Note 36 — Chapter III
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The exports of Great Britain rose from 47,000,000l. in 1842 to 60,000,000l. in 1845, and the imports from 65,000,000l. to 85,000,000l., and, in the same period, the entries of British mercantile shipping rose from 4,627,440 tons to 6,031,557 tons. (See Porter’s ‘Progress of the Nation.’)