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Ger. SS. Numantia, Hong Kong, China 354 508

Br. SS. M. S. Dollar, Manila, P. 1 1,500^000

Br. SS. Agapanthus, Sydney, Australia 2,886,418

Br. Bark Carmanian, Queenstown, Ireland 1,505,006

Br. SS. Yeddo, Sydney, Australia 1,040,000

Gr. SS. Arabia, Hong Kong, China 178,920

Br. SS. Tymeric, Sydney, Australia 1,091,498

Br. SS. Boveric, Singapore 1,207,863

Nor. SS. Selja, Taku Bar, China 3,600,000

Nor. SS. Elsa, Dunedin, New Zealand 2,864,251

Ger. SS. Nicomedia, Hong Kong, China 254,289

Br. SS. Tweeddale, Sydney, AustraHa i>345,833

Ger. SS. Alesia, Hong Kong, China 359.557

Ger. SS. Numantia, Hong Kong, China 297,465

Total 85,378,183

New Zealand 5,191,015

India 4793-073

East Africa 1,715,716

Hawaii 2,101,874

Ireland 1,505,000

Peru 1,073,080

South Africa 1,573.558

Straits Settlements 1,207,863

Philippine Islands i ,500,000

England i,957.78i

Australia 13,861,771

China 48,897,452

Total 85,378,183

Coastwise shipments from Portland during 1909 aggregated 95,042,000 feet, as compared with 51,737,898 feet in 1908, an increase of 43,304,302 feet.

From the lower Columbia river there were dispatched 134,512,121 feet in 1909, as against 111,661,405 feet in 1908, an increase of 22,850,716 feet. Of the total shipment from the lower Columbia river, 124,159,329 feet went domestic and 13,352,792 feet went foreign.

The Portland and Columbia river cargo trade reached a total of 314,934,573 feet in 1909, against 262,205,105 feet in 1908, an increase of 52,729,468 feet.

The grand total of Oregon lumber cargo shipments in 1909 amounted to 473,- 858,233 feet, as against 385,071,789 feet in 1908, an increase of 88,786,444 feet,

LARGEST CARGO OF LUMBER EVER SET AFLOAT CLEARS FROM PORTLAND.

Undoubtedly the largest lumber cargo ever set afloat on the face of the earth was that carried from Portland on the British steamship Knight of the Garter, which cleared from this port June 9, 1910. The cargo consisted of 5,010,608 feet, and was supplied by the Eastern & Western Lumber Co., 3,546,215 feet; Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., 1,083,345 feet; Peninsula Lumber Co., 381,048 feet, the total being- 5,010,608 feet. The cargo is consigned to Taku Bar and Shanghai, China. The Knight of the Garter is 475 feet long, 54 feet 10 inches beam, 33 feet 10 inches dept"h of hold. She was built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1892, and has a displacement of 10,600 tons. She was drawing 25 feet when she sailed from Portland. The cargo was dispatched by the China Import & Export Lumber Co. Allowing forty thousand feet of lumber to each