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Marine Business Statistics Condensed ed Kingdom have stood since the period of the armistice in relation to tonnage of all types under construction is shown by the following table, giving the to- tals at the end of each quarter in gross tons: a United United States Kingdom Die OU; LOIS a. oie os va 3,382,000 1,746,000 "a Ol LOLB eeu cs ete 3,645,000 1,979,000 Maren 31,° 1019 0. cs 4,185,000 2,254,000 UNG S037 LOL oi. 6 seis ook 3,874,000 2,524,000 Bont, 90, 1910s. sees 8,470,000 2,816,000 Dec. 31, 1919... 6 2,966,000 2,994,000 Marth 31, 1920.... 00... 2,573,000 3,394,000 June 807.1920... 22... 3. 2,105,000: 8,578,000 Distribution of the construction of steel steamers in the past two quarters has been as follows, in gross tons: July 1 April 1 pay Kate nee eae | HBOS Miner countries .¢...--..- 1,955,771 1,894,880 Oy as... 7,571,938 7,692,769 The United States and the United Kingdom are still far ahead of all coun- tries in the amount of shipbuilding un- der way. Holland, which stands third, with a total of slightly less than 400,000 tons, shows a gain of about 32,000 tons over the previous quarter. Canada in the same period gained nearly 40,000 tons, France 25,000, Sweden 7000, Den- mark 3500 and Spain 3000. France, which had stood sixth in amount of building, now ranks fifth, having taken the place of Japan, which showed a de- crease of 31,000 tons from the previous quarter and now has under way only about 250,000 tons. The distribution of ' the world's shipbuilding on July 1, as 'compared with the preceding quarter, was as follows, in gross tons: Tons July 1 April1 Gain or loss United States .... 2,105,956 2,573,298 --467,342 - United Kingdom... 3,578,153 3,394,425 -+183,728 ANAC eC ce 209,405 169,623 -+39,782 Other dominions... 59,394 61,636 --2,242 Beleium: . ic .ch es 24,210 25,640 --1,430 SER es sie eee ares « 3,196 5,366 --2,170 China Reee eas 29,850 35,325 --5,475 Denmark 75 425. 118,439 114,851 +3,588 OPANCD eee esa 265,302 240,225 +25,077 GreehR oe. hisses 1,500 AED OO eee oe BOUIN oo. s oso. 398,915 366,581 +32,334 Dy Se oe 353,914 355,241 --1,327 WODAN' ys occu cap cise. 254,260 285,676 --31,416 INOLWAY acces ss 87,579 90,449 --2,870 Portieal 5.26... 3,500 5,210 --1,710 SpA CS Sree 101,432 98,351 +3,081 Sweden 4.02 e265 125,899 118,553 +7,346 Total vy ees so 7,720,904 7,941,950: 221,046 In comparison with the above fig- ures, it is interesting to note that just before the outbreak of the war, on July 1, 1914, the total tonnage building was 3,162,000 tons, of which 1,722,000 tons were under construction in the United Kingdom, and 1,440,000 tons in other countries, the United States' share being only 148,000 tons. Of the 1914 total, 1,865,000 toris were building un- der the supervision of Lloyd's Register, or 59 per cent of the prewar aggre- gate. Compared with the prewar figures, the present American tonnage is 1,957,000 tons greater, that of the United King- dom is 1,856,000 tons higher and the world's total shows an increase of 4,- 558,000 tons. The tonnage now build- ing under the supervision of Lloyd's Register aggregates 4,930,000 tons, of which 2,797,000 tons is in the United Kingdom and 2,133,000 tons in other countries, the total being an increase of 164 per cent over the prewar total. Lloyd's Register today is classifying 64 per cent of all the tonnage building in the world. Soo Canal Report The total ._movement of freight through the Soo canal for July was 11,577,679 net tons, which is an in- crease of 929,860 tons over the amount carried in June. When compared with the shipments for July- of last year, which were 11,916,152 tons, a decrease of 338,473 tons is shown. The ton- nage comparison figures for the past seven years follow: ULV 21920 pices «cece ss we slew ewe 0% hee LO 019 DULY EOE. cae Sisreiets eels 06 Ren kL OO oe Uy LOS ire cise > tye hace v vic cvs s 13,362,344 UU LOIN oe, oo 00s siancie's icy owe wes 13,650,047 UY, L9G cess ess Gale cinfelaivie'e os avers 14,048,494 Duly MOTD. oc ee we cscs css +e Sees ie 9,719,237 WING UA re oltre «a cle ect sn csi cie ose 8,830,256 Of the total freight carried in July, 11,311,310 tons were handled through the United States canal, while 266,369 tons passed through the Canadian canal. The following tabulation gives the figures in- detail for 1920 and 1919: EASTBOUND To Aug. 1, 'To Aug. 1, 1920 1919 Lumber; Mi ft. Be Mocie. 84,005 116,505 Mourns bamels: eave oe oe ; 2,912,681 2,857,574 Wheat, = bushels 3. 23... 31,587,201 54,619,007 Grain; Dushels << is. sn case 24,123,347 27,341,324 Conners Neb TONS 4 eee. 15,707 E7613 Iron core. net. tons: ...<c% 24,788,886 24,679,059 Pigedron, net: tons..:0:s-.-0<.... 95 3,373 SCORE. NOG CONS <6 cirecsta so 29,275 21,800 Gen'] merch., net tons..... 27,529 36,107 Passengers, number «....:. 15,595 13,633 WESTBOUND MOAI SOlt. NOt LONS... ss 2,842,750 6,959,811 Coal, hard, net. tons...... 783,170 962,789 Jronsore;: Net -tONns... 663. s 48,443 45,949 Manufactured iron and steel, HOY COUR ie occ vies vere 3 oe 40,999 61,008 Balt Nee EONS ese ccs oes 44,509 45,545 Oi met stonsi:. 2... ees 147,402 194,418 Stone, Neb oCONS ee. 3 205,734 58,650 Gen'] merch., net tons.... 228,763 196,664 Passengers, number ...... 16,409 14,073 SUMMARY Vessel passages, number.... 8,091 9,197 Registered tonnage, net.... 24,872,605 26,296,516 ¥reight: Eastbound, net tons....... 26,842,147 27,550,183 Westbound, net tons....... 4,341,770 8,524,874 Total freight, net tons.... 31,183,917 36,075,057 504 New Shipping Firms Authorized capital of new companies formed during July to engage in the shipping and_ shipbuilding business showed a sharp decline from the prey- ious month. Records compiled by the Journal of Commerce, New York, show 18 companies having authorized capi- tal of $26,250,000 were chartered in July against 33 firms with a capital of $86,050,000 formed in June. In July of last year, the similarly indicated investment was $42,485,000. Last month's total was the smallest of any month this year. The total indicated investment in the first seven months. of this year equals $494,653,000, a monthly aver- age of $70,664,714. In the same peri- od last year the total was only $140,- 836,000 and for the entire year of 1919, only $323,613,000. The 1920 fig: ure, at the present rate, will exceed the total from the beginning of the war to the end of 1919. The July record follows: JULY, 1920 Blue Star Shipping Corp., Del.......... F Baltimore Transatlantic Steamship Corp. "a Md. OSAMA SENG sin eet ee wnt ha ees hes oe 250,000 Drew, William, Inc., Del. (build, own and OUehabe DORIS) 2a. no. oo ee es 200,000 Fulton Transportation Co, N. Y........ 100,000 Franck Ship Chandlery Co., Inc., Md.... 150,000 Gilmartin Steamship Corp............... 250,000 Lee Bros. & Vidal, Inc., N. Y. (shipping and forwarding com. merchants)...... 1,050,000 National Inland 'Transport Line, Inc., Del. Mare ee 5 OR Sie Oe oe bse Sos Sees 300,000 PRacilics Shippine.«@orp-<..... +... 2.2 1,000,000 Seven Seas Maritime Corp., Del........ 18,500,000 Slavia Shipping Corp., Inc., N. Y........ 250,000 St. Johns Navigation €o., Inc., N. Y.. 50,000 idewater: Lines; 1nCs acDelscciscco co henc las 500,000 United Bureau of America S.S. Owners, CNG Vcc eee eek Foe eas Ces 50,000 U.. S.-Mex. - Transports; Inc., Del....:... 3,000,000 Van Brunt Corp., Del. (build boats and operate) 5-2 ee eee a ca 200,000 Waterfront Service €o., Del............. 200,000 Zephyr Navigation Co., Inc., Del........ 100,000 OUR eee eee os Vs a ew assloicaume $26,250,000 The federal government is to pay $65,000 for the right of way for the Hansen canal in St. Mary Parish, La., according to the verdict of a jury of citizens of the parish, before Judge Rufus Foster of the United States dis- trict court at New 'Orleans. The canal belonged to the Albert Hansen Lumber Co. and the government wished to make it a navigable stream, but the two parties could not agree on the price, and a jury . of prominent men of the parish was chosen to fix the figure. The passenger steamer HAMONIC grounded north of Harbor Beach re- cently in a fog. No attempt was made to. debark the passengers.