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 | | Some of the largest ships are employed in the jute trade of India, the grain trade of California, British Columbia, andc., the nickel ore trade from New Caledonia and the nitrate trade of Chile. |
 | | She is a full-rigged four-masted ship, 332 ft. long, 451/8 ft. beam, 26 ft. moulded depth, gross tonnage 3292, and intended to carry f,500,000 gallons of oil in cases of 1o gallons each from the United States to Shanghai, returning with cargoes of sugar, hemp, andc. |
 | | A census of shipping taken in i889 revealed the fact that at that date the tonnage of these undocumented vessels amounted to just half the total shipping of the United States; since then their numbers have greatly decreased because of the improved means of transport by rail. |
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