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•fO FOREIGN V 3ELS and k DOMESTIC
ON COAST AT BILOXI - PEARL RIVER
February - 1896
"The Sea Coast Echo", Bay St. Louis, Miss,, March 28, 1896
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Customs^
. .XahlgreriJ for the
February 1896 he collected Cl,600.62 or test month for many years.
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*+0 vessels appeared from foreign ports with 31* 132 tonnage » ^ 9
Port of Bllnxi -
16 foreign vessels entered with net tonnage of 18,196 tons;
5 vessels cleared for foreign ports with 6,032 tons;
1	coastwise clearance of 2,203 tons
Judging from the numter and size of vessels already chartered arid the contracts made with our lumber merchants, the coming summer promises to be the best known in this District for many years, tarring an epidemic through careless State Quarantine officers, and the agitation of unsound money.
1 vessel from domestic port of 1,515 tons net Cleared *+ vessels for domestic ports, 2,203 tons
Pyrt of Bay St. Louis -
1 vessel of 180 tons entered - there was no clearance