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and Canada, showed a decrease of 752,437 net tons, or 12.9 per cent. This was the only major trade show- ing a decrease. United States Intercoastal Trade The total net tonnage, Panama canal measurement, engaged in the United States intercoastal trade in the 12-month period ended Feb. 28, 1934, amounted to 9,597,479 tons, as compared with 7,227,368 tons in the 1932-33 period, a gain of 2,370,111 tons, or 32.8 per cent. Tanker traffic in this trade figured prominently in this increase, having made a gain of 1,114,365 tons, or 59.9 per cent. Tanker tonnage in the intercoastal trade comprised 11.3 per cent of the . total tonnage through the canal in the past 12 months, compared with 8.2 per cent in the preceding 12- month period. General cargo traffic in the inter- coastal trade, comprising 25.1 per cent of the total traffic through the canal in the past 12 months, made a gain of 23.4 per cent. The greater part of the gain in the tanker traffic has been made in the last six months, more than doubling the tonnage of the first six months of the 1933-34 period, and almost doubling that of the corresponding six months of the 1932-38 period. The peak months in intercoastal tanker traffic in the past two years occurred in November and January last when a total of 385,354 tons and 379,525 tons (Panama canal net), re- spectively, were passed through. Feb- ruary showed a slight drop from these highs. In the general cargo traffic in the United States inter- coastal trade, four months—July, EDEN ARIMA ER SR NL RT AIL TEE Intercoastal Traffic | eae in tonnage engaged in the United States intercoastal trade in the past 12 months (up to March 1) over the preceding 12 months was due principally to the heavy cargo move- ment from the west coast. The largest portion of this increase was in tanker traffic, the west to east movement of mineral oils increasing from 1,688,277 tons to 2,888,021 tons, a gain of 1,199,- 744 tons, or 71.1 per cent. Mineral oils made up over 45 per cent of the east- bound intercoastal cargo movement in the past 12 months. The movement of all other cargo eastbound, i.e., elimi- nating mineral oils, made an increase Of 752,982 tons, or 27.6 per cent. Some of the more important com- modities and the gains made in tons of cargo and in per cent were: Lum- ber, 261,711 tons or 26.2 per cent; wheat, 113,831 tons or 76-fold; flour, 111,739 tons or 126.9 per cent; canned goods, 56,717 tons or 10.6 per cent; and sugar, 66,893 tons or 31.7 per cent. The total cargo movement from the Pacific to the Atlantic in the United States intercoastal trade in the past 12 months was 6,366,039 tons, as against 4,413,313 tons in the previous 12 months, a gain of 1,952,726 tons, or 44.2 per cent. Cargo movement from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the United States in- tercoastal trade in the past 12 months totaled 1,958,735 tons, in comparison with 1,613,630 tons in the previous 12 months, a gain of 345,105 tons, or 21.4 per cent. This gain was due to an increase in shipments of general and manufactured goods. August, September and October of 1933—were particularly outstanding due to the heavy cargo movement, particularly lumber, from tthe west coast during these months. After Oe- tober there was a gradual downward trend of traffic with general eargo in the intercoastal trade, which was off- set by gains in other trades. The daily average of the last six months of the 1933-34 period of general cargo traffic in the intercoastal trade registered a gain of 4.67 per cent, over the first six months, and an in- crease of 22.3 per cent over the cor- responding six months in 1932-38. Tables showing the traffic in the United States intercoastal trade by months for the two 12-month periods, in Panama canal net tonnage, follow: United States Intercoastal Tankers Tonnage Tonnage 1933-1934 1932-1933 Mare S1ccshiarciweccnn 157,219 83,823 5-50) cd Bae ease eer at are 138,801 127,897 Maye ak CER RS 158,409 130,647 Pi ha cman eae teen aes 191,422 164,745 DUN Gtr ee ee 162,445 141,514 PUSUSE soit sscdkescvaes erase 171,322 154,602 Total adie es 979,618 803,228 September 232,407 137,084 October .......... 360,337 149,819 November _... 385,354, 168,184 December « 817,845 183,131 VONUATY. Liaise eerie 379,525 217,02k February 319,720 201,974 Total. itsrcevecseen oc ieescs 1,995,188 1,057,213 Grand Total .............. 2,974,806 1,860,441 United States Intercoastal General Cargo Marehe isc unuaioniese 486,656 472,639 Apri ce aoe eneetares 472,117 429,448 May: ois nccccencttencnes 514,863 460,670 DUNE a ccceccsxeernt ss ivasbeeeaeacee 543,904 402,502 A fill bigapeah eens ere epee ets a 621,294 454,090 AUR USE Saas licccsccipse ies 625,919 401,358 Total Gi peihacseGiceteaes 3,264,753 2,620,707 S. S. New Britain and 8S. 8S. City of Los MARINE REVIEW—May, 1934 Angeles in Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal 13