Note 126 — Chapter IV · FIRST PART OF THE LONG EUROPEAN PEACE.
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The exports, which in 1792 were valued at £27,000,000, amounted to nearly £58,000,000 in 1815; imports rose from £19,000,000 to £32,000,000 between those years; the shipping advanced from 1,000,000 to 2,500,000 tons; and the population of the three kingdoms, from 14,000,000 to 18,000,000 souls (Alison, History of Europe , 1815-1852, i. 79).