No. 15.-STATEMENT SHOWING THE NUMBER AND GROSS TONNAGE OF VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES ENGAGED IN THE WHALE FISHERIES, JUNE 30, 1899. No. 16.-STATEMENT SHOWING THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE REGISTERED, ENROLLED, AND LICENSED TONNAGE OF THE UNITED STATES, JUNE 30, 1899. No. 17.-STATEMENT SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TONNAGE OF THE COASTING TRADE, AND THE The decrease of tonnage in this year arises principally from the registered tonnage having been corrected by striking off all vessels the registers of which were granted prior to 1815, which were supposed by the collectors to have been lost at sea, captured, etc. Treasury (American State Papers, Vol. II, p. 648). Joseph Nourse, Register of the |