Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the TreasuryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 - Merchant marine |
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... number , rig , and motive power , and shall investigate the operation of the laws relating to navigation , and report to the Secretary such particulars as may in his judgment admit of improvement or may require amendment , I have the ...
... number , rig , and motive power , and shall investigate the operation of the laws relating to navigation , and report to the Secretary such particulars as may in his judgment admit of improvement or may require amendment , I have the ...
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... number of vessels afloat has decreased during the present year , the tendency being , especially in Great Britain , to build larger ships than formerly . The average tonnage of shipping owned in the United Kingdom in 1886 , was 907 tons ...
... number of vessels afloat has decreased during the present year , the tendency being , especially in Great Britain , to build larger ships than formerly . The average tonnage of shipping owned in the United Kingdom in 1886 , was 907 tons ...
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... number of vessels engaged therein is 20,401 , their tonnage being 3,211,416 . The total number of vessels employed in the coast and river trade in the country , including the fisheries of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts , but not the ...
... number of vessels engaged therein is 20,401 , their tonnage being 3,211,416 . The total number of vessels employed in the coast and river trade in the country , including the fisheries of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts , but not the ...
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... number of iron vessels built at the lake ports during the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1889 , was 14 , the tonnage being 29,415 , and the number of iron vessels documented at that date on the lakes was 70 , the tonnage being 96,774 ...
... number of iron vessels built at the lake ports during the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1889 , was 14 , the tonnage being 29,415 , and the number of iron vessels documented at that date on the lakes was 70 , the tonnage being 96,774 ...
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... number and tonnage of docu- mented vessels on the Western rivers at the close of the last fiscal year as compared with those documented the two preceding years : State . 1886 . 1887 . 1888 . 1889 . No. Tons . No. Tons . No. Tons . No ...
... number and tonnage of docu- mented vessels on the Western rivers at the close of the last fiscal year as compared with those documented the two preceding years : State . 1886 . 1887 . 1888 . 1889 . No. Tons . No. Tons . No. Tons . No ...
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