THE WORLD'S MERCHANT MARINE. STATEMENT OF NUMBER AND NET AND GROSS TONNAGE OF STEAM AND SAILING VESSELS OF OVER 100 TONS OF THE SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. AS RECORDED IN BRITISH WRECKS AT SEA. The following is a statement of the number and tonnage of vessels belonging to the United' Kingdom totally lost at sea, for the years named, not including vessels of the Royal Navy: NOTE.-The losses of unregistered vessels are included in the above figures. NUMBER OF PASSENGERS AND CREW LOST BY WRECKS AND CASUALTIES AT SEA TO VESSELS BELONGING TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, EXCLUSIVE OF VESSELS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, IN THE YEARS NAMED. LAKE NAVIGATION. NUMBER AND GROSS Tonnage of Vessels of ALL KINDS IN THE DIFFERENT CUSTOMS DISTRICTS ON THE NORTHERN LAKES FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDING JUNE 30. TOTAL NUMBER AND GROSS TONNAGE OF VESSELS BUILT ON THE LAKES, YEARS ENDING JUNE 30. Years. No. Total- NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF ALL DOCUMENTED VESSELS IN THE CUSTOMS DISTRICTS OF THE NORTHERN LAKES. Steamers 1880. 2,487 1881. 1882.. 1883.. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 2,541 1888. 1889.. 1894. 1895. Sailing Vessels- -BargesI No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage 552,341.59 912 209,465.06 1,415 302,264.70 160 40,611.83 2,494 601,291.10 970 257,250.65 1,368 303.271.86 156 40,768.59 2,610 642,127.88 1,082 288,967.60 1,371 311,111.26 157 42,049.02 2,612 651,792.75 1,130 301,256.87 1,332 307,734.46 150 42,801.48 2,558 657,507.36 1,144 318,962.32 1,294 305,219.58 120 33,325.52 2,540 672,631.47 1,154 332.365.33 1,282 310,383.47 104 29,882.67 2,547 683,154.43 1,258 378,376.16 1.195 279,573.84 721.307.70 1,207 387,209.01 1,252 312,667.22 2,641 806,189.10 1,323 476,035.74 1,242 312,285.94 2,737 900,846.75 1,436 571,204.78 1,251 +3,341 +1,227,401.00 1,731 843,240.00 1.139 +3,342 +1,241,459.00 1,755 857,735.00 471 *83,081.00 497 *90,284.89 462 *98,763.20 1898.. +3,256 +1,437,500.00 1,764993,644.00 960 333,704.00 532 *110,152.00 +3,230 +1,410,102.60 1,775 1977,235.45 TOTAL FREIGHT MOVEMENT BY COMMODITIES ON THE LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER IN 1890. Lakes and River. Receipts and shipments. Lake Superior..... -Products of Mines and Quarries Animal Live Lum and Coke. Iron Ore. Ore. (all K'ds). Salt. Other. P'd'ts. St'k. ber. Ice. 11,268,270 15,303,180 71,562 547,229 549,350 23,587 123,495 2,086 12,205,655 18.912 1,780,750 4,151,748 29,442 87,276 20,142 3,627 1,808 106 476,067 376,321 180,090 4,451,577 Lake Erie. 5,294,047 6,517,162 39,540 320,242 18,912 146,922 311,015 296,513 15,997 63,513 1,215 6,857,257 18,912 Canals. Points Connected. Albemarle and Chesapeake t.. Norfolk-North Carolina State Line. Norfolk, Va.-Canjock Bay, N. C........................ Savannah River-Augusta.. 5.50 9.00 Beaver-Economy.. 11.50 Paintsville-Louisa.. 13.50 Carthage-Lyons Falls 42.50 Black River*. Black Warrior.. Cayuga and Seneca *. Champlain *. Chippewa.. Columbia.. Company's + Coosa +. Cumberland Rome-Lyons Falls... .Daniel Creek-Tuscaloosa. 0.04 Chesapeake and Delaware †. Delaware City, Del.-Chesapeake City, Md.. 14.00 Whitehall-Waterford... Delaware and Hudson... Delaware and Raritan +. Rondout-Pennsylvania State Line. 86 00 Honesdale-New York State Line.. New Brunswick-Bordentown.. 25.00 Elk River Shoals+. Delaware and Raritan Feeder....Bull Island-Trenton... Des Moines Rapids+.. Dismal Swamp. Elizabeth River, Va.-Pasquotank River, N. C. 29.00 Tennessee River, by Elk River Shoals.. 66.00 6-7 5 1.50 Erie and Branches* Albany-Buffalo.. 381.39 Fairfield + Alligator River-Mattamuskeet Lake 4.50 160.40 Galveston and Brazos t.. Galveston -Brazos River. 38.00 6666666 Willamette Transp. & Lock Co.+. Willamette River, by falls of Oregon City..... Carroll-Nelsonville... 42.00 ..Lasalle-Grafton....... 227.00 ..Chicago-Lasalle.. 102.00 .Oregon-Ohio River.. 98.00 +Keweenaw Bay-Portage Lake. 5.00 14 .Portage Lake-Lake Superior... 2.12 14 Co..Coalport-Easton.. 108.00 26-45 6 Easton-Bristol.. Burning Springs-Parkersburg.. .Louisville-Portland |