Note 193 — Chapter XIII
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The shipping accounts of the United States of America for the year ended 30th June, 1858, showed a corresponding decline in the employment of United States tonnage.
The total tonnage entered and cleared of United States ships in the two years 1856-7, and 1857-8, having been
1856-7, 9,302,021 tons.
1857-8, 8,885,675 tons; Decrease 416,346 tons.