RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 27 March 1882;-for,

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TONNAGE of SAILING and STEAM VESSELS with CARGOES and in BALLAST, Entered and Cleared at PORTS in the UNITED KINGDOM, of different NATIONALITIES, in each of the Years 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870-81.

BRITISH SHIPS

Tons. 6,490,485 9,442,514 13,914,923 25,072,180 28,034,748

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

Tons.

28,719,090 29,347,344 30,089,683 30,944,744 33,441,979 34,765,907 35,291,483 37,433,991 41,348,984 41,543,259

461,862

462,072

1,164,151 1,160,197 1,539,939 1,325,507 1,174,063 974,557 1,006,388 599,790 492,818 360,625 264,249

913,336 1,105,951 1,206,188 1,263,209 1,280,134 1,365,719 2,314,255 1,763,433 2,968,805 3,151,719 3,167,722

1,491,199

2,948,799
3,087,021
1,193,511 1,077,059
3,618,396 3,451,445
701,433
429,456

672,536

452,826

467,004 453,349 517,564 522,294 533,557 548,149
1,276,673 1,179,500 1,284,767 1,187,849 1,384,699 1,267,757
870,740 940,459 1,093,731 1,154,964 1,170,463 1,173,138
1,521,127 1,546,800 1,479,693 1,537,887 1,743,042 1,814,197
2,921,525 2,866,955 2,862,975 2,810,992 3,173,835
1,304,356 1,473,759 1,290,857 975,018 1,125,270
4,017,219 3,841,525 3,712,029 3,511,353 4,051,768
800,229 467,891 571,336 485,852 607,902
489,068 500,451 470,864 538,874 635,996
1,347,705 1,289,063 1,366,800
1,508,821
1,234,916
187,548 207,093 118,292

3,221,694

1,015,539

3,573,643

502,175

645,464

1,250,106

82,654 116,046 181,552