"c           VAR 0670      02244 MRCH VSL   797-940               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0670         LOC  952 WIDTH  9             DK  16 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              MERCHANT VESSELS BUILT AND DOCUMENTED, TONNAGE, BUREAU OF     "
"c              THE CENSUS-CUSTOMS BUREAU, ANNUAL DATA 1797-1940              "
"c              ---------------------------------------------------------     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES: 02244                                            "
"c              AREA COVERED: U.S.                                            "
"c              UNITS: GROSS TONS                                             "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: 1797-1940                                    "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE                                      "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: NONE                                        "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE                                     "
"c              SOURCE: (SERIES) 1797-1957:"HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE      "
"c              UNITED STATES, COLONIAL TIMES TO 1957", BUREAU OF THE         "
"c              CENSUS, SERIES Q179. 1958-1962:                               "
"c             "HISTORICAL STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES, CONTINUATION TO   "
"c              1962 AND REVISIONS," BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES: THE BASIC SOURCES USED FOR COMPILATION OF THIS SERIES  "
"c              WERE VARIOUS ANNUAL ISSUES OF"MERCHANT MARINE STATISTICS"     "
"c              (ORIGINALLY PREPARED BY THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT AND NOW       "
"c              ISSUED BY THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS), SUPPLEMENTED BY RECORDS OF  "
"c              THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS.                                        "
"c                  THIS SERIES COVERS DOCUMENTED MERCHANT VESSELS OF FIVE    "
"c              GROSS TONS OR MORE THAT WERE GRANTED REGISTERS, ENROLLMENTS   "
"c              AND LICENSES , OR LICENSES AS"VESSELS OF THE UNITED           "
"c              STATES." DOCUMENTATION, WHICH IMPLIES OWNERSHIP BY UNITED     "
"c              STATES CITIZENS, CONFERS CERTAIN BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES,     "
"c              SUCH AS THAT OF ENGAGING IN COASTING TRADE.                   "
"c                  THESE DATA ARE REPORTED IN"GROSS TONNAGE," WHICH REFERS   "
"c              TO SPACE CAPACITY RATHER THAN WEIGHT. CURRENTLY ONE TON IS    "
"c              CONSIDERED EQUIVALENT TO 100 CUBIC FEET; BEFORE 1865, ONE     "
"c              TON EQUALED 95 CUBIC FEET. FOR 1797-1834 DATA, YEARS ENDED    "
"c              DECEMBER 31; 1835-1842, SEPTEMBER 30; 1843-1940, JUNE 30;     "
"c              AND 1941-1962, JANUARY 1. FIGURES FOR 1835 AND 1843 COVER     "
"c              ONLY NINE MONTHS. FIGURES FOR 1938-62 ARE NOT COMPARABLE      "
"c              WITH THOSE FOR EARLIER YEARS AS THEY REPRESENT ONLY THOSE     "
"c              VESSELS STILL IN EXISTENCE AS PART OF THE MERCHANT FLEET AT   "
"c              THE END OF THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD IN WHICH THEY WERE BUILT.  "
"c              THEREFORE, THEY EXCLUDE THOSE VESSELS WHICH WERE LOST, SOLD   "
"c              TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, SOLD TO ALIENS, OR REMOVED FROM THE   "
"c              MERCHANT FLEET FOR ANY OTHER REASON, BEFORE THE END OF THE    "
"c              PERIOD.                                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c           ...............................................................  "