The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-25
EXPORT NEWS LEADS ALL VIRGINIA
FORTS WITH SEVENTY MILLION EXPORTS
Biz Seaport at Mouth of James Increased It's Business By
$65000O 900 Customs Collections For Year Along With
Other Receipts Aggregated In Virginia $1270000,
Two-thrds of Which Was Collected BY
Richmond Custom House.

! on behalf of the Department Of Com
merce and Department OF Labor.
( or the total collections for th'
year. amounting to $l,le7. 4S01s
4 Richmond collected ss15.9I0.l7. New
port News and Suffolk s207.4242b, and
/ Petersburg ssS.l46.77. =.
Customs Collections Less.
Customs collections were somewhat
less than for the previous fiscal year
but in view of the general falling on
of import business. Collector Hamil'
ton said this was a remarkable show
ing and expressed the belief that the
Virginia district would compare most
favorably with any other district In
the United States in Its maintenance
of the customs duty collections for the
year just ended.
During the year shipping out OF the
ports of Newport News and Norfolk
doubled in so far as the actual num-
Der of ships leaving Hampton Roads
Is concerned. A total of 2.327 vessels
cleared from Norfolk and Newport
News for foreign ports, ee2 OF these
having entered from foreign ports.
s.s2i vessels entered at Newport News
and Norfolk from American ports, and
2.356 cleared for American ports.
Documents were issued to 1889 yes
sells. This was very unusual number
Of documents to be issued in the dis
trict during the year, A large part
Of this business came from the change
by schooners and other sailing vessels
engaged in the coastwise trade from
coastwise license TO registry. which en-
titled them TO engage In the foreign
trade.
The European war having brought
into demand in the North Atlantic
a s.F of. hi 80
engaged in regular trade between Nor
folk and Newport News and ports in
the West Indies and South America,
the old-time sailing ships. which fol-
number OF years had been engaged
exclusively in domestic trading. were
during the year In many instances put
under registry at Norfolk and New
/ port News for the carrying of Goa
/ out of Hampton Roads TO the West
Indies and South American countries
This all greatly increased the bust
ness of the year in the marine depart
ment OF Collector Hamilton's office
and brought under Recommendation al
/ Norfolk and Newport News many
more vessels than were ever before
/ documented at either of these ports
/ The SUPPORT of Cape Charles docu-
f mented during the year 210 vessels
( and the SUPPORT OF Reedvills docu.
mented 254 vessels
Entries of merchandise numbering
| 81, 1876 were made in the customs de-
| partment In the district, of which
number 1874 were for consumption
! 1T for warehouse. 200 for immediate
/ transportation, $500 for Transports
/ ton and expectation, 81 mail entries
t and 5s7 OF all other kinds.
/ Exports In Detail.
| The exports for the year totalint
| ss9,3Ss. 96S were divided by ports ant
months. as follows:
Newport News: July, 1914, $500, 1877
August. 1914. $612.S36; September
1914, $S2l.9S2: October, 1914. $3.50.
| 2B5. November. 1914, $1,120,43S; De
cember, 1914, s4.131,3Ss; January
/ 1915, $5,50s.6s3; February, 1915. $40,
234. 52s: April, 1915. s13.02s,e2s; May
7sl.725; March. $f0,234,525: April
1915. s1s,02s.62s; May 1915, $13,
s31,14s; June. 1915. $s.s77.ss5; total
$40. 2s6.4s1.
Norfolk: July, 1914. ss2s.2o4: Au
gust, 1914. ssos.s7s; September, 1914
| $l.32i.671; October. 1914, Ss74,76s
November. 1914. $s55,3s1: December