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209, of 1,286,382 tons, were foreign vessels with 

 cargoes; and 2,904, of 812,870 tons, were foreign 

 vessels in ballast. Of the total number cleared 

 at lake ports, 2,154, of 442,007 tons, were Ameri- 

 can vessels with cargoes : 8,096, of 297,312 tons, 

 were American vessels in ballast ; 4,210, of 1,- 

 299,753 tons, were foreign vessels with cargoes ; 

 and 4,916, of 10,600 tons, were foreign vessels in 

 ballast. 



The number of vessels entered from the va- 

 rious foreign countries, with their tonnage, is 

 given in the following table : 



The steam vessels entered at the ocean ports 

 in 1891 numbered 8.233, of 11,116,028 tons, of 

 which 2,626. of 2,333,904 tons, were American, 

 and 5,607, of 8,782,124 tons, were foreign steam- 

 ers. There were cleared 8,231 steamers, of 

 11,153,393 tons, of which 2,694, of 2,374,069 tons, 

 were American, and 5,597, of 8,779,324 tons, 

 foreign. 



The number of vessels, American and foreign, 

 cleared for ports of the Argentine Republic in 

 1891 was 127. of 85,735 tons; for Austrian 

 ports, 21, of 15,769 tons; for Belgium, 235, of 

 499,937 tons; for Brazil, 300, of 253,191 tons; 

 for Costa Rica, 41, of 24,670 tons : for Guate- 

 mala, 36, of 22,018 tons; for Honduras, 240, 

 of 94,585 tons ; for Nicaragua, 134, of 64,365 

 tons: for Salvador. 3, of 396 tons; for Chili, 55, 

 of 48,216 tons ; for China, 54, of 70,041 tons ; for 

 Colombia, 187, of 203.992 tons; for Den mark, 43, 

 of 55,153 tons; for Danish colonies, 72, of 46,563 

 tons ; for Ecuador, 11, of 6,451 tons; for French 

 Atlantic ports, 472. of 766,819 tons ; for French 

 ports on the Mediterranean, 92, of 117,598 tons; 

 for Miquelon, Langley, and St. Pierre, 35, of 

 4,866 tons; for the French West Indies, 157, of 

 70,313 tons; for French Guiana, 21, of 4,042 

 tons; for French possessions in Asia, 4, of 5.313 

 tons ; for French possessions in Oceanica, 18, of 

 6,531 tons; for French possessions in Africa, 25, 

 of 10,251 tons; for Germany, 888, of 1,643,838 

 tons ; for German possessions, 3, of 453 tons ; for 

 England, 2,195, of 4,122,619 tons ; for Scotland, 

 312, of 513,257 tons ; for Ireland, 286, of 357.986 

 tons; for Gibraltar, 28, of 38,682 tons; for Nova 

 Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward 

 Island, 4.998, of 1,110,452 tons; for Quebec, 

 Ontario, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territory, 

 14,417, of 2,868,564 tons; for British Columbia. 

 1,727, of 1,388.702 tons ; for Newfoundland and 

 Labrador, 154. of 30,954 tons; for British Hon- 

 duras, 25, of 12,773 tons ; for the British West 

 Indies, 1,066, of 432,594 tons; for British 

 Guiana, 116, of 51,507 tons; for the British Knst 

 Indies, 60, of 104,312 tons ; for Hong-Kong, 55, 

 of 113,353 tons; for Australia. 178, of 194,474 

 tons ; for New Zealand and Tasmania, 25, of 

 15,908 tons; for the Cape of Good Hope, 57, of 

 27,766 tons ; for British possessions on the west 

 coast of Africa, 20, of 7,129 tons; for other 

 British possessions, 10. of 4,013 tons ; for Greece, 

 3, of 4,174 tons; for Hayti, 249, of 139,028 tons; 

 for the Hawaiian Islands, 187, of 119.847 tons; 

 for continental Italy, 160, of 157.602 tons ; for 

 the islands of Italy. 41, of 27,764 tons; for 

 Japan, 62, of 103,588 tons; for Liberia, 4, of 

 1,358 tons ; for Mexico on the Gulf. 282, of 164,- 

 889 tons; for Mexico on the Pacific, 204, of 

 63,623 tons ; for the Netherlands, 240, of 369,520 

 tons ; for the Dutch West Indies, 24, of 8,282 

 tons; for Dutch Guiana, 12. of 4.941 tons; for 

 the Dutch East Indies, 52, of 58,371 tons ; for 

 Peru, 27, of 21,768 tons ; for Portugal, 126. of 

 93.512 tons ; for the Azores, Madeira, and Cape 

 Verde Islands, 36, of 15,274 tons ; for Portuguese 

 possessions in Africa, 3, of 1,828 tons; for Rus- 

 sia on the Baltic and the White Sea, 60, of 51,836 

 tons; for Russia on the Black Sea, 4, of 2.097 

 tons; for Asiatic Russia, 9, of 2,155 tons: for 

 Santo Domingo, 65, of 30,177 tons; for Spanish 

 ports on the Atlantic, 84, of 60,265 tons; for 

 Spain on the Mediterranean, 153, of 135,034 tons ; 



