Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01

computation il is ascertaired thu. @1ooc
tons Of wheat. fioar and barley. tee sur-
Plus product Of the Territory Of ne
present year IN the Southeastern. : -tiun
OF fse Territory, are being shipF<d 10
Portland, Oregon. thence ts be exEssrted-
fhoassHds Of cattle are being drven
OF shipped BY rail direct to the Fast,
! without Any Custom House record ec.ne
taken Of their x1mber and vSfne-
shipments OF grain for this season have
eses made BY rail in the same direeii~a-
80 thai the aggregate exports 80 ~
Territory cannot be accurately CON-
puted.
The head Office OF the Collection Dss-
THE. for Puget Soond 10 81 Per, fesn-
ssnd, 10 Jefferson ecunty; and there vss-
sells are Consistently arriving and 10
parting fos porss In British Coiu-a aba.
Mexico, HauaSian Islands. Australia,
Flip lslandA China Japan. Scukh
America. Engisnd. Ireland. Csntaf
America and Peru. besides for al i'm
portsnt points in California and kh,ka.-
thss rendering is one Of the mosa to-
psrtsnt seaperts IN the United Ststes
There are - sisarn vessels. ranSing
10 sfss from The avs-ton propsllsr ~ sAe-
sesamer OF HAD tons, no0 rccssse<~d st
ths of5ce Of the Collection Dis.rica sf
Puget sound; an Of whish arr en-
employed In ne domestic frsiQhs asd
passenger sssnar Of Puget Soand AAuue-
There vsrs ICY vessels. Aenr,sssni fng
1857 tons. documented 81 Port rovn-
seud for toe FISCAL year ending Isae
18th. 1880 OF this number. u wsrc-
sailing yesssls and 80 we're steam vesssss--
Daring the fiscal year 2i2 vesssAs. ar
gregatiue 90dSH toes, were entered and
cleared, % which iIs were coasswtse.
and 1872 vere foreign.
Add one third for estimated tounsksD
OF licensed vessels raining 10 San Fran
cisco and other coast ports. aud We esvs
the Aggregate number Of $50 vSsssls,
with TONNAGE Of l.2t0. 40 tucF. rs
average monthly entrances and olesr-
snees FOR the yeAr lass amounted b
227, Of which III were fsreieu .nss 50
were ecsstwise- The propcr0ar Of
Americsn to foreign bottaDa engaged
IN the foreign trade Is L fetei9n ~ -
Americsu.
There veve "A ,ew vessels huifr turs
ing the year endiog June nth, tsSb, Of
which vere steam vessels, anaoaDttng
to 675,T tons, and SIX we're sail vssssie
amounting 10 e67e2 tons; makIus q
total of l642 y tons.
SIS 81.
The falling of in collections for the
tiseal year 1855, was caused by TIA rs-
dnstion in tonnage dues on vessels en-
tering from foreign ports ths rsdeo-
ton IN fees on steamboats, ins pocsad
aud the seolishius OF hospital dues ands
the general reduction of fees all OF
which took effect since July lss, lSs<.
A. compared With the previous ysxr,
although the volume of business sAs
much greater, the aggregate eoliecsionx
were less: an estimate on the business
Of toe preceding year showing loss Of
$4,000 from these sources.
As u Rppean from the data afforded
me by the Office Of this collection dis
tfiet, the total value 81 exports for for
elsn trade for the nacAl ysas 1856 IL g.
ls4. SO7, end the total yalns OF exports
cosstvise. fer the same psried W. g.
0no0O; makisg q total Of Sic.lS<.-
9S9
fuasf SOUND srKAMxss.
The following IL q complete iisi as tbs
steamers belonging to the collection sii.