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54TH CONGRESS, (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( DOCUMENT 2d Session.
No. 22.
HE 563 45 A2
1895-96
STATZ OIHO
K.M
Nativity of seamen..
Expenditures for rivers and harbors....
Repeal of reciprocal exemptions from tonnage tax.
Compulsory pilotage on coastwise sailing vessels.
Regulation of sailing vessels over 700 tons and their officers.
Free raw materials..
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(b) Bill extending application of the act under which the New York
and Paris were admitted..
(c) Bill making general amendments to the navigation laws..
(d) Bill making general amendments to the laws relating to Ameri-
can seamen
(e) Bill to repeal reciprocal tonnage tax exemptions..
(f) Bill to remove discriminations against American sailing vessels
in the coasting trade..
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A. Proposed legislation-Continued.
(g) Bill concerning sailing vessels over 700 tons..
(h) Bill to promote repair work in American shipyards
(i) Bill to exempt all shipbuilding materials from duties.
B. Reports of shipping commissioners
Shipments and discharges by ports.
Expenditures and average cost per service to seamen.
Nativity of men shipped
Reports on allotments.
C. Wages of seamen.
1. Average monthly rates of wages paid in the American merchant
marine for the year ended June 30, 1896
2. Average rates of monthly wages paid on British vessels for 1895-96-
D. Articles in treaties of the United States with foreign nations establish-
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Motive power and material of construction of the world's merchant
navies (Lloyds)
128
Tonnage tables for a period of years with potential tonnage (Bureau
Veritas)
132
Vessels over 100 tons built during each of the past seven years
(Lloyds)
133
Summary of the world's shipbuilding for 1895 (Lloyds)
Construction in progress June 30, 1896 (Lloyds)
Vessels lost or broken up during 1895 (Lloyds)
1. Registered, enrolled, and licensed vessels, by States and customs districts,
on June 30, 1896
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2. Summary of Table 1, by States.
155
3. Registered, enrolled, and licensed steam vessels, by States and customs
districts, on June 30, 1896...
156
4. Registered, enrolled, and licensed iron and steel vessels, by customs dis-
tricts and States, on June 30, 1896..
161
5. Registered, enrolled, and licensed iron and steel steam vessels, by customs
districts and States, on June 30, 1896..
165
6. Iron and steel sail and steam vessels and barges, by customs districts
and States, on June 30, 1896..
168
7. Total registered, enrolled, and licensed sail vessels (wood and iron or steel)
and steam vessels (wood and iron or steel) on June 30, 1896..
8. Balance sheet, showing increase and decrease of registered, enrolled, and
licensed vessels for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1896
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172
9. Balance sheet, showing rig of increase and decrease of all vessels for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1896.
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10. Registered, enrolled, and licensed sail and steam vessels, by years, from 1789..
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10a. Documented canal boats and barges, by years, from 1868.
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11. Sail and steam vessels, canal boats, and barges, by customs districts and
States, on June 30, 1896..
178
12. Summary of Table 11, by States.
186
13. Classification of sail and steam vessels by size, by customs districts and
187
14. Vessels in cod and mackerel fisheries on June 30, 1896.
202
15. Vessels in whale fisheries on June 30, 1896.
203
16. Employment of vessels on June 30, 1896
17. Vessels in foreign, coasting, and fishing trades, by years, from 1789.
18. Annual construction: Sail and steam vessels, canal boats, and barges, by
customs districts and States, built in year ended June 30, 1896-
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208
19. Summary of Table 18, by States.
215
20. Rig of sailing vessels, by customs districts and States, built in year ended
June 30, 1896..
216
21. Summary of Table 20.
218
22. River, lake, and ocean steamers, by customs districts and States, built in
year ended June 30, 1896.
219
23. Summary of Table 22.
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24. Canal boats and barges built in year ended June 30, 1896.
25. Iron and steel vessels (sail, steam, barges) built in year ended June 30, 1896...
26. Tonnage built annually in New England, on the seaboard, Western riv-
ers, and Great Lakes, by years, from 1857.
31. Yachts (documented) built in year ended June 30, 1896.
233
32. Yachts (documented), iron and steel, built in year ended June 30, 1896.