Note 187 — Chapter XIII
Reading edition
Table showing the total amount of tonnage of British and Foreign Vessels respectively, with cargoes and in ballast, entered and cleared in the United Kingdom in each year, from 1842 to 1857 inclusive.
Years. British. Foreign. Total.
Tons. Tons. Tons.
1842 6,669,995 2,457,479 9,127,474
1843 7,181,179 2,643,383 9,824,562
1844 7,500,285 2,846,484 10,346,769
1845 8,546,090 3,531,215 12,077,305
1846 8,688,148 3,727,438 12,415,586
1847 9,712,464 4,566,732 14,279,196
1848 9,289,560 4,017,066 13,306,626
1849 9,669,638 4,334,750 14,004,388
1850 9,442,544 5,062,520 14,505,064
1851 9,820,876 6,159,322 15,980,198
1852 9,985,969 6,144,180 16,130,149
1853 10,268,323 8,121,887 18,390,210
1854 10,744,849 7,924,238 18,669,087
1855 10,919,732 7,569,738 18,489,470
1856 12,945,771 8,643,278 21,589,049
1857 13,694,107 9,484,685 23,178,792