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50 visitors to and from vessels is a very great convenience and it insures abso- lute freedom in handling cargo, both on the pier apron and within the cargo shed, as well as safety to passengers and visitors. The walls, floors and ceilings are of reinforced concrete, the floors and roofs being tiled. The outer walls are provided with numer- ous windows. with counter-weighted TABLE II—FOREIGN. COMMERCE MARINE KEVIEW tem over the entire floor space. The pier is also provided with electric floor tractors, trucks and trailers, and the usual hand truck equipment. All of the piers of the port are provided with fuel oil and water pipe connec- tions. In conclusion, it may be affirmed that pier No. 7, is, without doubt, one of the very best ocean terminals in OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Direct Entrance and Clearance of Vessels at all Ports of Entry by Number and Na- tionality for the Years 1911 to 1914 and 1924 American British Japanese German All others Total ‘AB6 430 400 steel sashes, and doorways with rolling steel doors. Outside and under the overhanging roofs are open balconies with removable steel hand rails. Latest Cargo Handling Equipment The mechanical cargo handling equipment consists of 6 electric semi- portal gantry cranes of the jib type, each of 5 and 15 tons capacity, on TABLE IJI—FOREIGN COMMERCE 214 161 114 906 877 811 763 1044 115 132 107 137 157 109 147 94 143 54 409 387 854 867 794 738 1020 102 102 133 132 155 108 144 73 141 58 445 440 405 417 889 the world today with respect to utility of design, solid and permanent con- struction, and in completeness of equipment with superior and up to date cargo handling equipment. The wide apron permits of the greatest freedom in discharging and loading cargo. The exterior electric heavy-lift cranes permit the handling of general cargo, as well as heavy lifts, entirely OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Values in Pesos,* of Imports and Exports and Total Trade for 1924 According to Countries of Origin and Destination Value of imports from 120,797,206 1,866,281 Pere 11,168,443 17,087,685 4,225,273 61,876,006 United States Hawaii Porto Rico . Guam United Kingdom Japan Germany ... All Others Per cent 64.81 -54 Value of total trade 315,425,011 2,627,837 50 305,242 30,026,083 29,631,595 9,524,176 99,171,121 Value of exports to 194,627,805 761,556 50 304,346 18,857,640 12,543,910 5,298,903 38,295,115 -06 6.17 6.08 1.96 20.38 *One peso (Philippine) equals 50 cents in United States currency. NOTE: China and the French East Indies did twice as much, and Spain slightly more business with the Philippines in 1924 than Germany did. Germany is listed because of its importance before the war and the rapid re-establishment of this trade the apron; and 48 interior travelling electric overhead cranes of 2 and 3 tons capacity. The hoisting motor of each interior crane moves longitudinal- ly on its own crane span (laterally with reference to the pier). These eranes are arranged in four systems of independent parallel tracks which run longitudinally with the pier, thus forming a perfect flexible crane sys- independent and in lieu of ships’ hoisting tackle when necessary convenient. The complete system interior overhead cranes permits the greatest elasticity and rapidity i moving and stacking merchandise, and the loading of consignees’ trucks. Hand labor is thus reduced to a mini- mum. The passenger .conveniences are also unsurpassed. Recent Sales of Ships V. O'CONNOR, chairman of the United States shipping board, has announced the following sales of tonnage: Lake ELmMuuRST, lake type cargo, 4261 dead- weight tons, for $25,000 cash to the Ocean Steamship Co., Savannah, Ga. The purchaser agreed to improve the vessel by the installa- tion of side ports and ’tween decks. WESTERN ALLY, recently reported as one of the vessels sold, in connection with the Ameri- ean South African line will be substituted for by the EASTERN GLEN. West KASSON, and West INSKIP, ocean cargo vessels, each of approximately 8750 dead- weight tons, for $111,225 total price to W. R. Grace and Co., New York. The purchaser intends to use these vessels in his present service operated from west coast ports of the March, 1926 United States to west coast ports of South America. LAKE FLAGSTAFF, lake type cargo, 4145 deadweight tons, deep draft, built by Mc- Dougall-Duluth Co. in 1919, to Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Ine., New Orleans, for $29,000 PYTHON, lake type cargo, 3400 deadweight tons, built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp. in 1919. to Asa F. Davison, for $36,000. This vessel is the last in a group of eleven vessels of her particular type. Dio, ocean cargo vessel, of 7564 deadweight tons, built by the Downey Shipbuilding Corp. in May 1919, to Finkbine Guild Transportation Co. for the sum of $137,000. The Dio is an oil burner and is equipped with three Scotch boilers and a triple expansion engine 2250 in- dicated horsepower. World Markets PoLCEVERA, double deck steamship, 14,009 deadweight tons, 9232 gross tons, for £35,000 to Norwegian owners. RUBENS, single deck steamship, 3200 dead- weight tons, 1937 gross tons, for about £27,- 500 to Trelleborg’s Angfartygs Nyd Aktieb., Trelleborg. CovEL (renamed BOMARSUND), double deck steamship, 7000 deadweight tons, 4328 gross tons, for about £19,250 to A. B. Naxos. Prince, Helsingsfors. DirpHys, single deck steamship, 4970 dead- weight tons, 2795 gross tons, for about £15,- 000 to Greek buyers. EurYMACHUS, double deck steamship, 8200 deadweight tons, 4995 gross tons, for about £23,500 to Barburizza & Co., London, (for Jugoslovensko-Amerikaniska Plovidba). MORTLAKE, single deck steamship, 5100 dead- weight tons, 3175 gross tons, for about £8.250 to Greek buyers. Diesel - Electric Tugs for New York Central A contract was recently awarded the Staten Island Shipbuilding Co. for the construction of two diesel electric driven single-screw steel tug- boats for the N. Y. Central railroad. The bids were received by W. B. Pollock, manager of the marine de- partment, last November. At the time the Staten Island Shipbuilding Co. submitted a figure of $199,500 against a price of $185,750 by the Atlantic Works, Boston. The promise on the part of the Staten Island yard of delivery within 7 months, compared with 12 months promised by the At- lantic Works, caused the order to be given to the former. The tugboats will be 108 feet long, 26 feet beam and 13 feet 3 inches deep. One will be equipped with two Ingersoll-Rand engines rated at 400 brake H. P. each at a speed of 265 revolutions and the other will be fitted with McIntosh & Seymour en- gines developing 400 brake H. P. each at 300 revolutions per minute. Each diesel engine will be direct: connected to a General Electric direct current generator rated at 270 kilo- watts and 240 volts. The propelling motor also furnished by the General Electric for each boat will be a 650 horsepower, 115 to 145 revolutions per minute, 480-volt, direct current motor of the shunt wound double armature type. This motor when con- nected in series with the two main generators will be capable of de- livering 650 shaft horsepower to the propeller shaft at any speed from