Value of sea trade under new laws and wartime shifts
United States trade data through eight months ending March 1 1915 shows American bottoms carrying more imports and exports than the previous year as wartime disruptions alter vessel usage. British and German tonnage fluctuates. Belgian movements fall. Nordic and Southern European ships rise in both imports and exports. The report highlights American gains in shipping share amid global upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Hemodels
Europe
U. S
Stitseet Ees
Rath Haag
Special War Revenues Proving a Success in Canada
Ottawa reports that new war taxes will cover interest on war expenditures and pensions. Since August, war appropriations reached 150 million with interest about 6.5 million and pension costs around 4 to 5 million. Revenue rose after February 11, from 6.8 million in February to 7.1 million in March. April tonnage from Canadian ports fell sharply, with Montreal at 2,734 tons vs 35,958 last April, and other ports showing similar declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
St. John
Halifax
Enormous Drop in U S Postal Revenue in 1914 First Half
Postmaster General Burleson reports a six month 1914 deficit of 6,482,719 as postal receipts fell to 143,249,848 while expenditures rose to 149,716,972. The drop is blamed on the European war affecting first class and foreign mail and money order business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burleson
Prospecting permit notice for coal and petroleum lands
John Wesley Connell of Victoria BC broker will apply to prospect lands in the Skeena Land District Queen Charlotte Islands for coal and petroleum. The parcel begins at a post 40 chains east and 10 chains south of the southeast corner of Port Channel and runs 80 chains in each direction to form a square. Dated February 23, 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley Connell
Victoria
B. C
Port Channel
John Wesley Conneli
Ange
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