Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-27

The following statement prepared by the
War Department, shows the number of YES
sells, coastwise and foreign, together with
their tonnage, that entered and cleared
from the port Of Havana during the month
of May, 1899:
The COasting Trade.
Entered in the coasting trade 1876, total
gross tonnage, 269SS tons Total cleared.
coastwise, 15s, total gross tonnage, 20 23i
tons.
OF the vessels entered, two were Ameri-
can with a gross tonnage of 3,20S tons.
Only twerty-four of the 1S5 vessels entered
were steam vessels, and only nine of the
entire number entered in ballast.
OF the vessels cleared in the coasting
trade, two were American steamships, of
gross tonnage of 3,2OS tons, and sixteen
were Cuban steam coas:ing vessels, of
gross tonnage of $3.50 tons, while no Were
CUBAN sailing vessels. Only four of the
cleared vessels were in ballast.
Foreign Trade.
OF the 1GG foreign vessels entered. eighty
three were American, The latter having a
gross tonnage Of fUS 026 tons. Fifty-four Of
this number were steam vessels and twenty
nine were sailing vessels. Only four of the
entire 1G6 entering were in ballast.
Or the number OF foreign vessels entered
spain ranks next 10 the Uni,ed States, with
twenty-ihree vessels of a total tonnage of
oH,i3I tons. OF that number twenty-cne
were steam vessels, three Were sail vessels,
and all of the vessels carried cargo.
England follows with twen.y-thcve steam
vessels. entered of a total tonnpge of s.
1S3 tons, and all carrying cargo. Norway
comes next with seventeen steam vessels
carrying cargo and of a total tonnage Of
.-i12 tons.
Germany and France bring up the rear.
the former with eleven steam vessels en-
..rE al
mage of 2o,9II tons while from France
there entered two steamers with Carg0es, of
Il tonnage of T,2So ions.
In addition to the above seven foreign
vessels carrying a Cuban nag also er-
iered the port of Havana. of a tonnage of
$50 tons. OF the number named, three
were steam vessels and four were sailing
vessels. Three carried cGrgoes and feu.'
were in ballast. The total of foreign ton
mage entered was 2To,692 tons.
Foreign Vessels Cleared.
The total number of foreign vessels clear
ed for the month was 152 with a total
gross tonnage of 2Go 594 tens. In the num-
Der cleared the United States again leads,
with fifty-six steam vessels of a tonnage
of 1oo,a54 tons. and with nineteen sailing
vessels of tonnage of g 66l tons Thirty
one Of the number ciearea with cargo.
Spain is represented in the clearances by
twenty steam vessels of q tonnage of 90, -,
Al
tonnage Of asi3 tons. Fourteen of the num-
Der cleared with cargo. England follows
with twenty steam vessels cleared. with a
gross tonnage of 44,535 tons, and with four
Salllag vessels OF q tonnage Of l,0bS tons.
Seven of the number cleared with cargoes.
Norway ranks fourth, with seN enteen
steam vessels, with i tonnage of 25621,
three Of which carried cargCes.
Germany and France follow. the former
with nine steam vessels of gross tonnage
CT 16,SJ6 tons, three OF the number carry
ing carGoes; while France is represented by
three Steara vessels OF a gross tonnage Of
S,G2 tons. Two of the outward-bound yes-
sells carried cargCes.
Cuba rounds out the list with one steam
and two sailing vessels in ballast, with
tonnage of $50 tons.
Exports From Havana.
A War Department report of the total
value of the merchandise exported from
Havana during the months of May and
June was made public today.
OF the total amount the United States is
credited with taking merchandise to the
value of $},329S1I; Spain. with sol, ,215;
France s222, ,0s9; England, $5o2G5; Ger
many, S19,173; Mexico $15,2Ss; Colombia,
11,62C: Italy, $S,335; Argentine, 81, ,461: Por-
tugal, 50. i4s; Guatemala, $4,1T5; Venezuela,
81, 136: Chile 81 425; Uruguay, $1,000; Ecua-
dor, $500; Peru, $3.50, and Belgium, s445
worth
Among the articles OF merchandise ex-
ported 10 the United States was S2,S25
worth of animals, $24, IA worth of fruits
and nuts, $S,525 worth of hides and skins,
$500 worth of paraffine etc, $5o2,349 worth
of raw sugar, 81 .o34, $50 worth of tobacco,
$1,391 209 worth of cigars, Slo,g23 worth Of
cigarettes, 1871 worth of manufactured
tobacco, $193 los worth of other articles in
Guiding mo!asses and s.rup, valued at
S15O,01I, and enough Of other merchandise
to take sum total OF Si,JT5023.
IN addition to the above there was
ported to Spain $1U,273 in gold coin.