccesseeesee 12 33,817 66 173,729 November ...ccccssse 88 229,598 36 89,931 September 21 64,366 69 178,508 October) sasicaiecssscvess 91 250,902 48 187,802: 3 August... ok 19 50,096 83 208,639 September Seasettbaceane 84 238,234 43 122,389 July saneeeecen 15 33,548 81 212,471 266,104 BS 161,800 © June occ cscssesccsesesiece 19 42,454 63 155,944 254,378 60 148,573 May ............ 25 58,472 78 207,857 270060: 72 “<2ORSS4 Ant 15 35,122 81 189,564 pereae a he ae March, 1928.......... 18 39,102 89 209,171 254,304 . 65 167,100 Jacksonville Boston peal of oe —Entrances— -—Clearances— (Exclusive of Domestic) No. Net No. Net ee essa ei Month ships tonnage ships tonnage 0. e oO. e Month ships tonnage ships tonnage ctuper nn, 28 BEAT Be CBSO December, 1928... 100 312,100 69 214,047 September ......... 40 89,0382 42 94,981 November «rvessssess 107 = 815,954 TA 2T4,BTA AU SUSE ceesssessnseccnscene 37 85,186 34 83,694 October scivescsccesencs 112 847,432 72 221,761 July ee ea are . 80 81,634 31 79,222 September .....-...00+ 18 BOR A8 TL. BAO OGR Sapte antisera 26 54,449 28 57,111 Aap ust ccccicci vices 130 840,569 107 270,757 Mayor 26 58,800 28 63,779 JULY scerssceee eoscoeeseeee 155 878,368 111 289,121 Aprils ae 26 68,581 26 61,939 June ...... eoonsveouseesese 143 319,611 100 254,906 March cecccccocccccecsecee 25 65,435 28 68,630 May eeeveeccecceseccsscesess 134 204,575 1038 231,851 February, 1993 =. 31. 70,881 28 58,896 ADe cccsisscocosnenseseve 110 343,360 65 205,257 March, 1928.......... 108 848,026 67 194,408 Key West Portland, Me. (Exclusive of Domestic) Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— : —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, 1928.... 79 79,816 72 79,354 December, 1928.... 25 61,251 25 62,930 November _ ........00 98 81,666 101 82,863 November ...ccssseee 20 37,250 19 $8,408 © -- October: “ccicisciscstscses 120 111,450 116 106,139 October ieee 23 39,959 22 40,588 September ............ 84 60,079 86 62,698 53,338 30 BI;018 | AUGuUst: ciscscsssccsensscce 91 73,771 89 69,532 48,256 28 47,078 ears mA ee 68,208 38 66,389 5 : 40,255 25 33,834 117,930 129 112,303 26,648 19 28,673 75,140 102 76,450 51,854 19 50,175 96,746 112 94,408 58,110 22 69,400 ‘ Providence Mobile os : : (Exclusive o omestic (Exclusive of Domestic) ae SMcteanece . - Gleas eae —Entrances— cola Si No Net No Net No. Net oO. e Psy Aree : A Month ships tonnage ships tonnage enth ahing tonnoee shina tonnage 7) somber, 1008, 400° SBLOGD bo 818841 December, 1928 .... 6 20,741 8 82,974 Nasaaine 10 35,147 9 20,551 November _ ........068 91 203,865 AT aentoe October .recssecseeesseees 6 14,667 9 20,551 OCCODET wrreerrseeerserens 89 sae ton o prea September ...........008 5 18,895 3 LOTTE 186,097 78 178,036 PUP USE Sosicscssnstinccese % 28,611 4 19,978 ? ’ 209,990 82 189,008 Pld bc gees pg AS 8 26,920 7 25,451 176.088 82 178.337 STDS cicenccctinesctenances 8 85,177 7 25,741 297°194 90 209°449 IBY. o. ispecssessscccssessece 7 21,068 4 12,765 ? ? PRDTUL ccs secasckseckacescss 4 5 242.444 97 246,634 March, 1928 ......... fe 27,885 6 26,037 Portland, Oreg. Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic) (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— Porieatey oS ee No. Net No. Net lo. lo. Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, 1928.... 39 144,128 56 205,572 December, 249,729 63 eee November ...sesessese 80 115,469 58 198,195 November 285,564 5 306,60 October 42 154,623 62 224,018 October .......... 245,420 60 243,778 September 41 150,368 57 203,758 September .... 229,718 66 eee August 85 186,504 47 172,693 AUSUSt rccccceeee 220,858 53 228, ie SUNY. © cecssss 80 111,042 46 DBT BIE TU. sisscisescoecssrenseee 261,850 58 oe SUNG occ. 23 85,3828 40 TAA BTS DUNE © cecctusscpascscspicces 180,482 44 ena May crccosee 25 96,976 44 159,070 — May ccccccrccccssecoscsoeses 206,254 61 ; i | EEG, SE 226,257 54 210,908 April ...... 37 137,821 Al 152.042 April cc... 196-871 March, 1928 29 111,490 49 170,655 March, 1928 191,601 46 ’ Note: The figures given in this table are for direct entrances and clearances. to other American ports after original entry and before eign trade in this category were 56 of 183,973 net tons entere MARINE REVIEW—February, 1929 New Odio. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, 1928.... 274 762,019 260 690,010 November _ .......0... 252 690,157 263 716,105. October ........ 259 682,184 3829 627,989 September 228 617,686 248 661,643 August 264 667,055 265 690,341 DULY iisskeshectiaveetacters 260 659,457 245 615,234 PUNE. oS eiiaceicd 253 615,672 263 640,136 BY. esesvsssnssesnes'ossenes 263 671,333 261 647,504 ADP’; cities ies 254 656,587 265 666,345 March, 1928.......... 265 669,301 282 720,407 Charleston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net. No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, 1928 .... 20 46,569 17 43,041 November 22 56,983 22 50,043. October ..... 24 59,186 26 61,678 September Seek 60,956 22 54,437 AOU GY os actisssiecct 24 62,574 26 68,874 PUY a eA eee 26 59,204 27 61,976 WUNES cope aseastics LD 37,881 20 41,123 May sonaueenedatasttwecuste 29 71,467 82 78,731 PAD EL 5 ccc keess ect acsete 26 60,165 21 52,590 March; 1928)7.2.25 29 79,789 27 67,472 Galveston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, 1928.... 45 129,285 107 355,592 November .....sse0000 49 150,205 109 351,063 October circcccccocccece 41 110,825 1385 420,534 September ............ 26 69,4383 98 313,816 AUSUBE socisciecssetans 31 91,959 78 261,804 wea Al 91,686 68 196,424 20 52,884 64 210,110 35 96,852 44 126,027 32 85,685 43 132,534 35 75,924 47 121,106 Los Angeles (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances—- —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, 1928.... 199 551,801 154 487,064 541,906 179 514,647 568,910 216 515,889 504,630 189 482,133 539,454 160 514,978 547,612 131 485,817 434,811 114 428,885 545,182 150 478,558 519,918 184 498,424 522,110 222 483,105. San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage December, 1928.... 155 607,902 152 582,612 November .... 157 504,269 157 589,810 October .... 165 620,117 155 596,750 September ............. 180 623,999 175 579,262 AVUGUBE ccscccccssesscnace . 185 674,832 164 643,965 JULY. = vicesaces oto LAT 662,437 122 454,802 DUNOS scssscses woe 149 567,839 141 539,600 Maye Gack 174 869,626 175 625,910 Aprile ince saiNeees 157 580,506 150 565.111 March, 1928.......... 179 629,773 162 648,057 Port Arthur (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Duly, W928. civccsessy ee 78,538 33 109,230 June 25 80,481 25 79,758 May .... 27 92,823 28 90,108 April: sine neal ee 78,693 26 88,253 Marcel | vccdcsscccossetes - 46 127,089 47 181,741 February ccccccccccese 47 144,273 44 144,508 PATIUATY: © cacvesssssassses 20 69,947 20 72,185 December .......ccee0e 23 67,105 21 68,602 November .esesccssoee 21 64,277 25 80,084 October sccdscsasssscce 18 50,682 25 82,177 September, 1927... 16 61,492 29 83,728 Additional vessels in foreign trade enter and clear from and final departure. At the port of Philadelphia, for instance, additional vessels in the for- d and 77 of 258,210 net tons cleared for the month of December. 43