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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TONNAGE AND SHIPMENTS. TONNAGE BUILT ON THE LAKES, AND INCREASE OF LAKE SHIPMENTS, AS INDICATED BY THE CHIEF COMMODITIES, ORE AND GRAIN. Year. 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 i860 i86r 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 j 874 1875 1S66 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 Total Tonnage of Vessels built on the Lakes earth Year. Net Registered Tons. Iron Ore Production of Lake Superior region—chiefly shipped by Lake. Gross Tons. 5L498 31.642 6,t8o 11,992 23.467 53.804 67,972 49J5I 36,641 33.204 39,679 56,798 49,46o 37,258 43,897 44.611 92,448 91,986 29,871 16,124 8,903 ",438 15,135 22,899 73,504 58,369 28,638 30,431 26,826 20,400 56,488 101,103 107,080 108,526 111,856 45.969 99,271 f Prior to 1878 1 10,426,842 / 1,111,110 L375,69i i.9o8,745 2,307,005 2,965,412 2,352,840 2,508,693 2,516,642 3,559,371 4,742,276 5-046,503 7,292,644 9,003,70 r 7,057,078 9,074,243 6,058,955 Tons of Freight of all kinds passing through the Grain "Receipts, Sault Canal, Bushels, up and down. Net Tons. f Prior to 1848 1 I 374,382,242 / 314,641,012 314,665,183 312,059,556 aI 7,740,781 320,390,504 aI5>956,526 a22.252.235 *8,i8* 324,472,278 •24,828 ^25,763,907 -40,792 310,578,690 w46,258 326,8:2,890 93,6i4 321,530,622 *i37.73i a37,053.n5 •72.891 361,640,601 •141,295 372,872,454 •202,624 a64.735.520 "245.566 351,177,146 •168,555 a5MT5.i83 "204,993 358,388,087 "257,258 350,168,064 "263,879 350,197,215 -322,508 345,489,276 X497.485 045,477,094 ^503,017 367,259,158 x617,702 362,550,566 3756.652 370,262,520 x'597,028 b7o, 108,856 3:750,844 b64.213.212 x934,678 b54,638,225 x8i2,i59 b7L443,36o 3793.339 b93,o82,95o 3:874,509 b86,132,793 xi,113,212 bi24,754,573 L56774I b68.020.214 2,029,521 ^66,596,338 2,267,105 b81.591.833 2,874,557 c86.372.154 3,256,628 077,960,819 4,527,759 0118,874,151 5,494.649 ci 23,682,373 6,411,423 0119,701,692 7,516,022 0149,816,209 9,041,213 CI53.838.795 8,888,759 0198,686,061 11,214,333 0222,653,806 10,796,572 0237,688,195 Sault Canal Tonnage. * Not including wheat, lumber, or unclassified freight, x Including wheat, but no lumber or unclassified freight. Grain Receipts. oBuffalo receipts ; bBuffalo, including Erie receipts; cBuffalo and Erie receipts, and Welland Canal passages.