while paper stock and manufactures, the second ranking item, totaling 12,290 tons, found destination chiefly in Japan and China.

Practically all of the 5,100 tons of the animal, fish, and dairy products, as well as 95 percent of the fruits and nuts, were exported to England while the entire movement of scrap metal was taken by Japan.

INTERCOASTAL Trade

Intercoastal commerce of Bellingham for the calendar year 1936 amounted to 94,800 cargo tons of which 89,637 or 94.6 percent were out-bound and 5,163 or 5.4 percent were in-bound.

Out-bound (east-bound) traffic.-Freight traffic east-bound from Bellingham to Atlantic and Gulf ports amounted to 89,637 cargo tons of which logs and lumber constituted 72 percent, canned fish 18 percent, and paper stock and manufactures 9 percent.

The principal ports of discharge were New York which received 29,922 tons, Baltimore 12,349, Boston 11,030, Bridgeport 8,330, Corpus Christi 7,125, and New Orleans 6,460 tons. These ports together received approximately 84 percent of the trade. New York was the most important recipient of lumber having taken more than 35 percent of the movement of this commodity, while Boston, Bridgeport, Corpus Christi, and New Orleans followed in the order named.

Canned salmon was shipped chiefly to New York and Baltimore, while other canned fish was destined to New Orleans, Houston, and Mobile.

Paper stock and manufactures amounting to 8,198 tons were billed principally to Baltimore and Philadelphia which received 4,449 and 2,023 tons, respectively. Other important ports of discharge were Albany, New York, Boston, Mass., and Wilmington, N. C.

In-bound (west-bound) traffic.-Of in-bound intercoastal tonnage received at Bellingham, 3,500 tons were shipped from the Gulf district, 1,491 tons from the North Atlantic, and 172 tons from the South Atlantic district.

Galveston, Tex., was the principal port of loading, having shipped 3,500 tons of sulphur which found destination in local and nearby mills. Following sulphur in importance were 1,480 tons of iron, steel, and manufactures destined for the mills and logging camps and shipped almost entirely from Baltimore. The only other important movement consisted of 172 tons of animal and dairy products from Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla.

THE PORT OF GRAYS HARBOR, WASH.

PORT CUSTOMS AND REGULATIONS

FEDERAL SERVICES AND REGULATIONS

Federal services and regulations are similar to those applicable at Everett. See page 151.

Vessels may enter the harbor and anchor at any time. Official visits to them are made on anchorage or at pier. Vessels may clear between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. Clearances are usually effected by vessels' agents.

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Quarantine.-Vessels subject to quarantine inspection are boarded abreast of Hoquiam or at their first loading berth. There is a charge of $10 for this service to foreign ships. Fumigation, when necessary, is done by one of the stevedoring companies under supervision of the Public Health Service. Only sulphur fumigation is available; and the charge is $75. Vessels may be shifted to a designated anchorage if necessary.

Hospitals. A relief station of the Public Health Service is located at 720 Becker Building, Aberdeen. There are also hospitals in Aberdeen and Hoquiam where medical or surgical treatment may be obtained.

CUSTOMS SERVICE, TREASURY DEPARTMENT

Aberdeen is a subport in the Washington customs district and is in charge of a deputy collector of customs. The customhouse is situated at the corner of Second and G Streets, about one-half mile from the water front. It is open from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. The working hours of the customs inspectors are from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., 1 hour being allowed for luncheon. Overtime service of customs inspectors can be procured when necessary. The nature of the waterborne commerce of Grays Harbor is such that little customs supervision over cargo is necessary.

IMMIGRATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

The Immigration Service maintains an office at the Federal Building, Second and G Streets, Aberdeen, Wash.

LOCAL REGULATIONS

While the wharves owned by the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam are under the jurisdiction of departments of the respective city governments, no regulations governing their administration or providing for general supervision of harbor activities have been promulgated.

In accordance with congressional enactment the Secretary of War prescribed on October 4, 1920, the following regulations to govern the floating of loose logs, timber, and rafts of timber and logs on those tributaries of Grays Harbor where such movements constitute the principal method of navigation. These regulations are still in force.

1. Before operating on Grays Harbor or tributary streams, all loggers, river drivers, log towboats, and log-towboat companies shall register at the United States Engineer office, Seattle, Wash., giving the firm name, name of manager, and post office address. They shall also register annually thereafter on July 1 of each year.

2. No logs shall be dumped into the rivers or released from storage or sorting booms without being turned over to a registered driving or towboat company, firm, or individual.

3. River drivers authorized to operate on the streams tributary to Grays Harbor must maintain a sufficient organization of boats and experienced workmen to care for the drives of their customers.

4. River drivers shall so conduct their operations that all parts of the rivers upon which they operate will be effectively patrolled and the formation of jams prevented.

5. Should a blockade of logs occur below the head of tide water in any of the rivers at any time, each logger operating on the river above the location of said blockade shall discontinue dumping logs into the river until the blockade shall be broken.

6. Log drivers must not indifferently operate or delay the transit of logs. 7. Loggers who intrust their logs to river drivers will be required to satisfy themselves that their logs are being driven in accordance with the regulations.

8. The floating of loose logs or of sack rafts of timber and logs is prohibited in the Chehalis River below Preachers Slough; in the Hoquiam River below the forks; and also in the Wishkah River below a point 4 miles above the mouth.

9. The floating of rafts or of tows of timber and logs which exceed 700 feet in length and 60 feet in width is prohibited in the Chehalis River between the Oregon-Washington Railroad Co. bridge at Aberdeen and the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. bridge at Cosmopolis, and also in the Hoquiam River below the forks; and the floating of rafts or tows of timber and logs which exceed 700 feet in length and 55 feet in width is prohibited in the Wishkah River below the North Aberdeen bridge.

10. Hemlock logs that will not float with at least 6 inches of butt out of water shall not be floated in any of the streams tributary to Grays Harbor; and no boat shall tow any raft containing any log of this character unless such log is securely fastened so as to prevent its escape from the raft.

11. These regulations shall take effect and be in force on and after October 15, 1920.