Note 185 — Chapter VIII · ToC
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The aggregate effect of the change upon employment of seamen is traced by the following figures, in which the tonnage of sailing and steam vessels is massed together:—
Tonnage. Men.
1850 3,564,833 151,430
1860 4,658,687 171,592
1870 5,690,789 195,962
1880 6,574,513 192,972
1890 7,945,071 213,374