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THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD VOLUME 27 Gift ofthe Panama Canal Museum UNiV. OF FL. L B JUL 1 7 m Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/panamacanalr27193334isth THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD PUBLISHED MONTHLY UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND SUPER- VISION OF THE PANAMA CANAL AUGUST 15, 1933 TO JULY 15, 1934 VOLUME XXVII WITH INDEX THE PANAMA CANAL BALBOA HEIGHTS, CANAL ZONE 1934 THE PANAMA CANAL PRESS MOUNT HOPE, CANAL ZONE 1934 For additional copies of this publication address The Panama Canal, Washington, D. C, or Balboa Heights, Canal Zone. Price of bound volumes, $1.00; for foreign postal delivery, $1.50. Price of current subscription, $0.50 a year, foreign Sl.OO. .. ... THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE PANAMA CANAL. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. Subscription rates, domestic, $0.50 per year; foreign, $1.00; address The Panama Canal Record, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, or, for United States and foreign distribution. The Panama Canal, Washington, D. C. Entered as second-class matter February 6, 191.S, at the Post Office at Cristobal, C. Z., under the Act ol March 3, 1S79. Certificate.—By direction of the Governor of The Panama Canal the matter contained herein is published as statistical information and is required for the proper transaction of the public business. Volume XXVII. Balboa Heights, C. Z., August 15, 1933. No. i. Traffic Through the Panama Canal in July 1933 The total vessels of all kinds transiting the Canal during the month of July in the two preceding years and in 1933 are shown in this tabulation: July 1931 July 1932 July 1933 406 326 401 Commercial launches (under 20 tons) 5 6 s Noncommercial vessels: United States Government 34 33 31 Vessels transiting solely for repairs 2 4 1 Total 447 369 441 COMMERCI.\L TRAFFIC The following tabulation shows the number of vessels, Panama Canal net tonnage, tons of cargo carried and tolls collected, from the commercial traffic transiting the Canal each month for the 12-month period ended July 31, 1933, as compared with the same period in the previous year: No. of Panama Canal net of cargo Tolls vessels tonnage Tons Month 1931-32 1932-33 1931-32 1932-33 1931-32 1932-33 1931-32 1932-33 August.. 390 314 1,998,194 1,658,112 1,789,234 1,-349,453 $1,770,202.71 $1,440,848.87 September. 396 353 2,070,873 1,868,391 1,754,855 1,347,144 1,820,735.75 1,598,265.98 October . 390 394 2,081.600 1,988,133 1,762,670 1,582,261 1.823,650.74 1,714,779.06 November. 376 388 2,001,745 2,035,796 1,577,523 1,531,509 1.762,036.19 1,756,865.84 December 387 431 2,033,158 2,080,069 1,648,904 1,621,581 1,757,869.54 1,781,940.03 1,770,250 68 1,762,808.56 January . 377 415 2,022,275 2,069,218 1,593,585 1,463,503 February . 358 368 1,878,177 1,832,658 1,645,393 1,434,862 1,647,797.06 1,575,708.35 1,645,366.81 1,718,908.41 March. 363 399 1,864.896 1,989,044 1,643,952 1,738,227 April 370 370 1,863,692 1,839,597 1,443,731 1,527,978 1,608,634 67 1,554,250.14 May 357 372 1,956,958 1,883,249 1,676,790 1,629,982 1,717,401.26 1,617,943.65 June 336 364 1,743,150 1,901,117 1,404,558 1,691,247 1,534,793.19 1,629,411.28 July 326 401 1,676,492 2,051,128 1,259,981 1,699,039 1,468,728.36 1,732,164.93 Total... 4,426 4,569 23,191,210 23,196,512 19,201,176 18,616,786 20,327,466.96 19,883,895.10 " Commercial traffic includes aU ocean-going vessels paying tolls. Vessels in direct service of the United States, Panamanian, and Colombian Governments, including merchant vessels chartered by these Governments, and vessels transiting solely for repairs, do not pay tolls. Statistics on vessels not paying tolls are shown under "Noncommercial traffic." Summary ol Traffic by Nationality of Vessels for July 1933 No. Panama Tons No. Panama Tons Nationality of Canal net of Nationality of Canal net of ships tonnage cargo ships tonnage cargo British. 435,963 326,198 Netherlands 6 39,731 16,423 124,057 Danish.. 33,196 25,787 Norwegian. , . 28 139,291 Danzig. 65,508 65,216 Panamanian 28 27,802 13,133 French. 35,805 34,564 Peruvian .... 1 1,896 4,000 German. 89,620 88,395 Swedish 10 36,675 64,480 United States 175 1,014,533 823,234 Italian . 36,767 15,619 911 Japanese 92,893 97,022 Venezuelan. 2 1,448 Mexican. Naval vessel of 1,227 tons displacement. THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD August 15, 1933 Traffic by Trade Routes, July 1933 The movement of vessels over trade routes is summarized in the following table. They are classified according to primary origin and ultimate destination of the voyage through the Canal and the cargo listed is the total aboard at time of transit. Cargo may be laden or discharged between the terminal areas indicated, hence in the cargo listed below there may be some which had other origin or destination: Atlantic to Pacific Pacific to Atlantic Trade route No. Panama Tons No. Panama Tons of Canal net of of Canal net of ships tonnage cargo ships tonnage cargo United States intercoastal 75 436,726 207,221 60 347,013 431,659 East coast United States and: 3 21,994 12,724 85,114 104,972 '1 22 122,874 103,513 29,919 19,525 12 60,919 5,796 9 40,485 70,944 1 5,450 7,457 4 21,694 32,808 3 16,472 11,140 5 11,956 1,085 6 11,460 5,491 Europe and: 26 160,227 50,075 29 167,703 230,537 13 91,400 14,670 19 112,771 166,429 4 38,847 13,663 5 34,155 22,838 United States 3 21,232 3 19,874 36,223 1 4,322 2,065 1 1,827 3,518 1 5,485 4,844 1 5,397 8,250 2 5,875 1,812 1 1,833 3,040 East coast Canada and: 3 22,880 3 21,251 45,577 2 8,599 2,972 1 5,518 4,395 Far East 1 4,672 7,800 1 3,531 1,615 East coast South America and: 3 14,956 11,327 2 9,991 9,561 Far East 1 5,821 3,679 1 488 Cristobal and: 12 7,386 1,657 13 8,427 8,665 7 2,875 2,286 2 1,289 699 2 44 5 112 140 West Indies and: 2 4,779 911 2 2,620 4,000 Far East 1 5,737 10,626 2 17,702 6,207 1 6,037 4,621 1 4,550 1 8,337 3 502 Principal Commodities Commodities which aggregated 10,000 or more tons either during the past month or in the corresponding month in 1932 are listed below: July July Commodity Commodity 1932 1933 1932 Atlantic to Pacific Pacific to Atlantic—Continued Corn 15,439 3,886 Cotton, raw 11,496 11,701 Cotton, raw 33,265 46,143 Flour 10,197 22,998 Iron and steel, manufactures of 43,673 80,991 Fruit, dried 10,182 12,265 Oils, mineral 25,619 45,040 Fruit, fresh 12,171 12.478 Ores, various 10,688 139 Lumber 105,628 219,715 Paper 20,277 19,491 Metals 28,728 40,617 Scrap metal 16,930 24,761 Nitrates 7,175 36,107 Sulphur 10,559 20,180 Oils, mineral 276,735 277,554 Tinplate 14,669 15,914 Ores 6,661 54,585 Sugar 116,875 153,305 Pacific to Atlantic Wheat 133,232 84,552 Barley 13,847 20,114 Wood pulp 4,186 14,170 Canned goods, various 52,981 59,089 Wool 6,839 14,384 Cold storage (food products) '. 12,102 13,141 ' Does not include fresh fruit. Commodities in Detail The following statement lists all commodities passing through the Canal during the month of July 1933, as reported in the cargo declarations, showing the move- ment, by directions, in the United States intercoastal trade and in the total traffic. In the cargo declarations small items are frequently grouped under the designation . August 15, 1933 THE PANAMA CANAL RECORD of "general cargo;" the statistics are accordingly not precise but are indicative of the kinds and quantity of cargo in transit through the Canal. The figures are for tons of 2,240 pounds: Total for all trade United States routes including intercoastal U.S. intercoastal Commodity Atlantic Pacific Atlantic Pacific to to to to Pacific Atlantic Pacific Atlantic Aircraft and parts 57 .Agricultural implements 500 6 947 6 Alfalfa meal 1,556 1556 Ammonium compounds 141 6,202 50 Animal foods ' 206 478 211 478 Apparel, wearing (hats, shoes, clothing, etc.). 116 194 5 Asbestos 184 792 Asphalt and tar 33 57 3,052 814 Automobiles (and autotrucks) ,181 36 6,482 44 Automobile parts and accessories 996 87 5,179 87 Bags and bagging, textile 247 305 764 642 Bananas 5,151 Barks, miscellaneous 156 33 1,067 Barley 11 20,114 Beans, edible, dry 18 2,996 50 5,414 Beer.