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eee Be ncas Statistics Condes aan 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 May, 1929 ........s000 605 2,612,925 640 2,782,012 PEPYS iciuciccdacoudeccane 626 2,677,963 606 2,547,409 MATCH ES cicuene an 2,428,002 599 2,587,030 February 2,345,973 550 2,891,154 PONUATY. sbi decnscagees 2,416,692 5643 2,885,658 December 2,869,709 559 2,342,928 November 2,237,046 6550 2,418,097 October . 2,666,360 589 2,571,403 September 2.424.887 548 2.362,154 August, 1928 ....., 580 2,588,877 622 2,733,727 Philadelphia ‘Ineluding Chester, Wilmington and the whole Philadelphia port district) (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 19292) civecisecs 126 848,548 175 191,192 ADEN cs 818,240 76 194,158 March ...... 3u¥,253 81 208,030 February 263,790 56 163,324 January 248,505 63 187,612 December _ ........sec008 106 809.214 72 213,261 November ...scscseee 88 229,598 36 89,931 OCtODEL: sascicedsccvsecess 91 250,902 48 137,352 September ..........:00 84 232.284 43 122.389 August, 1928 ........ 96 266,104 58 161,365 Boston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1929)... .sieccciss 139 348,990 286,147 PRT Giscccsvesvsncceesses 125 328, 493 221,533 Marchi ccteiccshcccts 90 305,532 59 209,077 REDTUR LY 5 tycccsissccsess 96 289,629 58 196,264 VONUATY sccsiecrsveseck 94 294,086 47 164,132 December .......sse0ee 100 812,100 69 214,047 November eescccssses 107 815,954 74 214,574 CCTODEN siiccsisessscces 112 347,432 te 221,761 September ........s.000 113 883.749 77 245.068 August, 1928 ........ 130 840,569 107 270,757 Portland, Me. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— Net No. Net nth tonnage ships tonnage May, 1929 89,080 25 39,830 7 ek | Resnes Baur ayers rere 45,922 21 48,999 Mar OR eii a cicsssceeaves 36,185 15 88,415 February, 46,400 17 46,121 January 59,8380 21 61,434 December 61,251 25 62,9380 November 87,250 19 338,408 October ........... 89,959 22 40,588 September 3 53,338 30 51,018 August, 1928 ........ 80 48,256 28 47,078 Providence (Exclusivé of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Mon shins tonnage ships tonnage May 1929 ices. 11 39,0 5 18,506 Apr sae. Zot +) 20,267 5 17,898 Maral > oiccssassisestacsss 5 19,121 5 21,902 Pebruery. oii sscccc. 2 5,891 4 17,323 Br REST h as mentee one 7 24,095 4 17,289 December .........0066 6 20,741 8 82.974 November .........008 10 85,147 9 20,551 October coven 6 14,667 9 20,551 September ............0 5 18.895 38 12077 August, 1928... Seccseas 7 28,611 4 19,978 Portland, Oreg. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearanves— No. Net No. Net Mon shins tonnage shins tonnage May, 1920.5 oa 26 98,630 48 172,196 .\y ob og t Der pees eee pernna 36 186,793 47 169,257 WA rela cs cessasevatns 45 170,528 64 232,651 FODYUGTY. sikiccsnssaves 85 137,304 48 181,425 PONUBLY: 655 cscs scceceness 27 105,843 50 181,584 December ..........06 39 144,128 56 205,572 November 80 115,469 53 198,195 October . Ae 4 154,623 62 224,018 September ....... Feee 150.368 57 208,758 August, 1928 ...... 35 136,504 47 172,693 Note: The figures given in this table are for direct entrances and clear ances. to other American ports after original entry and before final departure. eign trade in this category were 62 of 217,301 net tons ent Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1929 .......... 155 478,048 155 465,843 DEIE Saiconinvsissinesess 158 471,851 156 465,710 MErChs ickciiccncne 401,217 1388 426,539 February 397,147 132 410,667 SANVSETY* sl icsiss sents 886,102 122 372,302 December 892,832 1384 400,355 November 412,100 1384 417,623 October ........ 402,263 181 406,142 September 1 874,500 128 896,749 August, 1928........ 133 404,308 144 440,016 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1929 29 80,599 89 228,221 aly Oo Wopergeaaenee een ie 20 54,399 73 215,664 March .... 22 55,442 84 217,780 February 20 55,902 58 155,238 January 18 386,737 61 154,970 December _ ...........00 32 713,123 90 223,258 November ........000 19 68,171 77 209,023 October’: aicickcan 12 33,817 66 173,729 September _ ..........6 21 64,366 69 178,508 ‘August, 1928 ........ 19 50,096 88 208,689 Jacksonville (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1929) nie cs 12 24,974 12 26,010 DULL a ecnaes 15 33,7384 138 27,662 March. cuciccise 20 25,950 16 21,897 February ......csccccseee 17 27,851 9 13,422 PANUALY © stisvecacsecs 16 19,754 14 28,046 December ..........0008 13 17,657 7 9,510 November _ ............ 26 64,406 27 67,621 October ccc. itssscssens 23 65,147 22 538,094 September ........00 40 89,082 42 94,981 August, 1928 ....... 37 85,186 34 83,694 Key West (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May; 1929" ‘sc ccc 99 110,911 100 110,658 DV cces cosas ineess 19 97,9384 5 77,672 MARCI cicchiscssuesscsaves Vt 82,370 76 96,935 February | vscscussessess 84 104,667 73 90,947 JHNUALY ¢ 2 cinicovlevcuice 82 98,373 179 99,243 December o.ccrcccosnere 19 79,816 172 79,354 November ccccssecoeee 98 81,666 101 82,863 OCTODET: iiasiecocasecsens 120 111,450 116 106,139 September .. 84 60,079 86 62,698 August, 1928 91 WS.71k = 89 69,5382 Mobile (Exclusive of |Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May; - 1929) c:..cccce 89 211,519 75 168,343 Aprils &sivccdecssdtieness 102 213,941 77 174,116 Maren sic. ac:o-tenshonrs 102 220,251 105 264,084 PODTUALY. jsscvcsescseasons 85 202,594 69 164,847 Tema ary 2 cosines 83 186,978 79 168,403 December ........-000 100 234,963 89 212,341 November .. 91 203,865 77 184,537 October ..... 89 185,031 71 166,606 September ...... seo 13) 209.709 74 193.661 August, 1928........ 90 186,097 178 178,036 Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No Net No. Net nth ships tonnage ships tonnage May; 1920. vsicsiscssss 51 216,463 53 221,564 PME aia wees 62 264,744 61 254,647 Maren: svaierscscassscutss 57 234,394 59 248,901 Pebruary. siccccmsssnss 53 222,462 55 225,789 January Ciistean 60 242,464 73 290,077 December .irccessserere 62 249,729 63 259,823 November _ .....ssesee 68 285,564 75 806,605 October s.ississsccccserss 62 245,420 60 248,778 September .....ss.000 57 229,718 66 254.503 Angcust,: 1928: 55 220,858 58 228,378 MARINE REVIEW—July, 1929 New Orleans (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May, 1929 wrecssssooes 289 758,671 277 717,581 April: icdeceneiens 294 751,444 278 708,155 Maron tice, 283 773,515 298 517,632 February ....c.cc.0.00 248 682,052 249 675,482 Panvianry. 2503 ee 273 710,969 282 744,078 December .........c0008 274 762,019 260 690,010 November - 202 690,157 268 716,105 October ...... 259 682,184 329 627,989 September 228 617.636 248 661,643 August, 1928 ........ 264 667,055 265 690,341 Charleston (Exclusive of- Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net. No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage April, 1929 ou... 24 62,976 26 62,467 March ccs 14 37,470 18 46,087 February .........060 26 78,237 26 66,648 WANUALY: > secsccnuens 23 54,709 25 57,589 December 20 46,569 17 43,041 November .. “eoes 56,988 22 60,043 October ...... eee 59,186 26 61,673 September woek 60,956 22 54,537 ANUIBUSE ) cissraceccsees 24 62,574 26 63,874 oY, 1928 cic 26 59,204 27 61,976 Galveston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnaye May, 1929 79,121 79 220,456 Aprils icine 82,330 93 294,062 March: ssacsccuitcccsens 62,486 77 221,148 February 96,127 81 256,077 January 133,396 106 847,297 December . 129,285 107 355,592 November 150,205 109 851,068 October 110,825 1385 420,534 September ............ 26 69,483 98 313,816 August, 1928 ........ 31 91,959 78 261,804 Los Angeles (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnag- May, bias ae 167 604,274 224 597,519 April’ eticies tS 546,939 184 650,172 March ..... 177 572,573 180 523,807 February . 150 470,851 167 484,043 January acu 193 581,857 191 686,504 December .........00008 199 551,301 164 487,064 November _......000006 209 541,906 179 514,647 October ....... eek 568,910 216 515,889 September .......000. - 188 504,630 189 482,133 August, 1928 . saaatvah 164 539,454 160 514,978 San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May; 1929) ka 179 648,864 165 613,836 April 178 678,174 158 606,246 March 176 655,851 174 692,407 February. aepetedcecees 153 603,008 130 484,085 J ANUATY: feiccsvcovassias 185 587,428 142 660,239 December ...........06 155 607,902 152 682,612 November _ ........... 157 604,269 157 589,810 October asicsiscriicves 165 620,117 155 596,750 September _ .........06. 180 623.999 175 579.262 August, 1928 ........ 185 674,882 164 643,965 Port Arthur (Including Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage May; 1929 sina 22 76,344 26 87,941 ADVIL» ccssstsiasaetone 21 79,267 28 81,991 March vsccasccn 25 76,152 27 81,778 February... 16 53,310 21 68,705 Taneery 7h ecient 22 68,758 24 76,496 December ..........00 21 65,710 14 43,776 November _ ............ 23 71,818 23 69,425 Ogaobe? © aisisviileasss 19 58,857 19 58,68 September ............ 22 78,785 24 79,696 August, 1928 ......... 25 78,765 23 72,389 Additional vessels in foreign trade enter and clear from and At the port of Philadelphia, for instance, additional vessels in the for- ered and 65 of 228,412 net tons cleared for the month of May. 35