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mm. PAGES 33 TO 45 PRRT vTHREE AT VOL. XLin. POETLAND, OREGON, FEIDAY, JANUAEY. 1, 1904. NO. 13,43o. PORTLAND export trade to foreign countries reached a total of $3,935,796 In 1903, and for the first time In the history of the port the exports to the Far East exceeded those to Europe. This was In a large measure due to the remarkable Increase In the Oriental flour traCe, which was more than twice as large as that of any previous year. Lumber shipments to the Orient also contributed to the sum total quite materially. As will be noticed by the summaries at the foot of the accompanying tables, more than 90 per cent of the exports from Portland to the Far East were made up of flour, wheat and lumber, all of which was produced In the state or In that portion of Washington and Idaho that is tributary to Portland. It Is this distinctive feature of Portland's export trade that makes It so much more valuable to the city than it would be If the exports were principally cotton, steel, or similar commodities, which pay no tribute to the Pacific Coast " ports through which they are cleared, except a mere bagatelle for stevedoring ex penses. The cargoes cleared- from Portland for the Orient during 1903 were as fol lows: To the Orient. January IS Br. steamship Indrapura by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company Flour 48,836 barrels, $158,716; wheat, 16,667 bushels, $12,500; mis cellaneous cargo $2901; total .-. ....5 li4,117 January 31 Br. steamship Indrasamha by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company Flour 40.026 barrels, $130,055; wheat, 16,667 bushels, $15,500; oats 625 bushels, $200; miscellaneous cargo $7018; total 152,803 March 6 Br. steamship Indravelll by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com panyFlour 43,067 barrels, $139,967; lumber 236,000 feet, $2500; miscellaneous cargo, $77,864; total ... 220,831 April 8 Br, steamship Indrapura by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com panyFlour 45,575 barrels, $159,513; lumber 402,822 feet, $5490; miscellaneous cargo. $50,056; total . 215,089 May 1 Br. steamship Indrasamha by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com panyFlour. 40,803 barrels, $142,S12; lumber 424,432 feet, $4244; miscellaneous cargo. $1651; total 148.707 June 3 Br. steamship Indravelll by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com- S any Flour 48,011' barrels. $156,036; wheat 8334 bushels. $6300; lumber, 4S9,- I feet, $7832; miscellaneous cargo. $2029; total 172,267 July 8 Br. steamship Indrapura by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com panyFlour 47,458 barrels, $166,105; wheat 18,668 bushels, $14,935; lumber 416,943 feet. $5212; miscellaneous cargo, $10,878; total 197,035 August 1 Br. steamship Indrasamha. by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com panyFlour 50,781 barrels, $175,112; lumber 125,376 feet, $1075; miscellaneous cargo, $23,270; total 202,457 September 1 Br. steamer Indravelll. by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com pany Fiour, 57.977 barrels. $173,94S; miscellaneous cargo. $25,S69; total.... 199,917 September 29 Br. steamship Indrapura by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company Flour 52,576 barrels, $189,274; lumber 214.90S feet, $3500; miscel laneous cargo, $11,867; total J 204,641 October 19 Br. steamship Yeddo by Laldlaw & Co.-Flour, 18,923 barrels, $6V,000; lumber. 2,796,845 feet, $55,000; total 123.000 lumber 2,796.845 feet. $55,000; total 123,000 October 22 Br. steamship Elba by Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Wheat 189,400 bushels 146.000 October 29 Br. steamship Indrasamha by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Company Flour, 57,559 barrels, $216,608; lumber, 4,000 feet, $100; miscel laneous cargo, $3639; total 220.447 November 6 Br. steamship Algoa by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com panyFlour 85,276 barrels, $319,759; wheat 17,862 bushels, $14,146; miscel laneous cargo, $36; total S33.941 November 5 Br steamship Kobe by Laldlaw & Co. Wheat 68,320 bushels, $54,750; flour 11,077 barrels. $39,450; lumber 1,540,385 feet, $19,903; total 114,103 November 28 Br. steamship Lytton by Portland Flouring Mills Company Flour, 35,154 barrels 123,039 December 5 Br. steamship Ascot by Northwest Warehouse Company Wheat, 186.969 bushels. $149,770; flour, 10,155 barrels, $35,750; total 188,520 December 7 Br. steamship Indravelll by Portland & Asiatic Steamship Com panyFlour, 59.187 barrels. $210,155; miscellaneous cargo, $60,493; total 270,643 December 9 Br. steamship Lothian by China Commercial Steamship Com panyFlour. 38.43Q barrels .'. ... 135.500 December 20 Br. str. Stanley Dollar, by N W. W. Co. for Japan, with 90.000 bushels -wheat, -$78,000; flour, 5000 bbls, $18,000; totaL 96,000 December 30 Br. str. Indrapura, by Portland and Asiatic SS. Co., with 58,- 449 bbls. flour, $233,791; miscellaneous cargo, $25,897; total value, 259,633 January 19 Br. steamship Elleric for Manila by -James Laldlaw & Co. 2,450,090 feet lumber 25.000 February 5 Am. schooner Samar for Shanghai by Pacific Export Lumber Company 923,477 feet lumber 14,240 February 20 Am. schooner Anita for Manila, by Philippine Trading Com pany 38.411 feet lumber. '. 1,351 February 25 Am. bark .A marl nth for Tslngtau by Pacific Export Lumber Company 1,119,013 feet lumber and piles 12,234 February 17 Br. steamship Elm Branch for Port Arthur by Pacific Export Lumber Company 2,706,626 feet lumber , 43.194 March 24 Br. steamship Pak Ling for Manila by United States Govern ment 2.105.000 feet lumber 2S.234 March 27 Br. steamship Norman Isles for NIu Chwang by Pacific Export Lumber Company 2,756,918 feet lumber 32,979 April 8 Am. schooner Amazon for Tslngtau by Pacific Export Lumber v Company 1,320,044 feet lumber 21,000 April 30 Am. schooner Eldorado for Tslngtau by Pacific Export Lumber Company 1,044,860 feet lumber and plies 12,675 May 15 Am. schooner Georgiana for Shanghai by Pacific Export Lumber Company 1,170,041 feet lumber 18.454 May 20 Am. schooner Forest Home, by Charles Nelson Company, for Taku 867,191 feet lumber, $12,710; miscellaneous cargo,' $9S4; total 13,694 May 13 Am. schooner Georgiana for Shanaku, by Pacific Export Lumber Company 2.754.5S9 Teet lumber, $43,643; miscellaneous cargo, $372; total.... 44,015 June 5 Br. bark Dumbarton, for Manila, by Pacific Export Lumber Com pany 1,887,173 feet lumber. $20,414; piling. $2730; total 23,144 June 15 Ger. bark Alsternixe, for Tslngtau, by Pacific Export Lumber Company 2,440,702 feet lumber and piles 56,656 June SO Ger. steamship Eva, for Port Arthur, by Pacific Export Lumber Company 2,555,36S feet lumber. $30,664; miscellaneous cargo, $830; total.... 31,494 July 11 Am. steamer Stanley Dollar, for Port Arthur, by Pacific Export L.umber Company 1.488,028 feet lumber, $19,626; lath, $730; total 20,356 July 17 Br. steamship Oakley, for Dalny, by Pacific Export Lumber Com pany 3,070,701 feet lumber 36,920 July 24 Am. bark Willie R. Hume, for Haiphong, by North Pacific Lumber Company 804.739 feet lumber , 12.885 AuguBt 1 Br. steamship Tottenham, for Dalny, by Pacific Export Lumber Company 3,634,495 feet lumber 42,872 September 12 Am. schooner J. H. Lunsman, for Shanghai, by Pacific Ex port Lumber Company 1,251,342 feet lumber 17,917 September 19 Am. schooner Prosper, for Manila, by Pacific Export Lumber Companv S21.571 feet lumber 91037 October 6 Ger. steamer Eva for Tslngtau, by Pacific Export Lumber Com pany 2,526,746 feet lumber, $30.S5S; miscellaneous cargo, $960; total 31,818 November 27 Am. schooner Samar, for Shanghai, by Pacific Export Lum ber Company S23.S1S feet lumber. 11.263 Recapitulation. 849,360 barrels fiour $2,974,620 B22.8S7 bushels wheat 413,901 46,847,975 feet lumber. .. 647,355 Miscellaneous merchandise 352,879 Total ... $4,414,651 To South Africa. Trade with South Africa also broke all former records, and the exports of wheat, flour and lumber to the value of over $2,000,000 are more than three times as large as for any previous season. In detail, the South African fleet from Port land was as follows: January 3 Austrian steamship Klek. for Algoa Bay, by T. M. Stevens & . Co. 104,507 bushels of wheat, $77,409; flour, 10,771 barrels, $32,196; oats, 8033 bushels. $S510; barley, 1103 bushels, $6S5; fruit, 300 cases, $600; salmonf 750 cases. $3000; lumber, 564.537 feet, $7340; total $ 124,740 January 9 Fr. bark Francois Coppee, for Port Elizabeth, by Northwest Warehouse Company 110,335 bushels wheat 99,500 January 13 French bark Surcouf. for Port Elizabeth,- by Kerr, Gifford '& Co. 111.537 bushels of wheat 81,421 January 19 French bark Daniel, for Cape Town, by Balfour Guthrie & Co. 120.2S0 bushels of wheat . 96.224 January 31 Fr. bark Desalx, for Cape Town, by Kerr Gifford & Co. 109,245 bushels wheat .. 92,853 February 2S Br. bark Musselcrag, for Algoa Bay. by Kerr Gifford & Co. 110.047 bushels of wheat, $93,540; flour, 3147 barrels, $11,015; bran, 3969 sacks, $1500; total 106.053 March 3 Ger. bark Bllle, for Mossel Bay, by Northwest Warehouse Com- pany70.745 bushels wheat 60,200 April 3 Br. bark Irby. for Durban, by Portland Flouring Mills Company 22,500 barrels flour, $69,750; oats, 22,891 bushels, $S975; total ' 7S.725 April 13 French bark General Neumayer, for Port Elizabeth, by Balfour, Guthrie & Co.. with 44.803 bushels wheat, $35,812; flour, 14,010 barrels. $50,000; total 85,842 April 22 British ship Pegasus, for Cape Town, by Eppinger & Co.. with 132,533 bushels of wheat 106,030 April 27 German bark Seefahrer, for Cape Town, by Otis McAllister & Co.. 123,043 bU6bels of wheat 100.000 .aiay it isntisn baric uunearn, ior :ast inaon, dj a. ji. Stevens & uo., with 90.353 bushels wheat. $76,12S; flour. 3,009 bushels. $9,927; total 86,055 Arranmore May 23 British shin Arranmore, for Algoa Bay, by Ginin & Eyre, 113.676 bushels of wheat 91,000 May 27 Tench bark General Faidherbe. for Cape Town, by Kerr. Gifford & Co., 109.334 bushels of wheat 87.467 June 20 Swedish ship Clan ilacrariane for Aigoa boy, oy ijauour, uutnrie & Co., 70.935 bushels wheat, $57,456: flour. 4.846 barrels. $17,713: total value.. 75469 July 20 British shin Arctic Stream, for Durban, by Balfour. Guthrie & Co.. 3.741 bushels wheat, $3,030; flour. 22.641 barrels. $70487; total 73,217 July 31 Rhuddlan Castle. British ship for Algoa Bay, by T. M. Stevens & Co.. 114.930 bushels wheat 91,944 uotoper s British ship Windsor Park, for j-mroan, oy -foraana flouring Mills ComDanv. 60.S90 bushels of wheat. J1S.103: flour. 12.500 barrels. 545.000: fruit, 600 cases. $1,367; total : 94,470 octooer 19 British bark Australia, for cape Town. oy iverr uirrord at jo., 129 621 bushels of wheat .-. 103,653 October 23 British bark Dunslaw. for Algoa Bay. by Portland Flouring Mills Company. 90.720 bushels wheat, $72,576; flour. 3.430 barrels, $12,345; total 84,924 octocer zs British steamer Vermont for .ast ixnaon. oy T. .M. btevens &. Co., 93,665 bushels wheat, $70,796; flour 1.73S barrels. $5,370: lumber. 1.939.457 ff?i.t $29,055: salmon. 60S cases. S2.520: fruit- 224 cases. XI. 457 r miscellane ous merchandise. $44; total 109,242 October so unusn smp county or Inverness, ror Algoa Bay, by Kerr, uir fcid & Co.. wheat. C9.5S4 bushels. $54,276: flotir. ouOO barrels. $17,000: bar ley. 4709 bushels. $2260; total 73j536 Jiovenioer Araencra.g. Briusn snip, ror Algoa Bay, oy fortiand iour inir Mills Comoanv. 10S.640 bushels wheat. 2S5.S25: flour. 2500 barrels. $S75o; total 94,575 Arsril 15 Briusn snip crown of India, for .East ixinaon, by Balfour, Guthrie & Co.. 1,720,696 feet lumber 23,234 August 7 'British ship Glencairn, for Algoa Bay, by Pacific Export Lumber Company. 1.132,824 feet lumber ...i 33,594 August 25 British ship" Agnes Oswald, for Cape Town, by Pacific Export Lumber Company. 1,170,294 feet lumber 14,044 September 10 British ship Blytheswood for Cape Town, by Balfour, Guthrie & Co.. 1.300.437 feet lumber 20.042 Total 2,095.162 bushels wheat $1,685,121 7.92S.145 feet lumber , 107.209 105.083 barrels flour 349,256 BS12 bushels barley .'. i 2,945 30,929 bushels oats : .. 12.435 Miscellaneous merchandise ..; 10,488 Total ; $2,167,604. To Europe. Exports from Portland to the United Kingdom, were, the.smailest ln-many years. amounting to but little over $2,000,000. Tls Is 3ue to the record-breaking shipments to Africa, the Orient and Australia. The fleet for Europe and the cargoes car ried were as follows: Company, Grain 126.874 -January 3 British bark Dowan Hill, by Portland ousneis or wheat January 17 French bark Jean Bart, by Portland Flouring Mills Company, 3S.KS ousneis or wheat. $ZJlo; barley, na.ttfo ousneis, w.vw; .total January 23 German bark Herzogln Cecelia, by Northwestern Water Com pany. 137,800 bushels wheat January 28 Ventura British ship, by Portland Flouring Mills Company, uusucio vvittra-b, fuuu, uwui, ,jw uaiicis, f-i,wv, luiai January 29 Martha Roux, French bark, by Kerr Gifford & Co., 18,669 bush els oi wneat, ;it,wj; oariey, luu.a ousneis, $oo,uuu; loiai February 5 French bark Vllle de St. Nazalre, by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., li.&os Diisneis wneat $i,&h: total February 6 German ship Emelle, by Kerr Gifford & Co., 31.0SS Dushels; wheat, $23,316; barley, 88.314 bushels, $45,702; total February 28 British ship County of Linlithgow, by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., 118,774 bushels wheat .' April 5 French bark Due d'Aumale, by G. W. McNear, 18,666 bushels wheat, $15,000; barley. 110,531 bushels. $66,300; total : May 12 Danish steamer Polarstjernen, by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., wheat. ai.ioo uusr.eis May 'St Langdale. British ship, by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., 57,172 bushels wheat. $42,879: flour. 17.500 barrels. $56,875: total June 2 Donna Franclsca, British bark, by Portland Grain Company, 130.423 ousneis wneat , . June 16 French bark Duquesne, by Glrvln & Eyre, 22,000 bushels wheat, ujiriey, iu,uiv uuaueis, oo.cvu, iuuii September 30 German bark Nauarchos. by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., 83,704 bushels wheat, $65,289; barley. 99.173 bushels, $61,884; total October 1 French bark Emelie Galline, by Kerr. Gifford & Co., 22,482 bush els wheat. $16,600; barley. 90.426 bushels, $50,000; total October 29 French bark Grande Ducbesse Olga, by G. W. McNear, 102,300 bushels wheat , November" 5 French bark Bene, by G. W. McNear, 18,667 bushels wheat, $15,000; barley. 119,854 bushels, J61.000; total November C French bark Chas. Gounoud, by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., 110,642 bushels wheat I .-. November 12 British bark Strathdon. by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., 144,610 ousneis oariey November 23 French bark Montcalm, by Kerr, Gifford & Co., 22.400 bushels November 25 German bark Prof. Koch, by Portland Grain Company, 86,673 bushels wheat December 5 French bark Germaine, by A. Berg, 94.018 bushels of wheat.... jjecemoer iz Briusn snip Vincent, Dy .fortiana uiounng Alius company, 113,241 bushels wheat December 15 French bark Amlral Halgln. by G. W. McNear, wheat, 18.667 bushels, $14,000; barley. 118,543 bushels, $57,000; total .-. December 15 French-bark Berangere. by Kerr, Gifford & Co., with wheat, 27.549 bushels. $20411: barley. 121.319 bushels. $52,321: total .' . December 21 French bark Europe, by Portland Grain Company, with 132,- 3it ousneis wneat May 9 German ship Peru, for XL K., f. o., by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., 1,792,083 feet lumber ... 3,000 76.625 96,460 93,450 70.(500 91,394 69.018 92,644 81,300 144.845 99,754 99,250 84,200 127,173 66,500 82,000 76.000 86,300 79,930 76,847 68,500 73,000 8S.32S 61,000 72,432 100,600 26,000 Recapitulation. 1,852,066 bushels wheat 4... $1,423,412 1,340.590 bushels barley 722,544 1,792,083 feet lumber 26,000 40,000 barrels flour i ; 131,125 Total .$2,303,081 To Australia. Wheat shipment to Australia, like those to South Africa and the Orient, were the largest on record, exceeding 1,000,000 bushels. The fleet for the Antipodes and the cargoes carried were as follows: January 3 British ship Allerton, for Melbourne, by Balfour, Guthrie & Co., 114,003 bushels of wheat January 23 British ship Fulwood", for Melbourne, by Kerr, Gifford & Co., 121,201 bushels wheat January 28 British bark Norma, for Brisbane, by G. W. McNear, 128,401 bushels of wheat February 10 British ship Wiscombe Park by J. J. Moore : Co., for Mel bourne, 124,335 bushels of wheat February 17 British ship Euphrosyne, for Melbourne, by J. J. Moore & Co. 106,437 bushels of wheat February 18 British ship Blversdale, for Sydney, by G. W. McNear. 137.502 bushels of wheat February 19 British ship Scottish Minstrel, for Freemantle. T. M. Stevens & Co.. 45.665 bushels of wheat. $37,960; flour, 6023 barrels, $18,253; oats 22,224 bushels, $11,702: barleyi 8336 bushels. $5S57; total , February 3 British ship Hutton Hall, for Melbourne, by Northwest Ware house, Company, 117,190 bushels of wheat February 10 British bark Bidston Hill, for Sydney, by T. M. Stevens & Co. 26,530 bushels of wheat, $20,962; flour, 30.579 barrels, $97,245; total February 21 British bark Castor, for Melbourne, by J. J. Moore, 117,836 bushels of wheat November 13 Norwegian ship Almedia, for Sydney, by Eddy-Falk and American Trading Company, 1.082,127 feet lumber, $16,230; lath, 1890; total December 17 British ship Port Patrick, by Eddy Falkland -American Trad ing Company, with 1,264,338 feet lumber, valued at...'..". 88,922 90.000 102,695 104,507 95,800 110,000 76,251 93.709 118,207 21,322 Recapitulation. 1,039,100 bushels wheat 2,346,465 feet lumber 36,602 barrels flour 22.224 bushels oats 8.336 bushels barley Miscellaneous merchandise .$ 841,340 . 37,552 . 115.498 . 11,702 5,857 1,890 Total .$1,013,839 To' South America. March 12 British ship Foyledale, for Valparaiso, by W. R. Grace & Co., 1,448.618 feet lumber $ April 30 British 6hlp Cockermouth, for Callao, by W. R. Grace & Co., 1,052.806 feet lumber October 3 British ship Saxon, for Callao, by W. R. Grace & Co, 1,342,091.. November 23 Italian bark Cavour, for Pisco. Peru, by W. R. Grace & Co.. 1.043,463 feet lumber 1 16,153 December 21 German bark Arthur Fitger, by W. R. Grace & Co., for Callao, 1,200,000 feet of lumber 15,600 19,353 13,120 18,889 Total, 6,056,978 'feet of lumber .v : $ 83,120 To Papeete. January 31 American barkentlne Mary Wlnkleman, by Portland Lumber Company, 542,923 feet lumber $ 8,501 - Recapitulation. To the Orient : $4.41;651 To South Africa ; 2,167,604 To Europe '. 2,303,081 To Australia 1,013.839 To South America 83,120 To'Papeete 8,501 Total ; $9,222,327 Recapitulation of Grain Exports. Wheat, bushels. Value. United Kingdom 1.852,066 $1,423,412 South Africa 2,095,162 1.635,121 Australia .1,039.100 841,340 Orient 522.887 413,901 Flour, barrels. 40.000 106.083 36,602 849,360 Value. $ 131,125 349.256 115,493 2.974,620 Barley, bushels. 1,340,590 5.812 8,336 Value. $722,544 2,945 6,857 Total 5,509.215 $4,363,774 1,032,045 1,570.499 1,254,733 $731,346 Flour and Wheat Shipments to Orient. Flour, Vessel barrels Value. Indrapura 43,836 $ 158,716 Indrasamha 40,026 130.0S5 Indravelll 43,067 139,967 Indrapura 45,575 ' 159,513 Indrasahma 40,803- 142,812 Indravelll 4S.011 158.036 Indrapura ...1 .' 47.458 166,105 Indrasamha -- 50.781 175,112 Indravelll 57.977- 173,943 Indrapura 5276 189.274 Yeddo 18,933 68,000 Elba Algoa 85,276 - S19.759 Kobe r. 11,077 39.450 Lytton 35.154 123,039 Indrasamha 57,589 216.603 Ascot 1 10.155 36.750 Indravelll 69,187 210.155 Lothian 38.430 135.500 Indrapura i 53,449 $233,791 Stanley Dollar 6.000 . 18,000 $3,974,620 Wheat. bushels. 16,667 16,667 Value. $12,500 15,500 8,334 18.66S 189,400 17,862 63,320 186.969 90,000 6,300 14,935 146.000 14,146 64.750 149,770 "76600 THE total wheat shipments from Oregon, Washington and California for the year 1903 were 14,257,495 bushels. Portland waa far In the lead with 6,799,258 bushels, Seattle and Tacoma second with 4,423,859 bushels and San Francisco third with 3,029,403 bushels. A summary of the number of wheat ships clearing from, each" port and the cargo carried by each was as follows: From Seattle and Tacoma. Benecla 101.300 Mozambique 13S.93S Anemone 90,440 Cromartyshire ; 47.854 Muskoka 130,302 Owenee I3o.06l Alsterberg t 183,593 Kinross '. 74,450 Pengwern 91,277 Pass or Aieirort 140.415 Col. Ville de Bols Maruel '.. 109.563 Antlope 76,021 Galgate : 131,097 Alice A. Leigh: 130.830 Australian 128.053 Tola , 37.348 Glenlul - 104.4S6 Segura 102,597 Amphltrlte 95,121 oiaia .................................. j.,oii 'enthesllea 65,840 Como" 55,963 West Lothian 7.000 Pythomene 105,035 Oama ; iss,uu Rahane 95,74 S Hoche 10S.601 Celtic Race '. 106.683 Wanderer 164,084 Keemun . 71.066 Nomla : t 38,135 Cambronne 91,836 Leicester Castle 118.630 Heathdene : 168.000 Laureston 41,000 Scottish Moors ; 136.595 Chiitonford , 48,993 Total 3.665.41S Shipments coastwise to San Fran cisco 550,224 To Orient, not Included in above.. 213,217 Total ,. 4,428,859 Totals ,849,360 S22,8Sr S413.901 From San Francsjco. Macmahcn 113,278 Anjou 101,205 Genevieve Molinos .;. 96,612 Eugenie FautreV ' 111.455 Marguerite Dollfus 94.340 Rigel 7: 22,520, Vlncennes 111,322 Anne de Bretagne ..V 100,842 Empereur Menellk 103,423 Clydesdale 97.066 Brlzeux 110,817 Jeanne Cordnler 111.092 Canrobert 78,365 Galena 125.723 Sir Robert Fernie 146,742 r- ..1. 116.0S3 95,633 162.533 133,645 109,600 109.S10 89.447 115.425 93.620 92,620 121,333 106,197 52.933 S5.170 i 110.739 . 111,020 ' 81,99 Godlva Gen Mellinet Strathgryfe "... I Champigny .. Gen de Negrier ... L'Tour de Auvergne Alclnous Scottish Lochs Cavaliere Ciampa . Villede Dijon Brenda s Cassard Ama Begonakoa .... Tropic Gen Foy Bidart fn-r Bayard 109,865 Eugene Pergeline lll,a37 Asniers 140,000 Jacques 89,850 Loch Garve 3.333 Marie Mollnos 1S.666 t Faulconnier 14,933 iVauban 15.227 ' Francois 22,189 . Oransia 28.000 Christine 15.000 I Dalgonar 18,765 wouniy ui uiLiixieba ................. ii,i Duchessa de Berry 14.933 Alice - 24.43o Suzanne x.&i Mllverton , 17,3& Brizeux 14.938 Anne de Bretagne 14,933 Marguerite Moiinos 16.MX) Siam 6,700 Empereur Menelik 18.760 Rrtni.!ird flu Taille 20.256 Duplnix 14.743 Jiiuunseu Queen Victoria 98.233 Emma Laurans 14,932 California 7.5S4 Howih lO.Sto Biarritz 25,327 La Rochejquelln 16,0o3 Orion 18,750 Loch Torridan .' 1il'(H? C!rnpnrm 7.417 Dundonald 33,768- Marguerlte MIrabaud 10,007 Canrobert .4 1S-501 Eurasia 37,500 La tour de Auvergne ;v Jules Gourmes 22,400 Strathgryfe 37.516 Monkbarns 113.996 Jane Gulllon 18,666 From Portland. Bushels. Dowan Hill 126.874 Ventura 24.654 Jean Bart 33,993 Herzogln Cecelia 137,800 Martha Roux 13,669 V. de St. Nazalre 121,859 Emelle 31.083 Co. of Linlithgowshire 118,774 Due d Aumale -. 18,666 Polarstjernen 172,435 Langdale 67,172 Donna Franclsca 130.423 Duquesne , 22,000 Nauarchos 83,704 Total 4,672.920 To Orient & S. A., not Included in above 106,725 Total 4,779,645 Total- less shipments to San - Francisco from Portland and Puget Sound 1,750,237 Total 3.029.403 Emelle Galliene 22.483 G. Duchesse Olga 102,300 Rene 18,667 Chas. Gounoud- i 110,642 Montcalm 22,400 Prof. Koch 86.673 Germaine 94.018 Klek 104.507 Francis Coppee 110,335 Surcouf 111,537 Daniel 120.230 Desalx 109,245 Musslecrag 110.047 Bille 70.745 Genl. Neumayer 44.803 Pegasus 132,533 Seefahrer 123.043 Dunearn" 90,353 Arranmore 113,676 Gen'l. Faidherbe -. 109,334 Clan Macfarlane 70,935 Arctic Stream 3,741 Rhuddlan Castle 114,930 Windsor Park 60,890 Australia 129,621 Dunslaw 90,720 Vermont 93,665 Co. of Inverness 69,554 Ardencralg 103,640 Elba 189,400 Ascot 186,969 Kobe 63,320 Allerton Fulwood .121.201 Norma 123.401 Wlscomb Park 124,335 Euphrosyne 106,437 Rlversdale 137,502 Scottish Minstrel 45,635 Hutton' Hall 117,190 Bidston Hill : 26,530 Castor ; 117,835 Amiral Halgen 18.C67 Berangere 27,549 Stanley Dollar 90.000 Vincent 113,241 Europe .' 132,316 Total 5,521,01 To Orient, not included in above.... 531.71X To San Francisco 1.200,013 Total 6.799,22s Shipments to San Francisco. Wheat Flour bu. Value, bbls. Value. January .... 20,916 $ 16,732 18,642 $ 61,518 February .. 118,940 95,196 9,161 32,064 March 189,896 142,422 10.739 36,512 April 53.166 38,800 12,015 44,455 May 110.066 77,046 10.066 34,224 June 70,635 55,890 16,944 54,220 July 136,043 102,036 8.756 31,522 August 187,107 140,328 14.424 44.900 September... 67,166 52,389 12,463 33,650 October 95,533 74,516 20,435 77,653 November... 56,940 42.705 13,603 46,250 December ... 93,600 69,975 10,066 34,224 Totals .. 11,200,013 $907,995 162,910 $547,106 POSTAL BUSINESS Great Increase in Stamp Sales, Money Order Transactions, Mail Handled. Fimires tell how the postal business of Portland has outgrown the old building and made the- present enlargement neces sary. In the year just closed, the last half of December being estimated, the number of pieces of mall distributed In creased 1,351,523 over, the number for 1902; the sales of stamps increased $50,1SS.69 over those for 1902, and $92,897.65 over those for 1901, and the money-order business In creased $1.164430.69 over the total for 1902. There were received 26,920 pouches of mall acainst 25.936 In the year 1902. There were made up and dispatched 26,932 pouches and 816,280 sacks against 25,983 pouches and 766,950 sacks in the previous year. With this ereat increase in the volum of business, the number of errors made In the distribution and dispatch of mails was small and was greatly reduced In ratio as compared with the year previous. The figures follow. xear xear 1902. 1903 Errors made in distribution of . first-class mall 870 711 Errors made in distribution of all other classes of mall 184 190 Number of pieces correct to- each error, first-class 17,675 22,487 Number of pieces correct to eacc error, aii oiuer gicus3e3..o-,fc k, The Postoffice has become one of the big banks of the city, taking the, money order business as an index. The total business done in 1903 was $5,050,247.52 aeainst $3,856,116.83 In 1902. an Increase of $1,164,130.69. or 29.95 per cent. Delivery Service Improved. Under the administration of Postmaster F. A. Bancroft the postal service has been much improved, both In regard to distri bution of mail facilities and for doing the various branches of business In the hands of the Postoffice Department. Three suc cessive additions have been made to the force of carriers, Increasing it from 60 to 77. The service has been extended to the territory bounded by the Sandy road, East Couch. East Thirty-second and East Twenty-eighth streets, and to Woodlawn, Piedmont. Central, Portsmouth, Univers ity Park, Peninsula, Arbor Lodge and part of Willamette, but most of the ad ditional carriers have all be placed with in the old limits of free delivery, bringing up the service to a point where it gives general satisfaction. Carriers rarely slight the last trip or tne aay, tour ana nve de liveries are made where formerly there were only three and four and the collec tion service has been improved in the business part of the city. No collections were formerly made In this section be tween 9:30 P. M. and 7:30 A. M., but they are now made beginning at 5:15 A. M., making connection with all early out going mallsr In the central business section the're are five deliveries dally, In the outer busi ness district four dally. In the central residence destricts there are three de liveries and In the outer suburbs two de liveries daily. The free delivery limits new are: On STAMP SALES FOR THE YEAR 19 02 AND 1903. 1903. 1902. - MONTH. I Amount Increase 1 Amount J received. over 1902. received. January $ 23,220.50 $ 3,674.27 $ 24,546.23 February 23,073.12 4.323.41 18,749-71 March ................... 29.011.27 3.560.07 25,451.20 Aprii 27.323.26 4:603.19 22.715.07 May 26.355.05 4,646.93 21,708.07 Jun 25.853.73 5.409.59 20.44444 July ...... 27 831.47 4.16746 23.664.14 Alienist 25,597.54 4,676.51 20,903.03 Sentember J....... 29 53940 3,221.71 26,317.39 October .t " 29 004.22 3,120.91 25.SS3.31 November ..... 26 896.91 3,779.39 23.117.02 Dember 3S"471.33 5,000.00 30,471.33 Totals $334.441.99 $50,183.69 1 $253,970.64 V . Increase over 1901. $ 3,133.19 2,346.81 3.189.02 2.781.29 3,218.35 3,130.86 3,263.31 3,106.07 5,698.82 3.870.54 2,923.78 6,041.92 $42,708.96 the West Side, from York street on the north, up the river to Seymour avenue on the south, and to include Portland Heights, City Park and Willamette Heights on the west; on the East Side, the boundaries are: From the river north. Including Maryland avenue and Patton avenue, Webster, Florence, East Eleventh, Fremont, East Seventh, Thompson, East Twenty-fourth, Sandy road, Bast Thirty second, Stark, Forty-first, Holgate, East Twenty-sixth, the city limits on the south and the river on the west, also Mount Tabor and Montavllla. Many New Substations. The system of substations has been ex tended so that there are now- eight car rier stations instead of six, and 13 num bered stations Instead of five, as on Jan uary 1, 1902. The old Station A, which was formerly the only branch postofilce on the East Side, has been abolished and one carrier and three numbered stations established In its place. At carrier sta tions all kinds of postoffice business Is done except that there Is no general de livery, for carriers start from there to deliver mall, which Is received through boxes and dispatched, stamps are sold, letters registered and money orders sold and cashed. The numbered stations sell stamps, issue and cash money orders and register letters. The list of these sta tions follows: Carrier Stations. Station B Alblna, 230 Russell street. Station C Sunnyside, 990 Belmont street. Station D Forbes' drug store, 579 Mil waukee street. Station, Sell wood, 554 Umatilla 'street. Station, Mount Tabor, Brubaker & Nor mandin's grocery store, Base Line road. Station, Montavllla, W. A. Burdette'3 confectionery store. Station, Woodlawn, Portland Railway Company's station. Station, University Park, George. H. Hemstock's grocery store. Numbered Stations. Station 1 B. F. Jones drug store, Fron and Gibbs streets. ' Station 2 F. Byerley's drug store,- Tentli and Jefferson streets. , Station 3 Woodard & Clark's drug store. Fourth and Washington streets. . Station 4 R. E. L. Simmons' drug store, Russell and Mississippi streets, Alblna. Station 5 R. A, Preston's drug stor. Twenty-third and Savier streets. Station 6 M. F. Jackson's drug store. Twenty-third and Lovejoy. streets. Station 7 John M. A. Lane's drug store. Third and Yamhill streets. Station 8 F. F. Jancke's drug store Hawthorne and Grand avenue. Station 9 J. W. Slngletary's stationery store, 131 urand avenue. Station 10 William S. Love's drug store,. jiast isurnsiae street ana urand avenue. j Station 11 Meier & Frank Companj Fifth and Alder streets. Station 12 James Channing's grocejj store, Central. Station 13 S. H. Carter's grocery store! Peninsular. PIECES OF MAIL DISTRIBUTED. Year. 1902 1903 a... First. All other Special class. classes. delivery. Total. ..15,378.055 11,504.317 6,906 26.889,368 ..15.9S3.502 12.244.313 8.06a 23.240,981