Annual Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of Commerce

United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Navigation

U.S. Department of Commerce., 1900 - Merchant marine

Contents

• Progress during the past fiscal year: 10
• Approximate gross earnings of worlds shipping in 1899: 20
• Construction of steel steamships during the decade: 26
• Subsidy bill Senate bill 727 and House bill: 37
• Hawaiian: 53
• Boarding of vessels: 60
• Page: 65
• Wages of seamen: 87
• 55: 88
• Average monthly wages paid to able seamen on American vessels: 94
• 3: 102
• Worlds merchant marine: 121
• E Tonnage taxes: 141
• Page: 151
• G Matters relating to the subsidy bill: 164
• H Construction of steel steam vessels in the United States: 183
• Subsidies payable under Senate bill 727 and House bill 64: 192
• K Distances between the important seaports of the United States and: 311
• Documented tonnage of the United States on December 31 1800: 332
• Registered enrolled and licensed vessels by States and customs districts: 356
• Summary of Table 1 by States: 364
• Registered enrolled and licensed iron and steel vessels by customs districts: 370
• Iron and steel sail and steam vessels and barges by customs districts: 377
• Balance sheet showing rig of increase and decrease of all vessels for: 383
• Sail and steam vessels canal boats and barges by customs districts: 389
• Summary of Table 11 by States: 397
• Vessels in cod and mackerel fisheries on June 30 1900: 412
• Sail and steam vessels canal boats and barges: 418
• Summary of Table 18 by States: 422
• Rig of sailing vessels by customs districts and States built in year ended June 30 1900: 423
• Summary of Table 20: 425
• River lake and ocean steamers by customs districts and States built in: 426
• year ended June 30 1900: 432
• Iron and steel vessels sail steam barges built in year ended June 30 1900: 433
• Comparison of construction for 1899 and 1900: 434
• 28a Sail and steam iron vessels built by years from 1834: 437
• Vessels built captured admitted to registry by acts of Congress lost abandoned and sold to aliens since 1812: 438
• Yachts documented on June 30 1900: 440
• Yachts documented built in year ended June 30 1900: 441
• Yachts documented iron and steel built in year ended June 30 1900: 442

Bibliographic information

• Title: Annual Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of Commerce
• Author: United States. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Navigation
• Publisher: U.S. Department of Commerce., 1900