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 Great Lakes.... 3,256 1,437,500 3,162 1,446,348 3,167 1,565,587 TOTAL NUMBER AND GROSS TONNAGE OF VESSELS BUILT ON THE LAKES, YEARS ENDING JUNE 30. NUMBER AND TONNAGE OF ALL DOCUMENTED VESSELS IN THE CUSTOMS DISTRICTS OF THE NORTHERN LAKES, 1880-1900. TOTAL FREIGHT MOVEMENT BY COMMODITIES ON THE LAKES AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER IN 1890. Lakes and River. Receipts and shipments. Lake Superior..... 4,151,748 29,442 Lake Michigan 2,865,278 Lake Erie. 5,294,047 180,090 4,451,577 6,517,162 39,540 and Coke. Iron Ore. Ore. (all K’ds). Salt. Other. P'd'ts. Si'k.. ber. Ice. 87,276 20,142 3,627 1.808 106 476,067 25,975 78,523 4,674 175 2,426,485 6,385,159 2,450,780 212 9 592 712 76 320,242 18,912 146,922 CANAL NAVIGATION IN THE UNITED STATES. (Condensed from Table in " Commercial Year Book," Vol. II.) Width Depth Canals. Albemarle and Chesapeake +.. Norfolk-North Carolina State Line............. Augusta. Beaver. Big Sandy. Black.... Points Connected. Length. Bottom. Feet. Norfolk, Va.- Canjock Bay, N. C.......... 5.50 Savannah River-Augusta.. 9.00 Beaver-Economy.. 11.50 .Paintsville-Louisa.. 13.50 Black River*. Rome-Lyons Falls. Black Warrior. Cayuga and Seneca *. Champlain Chippewa... Columbia. Company's t Coosa t. Chesapeake and Delaware +.. Delaware City, Del.-Chesapeake City, Md.. 14.00 Whitehall-Waterford... Eauclaire-Mississippi River. Columbia River, at the Cascades.. Willamette Transp. & Lock Co.+. Willamette River, by falls of Oregon City... Ordinary repairs and operating expenses on the New York State canals for the fiscal years ended September 30, 1896, 1897, 1898, and 1899: 1898. 1899. The whole number of tons carried upon the canals during the season of 1898 was 3,360,063, of which 2,314,050 tons eastward were in transit, and 1,046,013 tons westward. Of these amounts, 1,573,227 tons were through freight, and 1,786,836 tons were way freight. The tonnage of the canals consisted of the following described classes of articles: Cayuga and Seneca 1898. 100,342 1899. 113,476 3,685,383 The value of the several classes of articles moved on all the canals was as follows: Tons. 4,942,948 1894.. 5,370,369 1895. 5,246,102 1896. 4,563,472 1897. 4,281,995 1898 4,331,963 1899.. Tons. 3,882,564 3,500,314 3,714,894 3,617,803 3,360,060 3,686,051 |