Note 17 — THE DANGERS OF THE COUNTRY. NO. II.—OUR INTERNAL DANGERS.
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The following Returns from three seaports alone—London, Liverpool, and Dublin—in 1849 and 1850, will show how rapidly this ruinous process is going on:—
1849. 1850.
I. London— Ships. Tons. Ships. Tons.
British, 6,917 1,444,311 6,497 1,376,233
Foreign, 3,040 443,923 3,413 527,174
II. Liverpool—
British,
Foreign, 56,500 124,800
III. Dublin—
British, 351 63,263 279 44,146
Foreign, 125 27,774 183 39,250
Decrease of British. Increase of Foreign.
Ships. Tons. Ships. Tons.
I. London, 420 78,078 373 83,251
II. Liverpool, 78,300
III. Dublin, 72 19,117 58 11,476
Total, 173,027