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Marine Business Statistics Condensed Record of Traffic at Principal American Ports for Past Year New York saa (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships. tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 406 1,650,694 479 2,018,621 chills Gaeher eae eMameneer a us 491 1,937,802 525 2,081,663 SATO ssecaiesose9) 465 1,882,471 495 2,014,598 May ict ieee 466 1,811,769 520 2,046,83 Paris Ciiiece ssi 469 1,814,848 504 1,958,579 Maren iicccs oss 418 1,517,503 459 1,694,905 Pebruary 2 ....- 378 1,467,340 445 1,738,675 i Wane ose 370 1,513,056 434 1,749,172 ecember, 1923. 383 1,507,914 445 1,658,42 November ..-.. 418 1,768,503 461 1,976,338 October .....-.- 462 1,868,446 489 1,993,7 September .. 428 1,818,981 477 1,978,023 August ...+++. 468 1,855,045 520 2, 039,732 Philadelphia (Including Chester, Wilmington and the whole Philadelphia port district) (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 86 192,777 57 138,280 Ge rai Siw cera 90 195,704 63 149,736 JUNE ies cee ee 94 214,439 75 179,939 May Bis avemmiesare 99 219,934 76 216,237 Aprils. : 82 195,774 82 232,501 March =o .se54. 80 203,260 66 190,240 Webruary. bcs 86 224,309 64 186,373 P aneand Siete 60 151,915: 53 155,550 ecember, 1923. 78 227,055 64 190,64 November ...... 78 198,122 54 135,077 Wetopet o..cs.s 93 241,457 64 178,279 September ..... 92 236,293 74 182,700 August ....5 Oe sime 7 251,295 . 73 180,771 Boston Be. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 120 293,661 91 176,563 MLV ee Os ce pees 139 351,477 99 193,747 WANES. “slete cwiierass 147 283,982 110 200,026 WAY a shies 6 oles: 122 260,300 100 219,216 F550) ¢ CUA PERE eee EE 100 282,324 63 165,557 iW APo if) e heen Pang 89 262,438 50 132,8€2 Bebruarys v'6 <txie 99 3107,627 44 133,504 Lo cole Renee Oa 84 250,335 47 116,832 ecember, 1923. 102 285,125 48 130,115 November ...... 91 305,230 60 166,404 October sisessc 118 354,296 59: 156,940 September ..... V7 307,719 79 185,726 AUCUSt sce esse 126 302,391 86 178,706 Portland, Me. f (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— -—Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 24 52,400 25 54,739 DUC ct Ba atelier 18 43,926 22 49,36 PAIGE 6 bigs aca e's « 20 34,631 19 31,91 IVEY oa ares wetness 19 33,970 21 40,832 PU cures eesies Te 75,406 21 91,045 Match os dense 23 79,648 22 72,51 Pebruaty chases 20 67,476 22 69,5914 andarye ss: 22 56,749 23 59,235 premier) 1923. 29 104,724 26 100,583 November ..... 25 80,910 24 74,8: October = ok. cas 19 39,456 15 32,47 September ..... 9 22,724 10 25,58 UO USE 2 sce trees 11 24,155 8 18,838 Providence (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 7 21,863 5 18,916 HIN eae eee. 8 27,747 7 28,736 Wane 2: 5 2187s. 4 10,456 Way oe te Weawae ss 10 23,795 4 17,931 ADT oss eek 9 30,592 6 18,959 ETET fy USAR ee Bea mrs 7 33,895 6 23,517 February ...... 10 319, 3188 8 35,236 fantiary soo. 8 33;215 7 28,927 December, 1923. 12 43,345 7 23,294 November ..... 5 23,038 6 15,700 Octeber woos. 8 30,248 9 24,821 September ..... 9 oa alg 41,646 MURUSE Gees 9 34,323 9 27,664 Baltimore (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 90 278,346 105 329,470 hl Darcie re Panama ce 106 318,585 106 318,182 A eee ee 117 339,212 104 298,765 Maye Mie Sets 122 369,797 126 378,501 ATED fo Bessie oes rine 329,900 106 510, 159 Manel a Ook nace 98 297,869 110 331,665 February hea IO 310,158 107 335,108 JaHUATY Vicwress OD 270,169 99 315,804 December, 1923. 117 365,142 110 354,229 November ...... 90 280,617. 91 279,278 October ses. 96 285,871 95 297,566 September ..«.. 94 292,315 99 297,965 AMUSE sicre clecee.e 100 303,073 92 262,306 Norfolk and Newport News (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 27 80,338 94 281,959 bob Ae eer amen ner ae 30 78,138 102 301,920 TING vere oot ico avacirs 36 105,301 83 235,667 NEA iS asccgughevecerace's 27 73,846 94 269,752 PPTs ccssieioesele eva 27 82,382 83 234,550 Marchiartecc staic re 19 55,501 81 243,065 February 4.565% 36 105,233 90 259,085 PANU ARVs =o cece oacs 31 96,074 79 249,575 December, 1923. 30 86,444 75 219,325 November: <3... 65,263 83 239,807 October ..... Soe the) 56,473.65 188,805 September ..... 14 37,823 65 184,646 AUGUSE “Siw Hess 36 113,070 81 244,366 Galveston ae: (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 61 177,941 87 268,774 ECU tay per ean 52 147,279 58 172,847 WAINOS 425 uses eas 41 133,079 55 170,181 IMiaryrece a chase aie aee's 6 58 148,758 69 200,846 AP ees ae wits 54 154,343 67 196,610 March cc vise ees 57 176,379 88% 287,398 RWebruary. oes a 55 152,950 80 236,761 HATE earn cise ares 70 210,110 96 317,105 December, TOZSs 7) 219,767 106 313,231 November ...... 61 172,824 95 301,148 October os cccus 83 209,343 108 334,544 September. ..... 64 164,854 100 290,715 AUGUSE sevice 69 172,000: <292 257,371 Key West (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No, Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 81 93,805, 82 94,682 NWS Ae cantons tance 94 110,228 91 106,127 ol PUR aurea ae ere 54 65,770 58 71,102 NMEAV Give eis wie wes 98 110,675 95 104,661 Arner o ccahec rete 92 95,435 85 90,677 Marchi mcge isc e 4 103 112,577 89 97,276 Hebritary ss es 83 831,118 78 84,678 ANUALVS co ce ewe ss 69 79,224 70 82,775 December, 1923. 71 B85377.- = 7) OL 121 “November... 4. 80 97,642 85 97,599 October -is.%s.; 83 103,328 82 95,506 September ..... 69 77,687 74 84,612 AISUSt ees 80 94,591 82 93,028 Portland. Oreg. (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 22 LO;hle? Ok 118,526 TVS coe ew eave 11 45,451 oe 84,195 NAGE ere ions cca 20 72,801 29 104,309 Mian Gea nce 16 58,889 21 72,663 ADT ee Gocreunas 26 90,286 33 115,504 WESTON coo. ba as 27 103,891 32 118,406 Bebruary, 20% cai 23 85,301 35 130,528 Vantlarye: save ss 12 47,848 25 97,674 December, 1923. 30 99,748 34 120,487 November ..... 30 113,362 34 120,487 October: .:.. ae ied 78,191 48 174,275 September ..... 23 86,194 41 138,470 Heer aoas 17 64,218 31 106,478 August 414 New Orleans (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— : No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 .. 247 645,151 252 676,881 rob Ale aber see voraer rary 241 650,671 250: 687,005 Abie taakemtere ean ys 240 622,326 223 588,554 NW yey acre cae snece 260 703,950 264 696,397 ADIN ake eee 249 646,315 262 653,740 Matehe i435 6+ seu. 225 $42,040 222 538,642 Pebruary © sisi ss 217 604,411 227 610,455 JANUARY: 36%6d)6 aie 217 595,087 220 588,703 December, 1923. a 632,193 231 634,300 November ...... 575,102 218 605,923 October. .vics us 326 605,211 239 649,791 September ..... 205 548,914 169 444,881 AUCUSE Rares s ox 235 605,671 249 639,802 San Francisco (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Juney 3924. cae 188,984 57 196,854 Ye wiaraieiatatarescale 63 226,130 62 197,082 Eis op bl aE A cpeet ee yeas 52 161,682 72 172,155 Match sete setae 57 190,588 62 210,134 Pebruary:. oo 63468 53 185,226 59 211,896 aoe Sees 65 215,020: - 68 229,206 ecember, 1923. 63 209,105 68 234,960: November ...... 69 281,081 70 243,152 October. oo arcaies 56 205,175: 71 249,035 September ..... 43 165,798 63 209,930 August: .. 6.00. 64 208,625 65 224,918 Valve aiaretae ea eins 68 244,530 58 189,348 MING Sacha ee car onces 59 204,204 65 227,566 Seattle (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 35 149,904 41 179,108 EME elaenete 35 156,626 47 197,330 a Be ba creme: Rata eater 50 211,828 45 175,319 IVA SS eet sec nes 46 188,853 43 177,581 INDUC RA BO COE 46 196,591 53 220,763 Matches er. 57 236,620 45 191,152 Mebriary. cons wis 48 189,146 54 213,851 JANUATY. <coceees Or 233,002 60 242,577 December, 1923. 48 206,466 52 224,112 November ..... 48 199,115 46 191,022 October o 343.2. « 39 184,717 47 200,668 September ..... 32 142,052 40 159,006 AUSUS tae. 39 173,885 37 163,188 Mobile (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage August, 1924 4. 75 145,597 43 147,681 A bib aeetins arrestee eg 77 161,386 81 166,218 A hho ba (eee ere crn 90 196,589 73 164,783 May .scsceesene 74 146,668 80 157,655 AIS ea as renee 80 158,109 70 133,920: Maret .-2cou. 83 178,637 = 84 182,491 February. i 60. 79 168,182 86 174,517 Way arya wits yoo 81 158,416 83 159,081 December, 1923. 83 165,163 75 156,579 November ...... 74 148,297 78 145,886 October os wes. 68 123,532 60 120,606 September ..... 60 126,005 52 105,247 AU RUSH Gea 64 191,968 67 146,191 Houston (Exclusive of Domestic) —Entrances— —Clearances— No. Net No. Net Month ships tonnage ships tonnage Nialyg 89-240 a 89 775062): 257 288,417 a bb ose reece ray ana 65 74,794 te 336,312 May Riilelacacser arent Fe 64,937 yal 362,350 Worle. ciiiee seks 78 76,466 73 337,757 Match: ccna cee: 88 113,064 87 Att 715 February = ...6.. 62 82,601 65 228,178 JANUAR cei ce 60 55,037: 58 267,066 December, 1923. 74 73,876 70 304,359 November ..... 84 83,490 82 350,703 OGtObeti a ceecee 25 24,076 70 268,416 September ..... 66 58,704 61 92,664 AUSUSE ies ieee 58 43,258 56 211,348 SRUIVES ee aaa 48 42,447 48 177,666