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A resolution of the House of Representatives calling for commercial statisties relative to the trade between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

MARCH 15, 1880.-Referred to the Select Committee on Interoceanic Canal and ordered to be printed.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

March 13, 1880.

SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the House resolution on the motion of the Hon. J. F. King, dated February 11, 1880, requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the House, for the use of the Committee on the Interoceanic Canal, such statistics as may be found in his department on

First. The amount of shipping between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, and the amount and kind of cargoes, and for the coasts of the Pacific Ocean.

Second. The entries and clearances at the port of San Francisco for the last fiscal year, and the amount and kind of cargoes and the places from and to which they are carried.

Third. The amount of transportation across the isthmus and generally its points of destination, and from which originally shipped.

Fourth. The average duration of voyages around the Horn between New York and San Francisco.

In response to the request of the House, I have the honor to state that a report has been obtained from the collector of customs at San Francisco on the subjects referred to in the first, second, and third paragraphs of the resolution; and I inclose herewith copies of the papers which accompanied it.

It appears that the collector has no means of determining the amount of shipping between the Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States, &c. The summary statement, taken from the records of the customhouse at San Francisco, shows that during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1879, 259 vessels cleared foreign from that port via Cape Horn, of an aggregate tonnage of 342,721 tons; and that 12 vessels, aggregating 22,175 tons, cleared for domestic ports via Cape Horn, carrying cargoes valued in the aggregate at $2,725,069. From a like statement of vessels entered at that port from foreign ports via Cape Horn, it appears that

they number 58, of an aggregate tonnage of 68,418 tons; and that 57 vessels, aggregating 92,683 tons, entered from domestic ports.

As regards the third paragraph, it appears that during the last fiscal year there cleared from San Francisco for Panama, with cargoes designed for transit across the isthmus, 27 vessels, aggregating 76,078 tons, carrying cargoes valued at $2,166,690, consisting chiefly of wine, wool, lead, brandy, rags, and hides. During the same period 27 vessels, aggregating 69,588 tons, entered there from Panama with cargo which had been transported across the isthmus.

The collector of the port of New York had also been instructed to report upon the subjects of the resolution; and he transmitted to the department a statement showing the amount of imports and exports for the last six months of 1879, and of the number of passengers, arrived and departed, during the same period, a copy of which is inclosed herewith. This is given, as the Bureau of Statistics had published tabulated statements up to the close of the last fiscal year.

The collector states that he is unable to give a statement of shipping between New York and San Francisco around Cape Horn, as no tabulated statement is made of coast wise trade by ports. Such a statement, he says, could be made up from the manifests in his office, but that it would require additional clerical force and considerable time.

The average time occupied by sailing vessels between New York and San Francisco, he reports, as about 132 days. And he further states that he has no means of furnishing the amount of merchandise shipped to foreign ports on the Pacific via the isthmus, as all such shipments are manifested to the United States of Colombia.

This is all the information that the department is able to give at the present time; but I may add that the inquiry is still being prosecuted in the Bureau of Statistics, the result of which will be communicated to the House.

Very respectfully,

Hon. SAMUEL J. RANDALL,

JOHN SHERMAN,

Secretary.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Summary statement of vessels entered at the port of San Francisco from foreign ports via Cape Horn during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1879.

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Vessels entered from eastern domestic ports, via Cape Horn: Number of vessels, 57; tons, 92,683; value of cargo, unknown; kind of cargo, general merchandise. Vessels entered from Panama with cargo, via the isthmus: Number of vessels, 27; tons, 69,588.

CUSTOM HOUSE, COLLECTOR'S OFFICE,
San Francisco, March 4, 1880.

T. B. SHANNON, Collector.

Exports to Pacific ports during the six months ending December 31, 1879.

$1,952, 571 179, 534

$2,110 30, 166

To San Francisco, via Pacific Mail Steamship Company and isthmus....
To Chili, via Cape Horn.....
Agricultural implements...
Cotton, manufacturers of..

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Summary statement of vessels cleared at the port of San Francisco for foreign ports via Cape Horn during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1879.

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Vessels cleared for eastern domestic ports, via Cape Horn: Number of vessels, 12; tons, 22,175; value of cargo, $2,725,069; kind of cargo, wine, wool, ore, lumber, hides, lead, salmon, whale oil, rags, barley, borax, tea, beans, &c.

Vessels cleared for Panama with cargo, via the isthmus: Number of vessels, 27; tons, 67,068; value of cargo, $2,166,690; kind of cargo, wine, wool, lead, brandy, rags, and hides.

CUSTOM HOUSE, COLLECTOR'S OFFICE,

March 14, 1880.

T. B. SHANNON, Collector.

CUSTOM HOUSE, COLLECTOR'S Office,

New York, February 17, 1880.

Statement of passengers arrived in the district and port of New York from the following countries during the six months ending December 31, 1879.

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Passengers departed from the District and port of New York to Aspinwall dur-
ing the six months ending December 31, 1879..........
Passengers arrived.....

Total

1

8

10

10

837

1,035

721

1,035

1,776

Imports from countries on the Pacific for six months from July 1, 1879, to December 31,

1879, inclusive.

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