No. 6.-STATEMENT SHOWING THE CLASS, NUMBER, AND GROSS TONNAGE OF IRON AND STEEL VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES, JUNE 30, 1898-Continued. No. 6.-STATEMENT SHOWING THE CLASS, NUMBER, AND GROSS TONNAGE OF IRON AND STEEL VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES, JUNE 30, 1898-Continued. No. 7.-CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER AND GROSS TONNAGE OF WOODEN AND IRON VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 30, 1898. No. 8.-BALANCE SHEET OF TONNAGE ACCOUNTS, SHOWING THE INCREASE AND DECREASE IN REGISTERED, ENROLLED, AND LICENSED VESSELS, JUNE 30, 1898. Foreign tonnage wrecked and documented, June 30, 1898. Foreign tonnage documented by act of Congress, June 30, 1898 Tonnage sold to aliens and renationalized under act March 3, 1897, June 30, 1898. Tonnage purchased from the United States, June 30, 1898 Redocumented tonnage laid up, etc., June 30, 1897.. Increased tonnage, June 30, 1898. 140, 587 3,852 4,326 Tons. 3,866, 536 No. Tons. Νο. 7,681 414 96.900 22, 633 4, 512 952 Tons. 4, 769, 020 18), 458 14, 108 141 3 51, 054 3 19.914 51,054 This balance sheet shows that the tonnage of the United States has DECREASED during the year ended June 30, 1898, 19,282, while the The increase and decrease (—) are distributed among the several kinds of documents as follows: No. 9.-BALANCE SHEET OF TONNAGE ACCOUNTS, SHOWING THE INCREASE AND DECREASE IN EACH CLASS OF VESSELS, JUNE 30, 1898. DEBIT. Built 1 159 199 359 391 20 179 952 Foreign vessels wrecked and documented 1 2 6 9 5 Foreign vessels documented by act of Congress. 1 1 2 10 Purchased from the United States... 5 Vessels sold to aliens and afterwards renationalized. 1 2 1 4 1 Net amount of tonnage redocumented, laid up., etc., June 30, 1897. Balance in favor of decreased tonnage. This balance sheet shows that the documented tonnage of the United States has DECREASED 19,282, and the number of vessels has INCREASED 72, during the year ending June 30, 1898. The increase and decrease (—) are distributed among the several classes of vessels as follows: |