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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt:...Thus, of the years for which the figures are given, five showed losses and twelve increases. The greatest actual increase is shown for 1901 and amounted to 75,470 tons, or 12.6 per cent, 41,402 tons being for sailing vessels and 34,068 tons for steamers. In 1906 both steam and sail vessels reached their highest tonnage. For steam craft the smallest tonnage is shown for 1889 and for sailing vessels the smallest is for 1896. Table 22.--NUMBER AND GROSS TONNAGE OF REGISTERED, ENROLLED, AND LICENSED SAIL AND STEAM VESSELS CONSTITUTING THE TOTAL MERCHANT MARINE OF THE PACIFIC COAST, INCLUDING FISHING VESSELS: 1889 TO 1906.l steamers showed their largest tonnage in 1905 and their smallest in 1896. The sailing vessels of this class reached their greatest tonnage in 1900 and their smallest in 1893. The years 1898, 1899, and 1902 showed the largest increases in the total tonnage of registered vessels, 55,217 tons, 39,636 tons, and 32,833 tons, respectively. When the tonnage of 1906 is compared with that of 1889, the total for all vessels shows an increase of 381,299 tons, or 87.4 per cent. Enrolled and licensed vessels inereased 260,255 tons, or 113.9 per cent, and registered vessels increased 121,044 tons, or 58.2 per cent. The number of years when a loss was recorded was greatest for registered ves sels, this class showing a decrease for each of eight years compared with three for enrolled and licensed vessels. WATERS OPERATED UPON. In making a segregation of the statistics for all vessels of the Pacific coast merchant marine according to the waters upon which they operated in 1906, some difficulty was experienced in properly classifying all the vessels engaged in foreign or coastwise trade, because they frequently engaged in both to a greater...