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TONNAGE OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN SAILING AND STEAM VESSELS CLEARED FROM THE SEAPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR FOR- EIGN COUNTRIES, VARIOUS YEARS, 1870 TO 1898

Year eniling June 30 — Sailing Vessels Steam Vessels Total Sailing & Steam Ameri- can Foreign Total Ameri- can Foreign Total Ameri- can Foreign Total 1870 . 1880 . 1890 . 1891 . 1892 . 189:t. 1894 . 1895 . 189(> . 1897 . 1898 . Tons 1,707,477 1,918,949 1,372,947 1,343,089 1,425,906 1,270,962 1,;?26,434 1,205,714 1,126,9.58 1,139,285 1,458,243 Tons 2,164,120 5,813,;{02 3,153,641 2,915,7.53 2,982,504 2,908,809 2,.554,733 2,479,509 2,.507,0:}8 2,.5.57,985 3,281,742 Tons 3,871,597 7,732,251 4,526,588 4,258,842 4,408,410 4,179,771 3,881,167 3,t)S5,223 3.633.99(1 3,(>97,270 4,739,985 Tons 822,121 1,158,775 2,017,070 2,372,994 2,:t25,l44 2.2(>6,l(i9 2,420,214 2,409,944 2,614,111 2,498,164 3,52,604 Tons 1,667,910 6,404,671 8,885,:391 8,778,874 11,.524,611 l(l,:{79,541 11,004,952 10,928,478 11,570,683 13,682,971 17,355,043 Tons 2,490,031 7,563,446 10,902,461 ll,151,8(i8 13,849,755 12,ti45,710 13,425,1(56 13,338,422 14,184,794 16,181,1:35 21,007,647 Tons 2,.529,.598 3,077.724 3,;i90,(ll7 3,716,(183 3,751,05(1 3,537,131 3,746,(i48 3,615,(i58 3,74l,0(i9 3,6:37,449 5,110,847 Tons 3,832,030 12.217,97:i 12.<i:!9,(l3J n,(i94,(i27 14.5(17,115 13.2S8,:{5 13,559,(i85 13,407,987 14.077,721 16,240,956 20,636,785 Tons 6,361.628 I5.'_'95.(! �7 15,lJi).(ll9 15,410.710 18,2.58,1(55 16,825,481 17,31)6,3:33 17,(123,645 17,818,790 19,878,405 25,747,632

VESSELS BUILT, CLASS, NUMBER, AND GROSS TONNAGE IN THE UNITED STATES, VARIOUS Y'EARS, 1871 TO 1898, INCLUSIVE [Prepared by the Bureau of Navigation]

Sailing Vessels Steam Vessels ending June 30 — Ships and Barks Brigs Schoon- ers Sloops Num- ber Gross Tons Side Wheel Stern Wheel Pro- peller 1871 . . 1S80. . 1890 . . 1894 . . 1895 . . 1S96. 1897 . . 1898 . . 40 23 10 3 1 2 1 1 14 2

498 286 347 25:3 188 215 160 159 204 149 148 221 208 152 177 199 756 460 505 477 397 369 338 359 97,175.96 59,057.19 102,873.03 37,827.41 34.899.80 65,2:36.45 64,:30S.60 34,416.00 78 71 26 26 17 25 20 15 128 95 99 61 70 84 88 170 96 182 285 206 161 177 180 209 Steam Vessels Canal Boats Barges Gr.-vnd Total Year ending June ;30 — Num- ber Gross Tons Num- ber Gross Tons Num- ber Gross Tons Num- ber Gross Tons 302 348 410 293 ^48 286 288 394 87,842.49 78,853.70 159,045.68 8:3,720.07 69,753.6:3 138,028.20 106,152.85 105,838.00 468 17 40 14 11 13 70 20 41,385.63 1,887.04 4,;346.03 1,522.22 1,225.42 1,495.29 10,216.41 2,386.00 229 77 96 54 38 55 195 179 46,822.43 17,611.97 27,858.02 8,125.65 5,723.38 22,336. (U 51,554.79 37,818.00 1,755 902 1,051 8:38 694 723 891 952 273,226..51 157,409.90 294,122.76 131,19.5.:35 111,602.23 227.096.5'^ 2:32,2:32.05 lS0,45'-;.(ltt . . 1871 . . 1880 . . 1890 . . 1894 . . ls95 . . 1S96 . . 1S97 . . 1S9S

For commercial statistics relating to Hawaii, Porto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippine Islands, reference is made to their respective titles under States and Territories. Life-Saving Service The Life-Saving establishment, at the close of the fiscal year, embraced 264 stations, of which number 192 were situated on the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, 50 on the American coasts of the Great Lakes, 1 at the Falls of the Ohio River, Louisville, Ky., and 15 on the Pacific Coast.