Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the Treasury

American ships American vessels American wood amount Atlantic and Gulf average bill boats bounty Britain British iron British ships building built buoyancy Bureau of Navigation capita cargo carriage carrying trade cent collision commerce committee Compagnie Générale Transatlantique Company Conference Congress contract cost crew CUSTOMS DISTRICTS deck depth discrimination duties England ENROLLED export favor flag fleet foreign ships foreign trade foreign vessels free-board freight French Government gross registered tonnage important increase interest iron ships JUNE 30 libelants light Lloyd's Register Lloyds load load-line loss mail service maritime merchant marine miles nage naval navigation Navy Notices to Mariners ocean ocean mail owners paid ports postal proportion protection River rules sailing ships sailing vessels seamen Senate ship-building ship-owners side speed steam-ships steam-vessels steamers subsidy tion Tons Total underwriters United Kingdom voyage White Star Line wooden ships York