REPORT

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF NAVIGATION

TO THE

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

1898.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,

1898.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Prefatory

General project..

Statistical summary

Shipping, 1897-98.

Construction, 1897-98-

Omission of fractions.

Government purchases

Sales to foreigners...

Special registry acts.

Actual increase..

Steam and sail tonnage.

Registered tonnage.

Construction during 1898

Additions to the merchant fleet

Current construction.

Government purchases

Prizes of war..

Hawaiian vessels

Philippine merchant fleet

Measure of our share of navigation..

Percentage of exports and imports.

Vessels in ballast....

Tonnage entered and cleared.

Great Lakes entries and clearances.

Zones of navigation...

Within 500 miles of the coast.

From 500 to 1,500 miles from the coast.

Over 1,500 miles from the coast.

Over-sea navigation.....

Indirect navigation via South America and Africa.

Distance and legislation..

Cuban and Porto Rican subsidies.

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