TABLE, No. 7.

PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES (FOREIGN TRADE).

other PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES of EUROPE, and the UNITED STATES, distinguishing 1850, 1860, 1870, 1875, 1880, and 1882-93.-(With Cargoes and in Ballast.)

TONNAGE of SHIPS OTHER than BRITISH, and Proportion to Total Tonnage.

Per Cent.
of Total
Tonnage.

Tonnage.

Per Cent.
of Total
Tonnage.

Tonnage.

Per Cent.
of Total
Tonnage.

1850

2,543,878 24.8

1860

1,673,752 66.7
3,665,289 66.6
3,622,177 63.0

1,968,173 25.8

5,565,067 44'1

1870

2,351,495

3,377,513

29.1
34 3 15,807,135 51.7

7,987,856 43.2

1875

1880

1,682,779 46.2 8,195,032 60.2 836,249 33.3 5,653,270 74.2 7,066,750 55.9
2,164,892 46.2 10,302,468 61.6 1,840,114
33.4 5,733,100 70.9 10,495,981 56.8
3,434,243 50.2 14,870,576 59.4 2,123,870 37.0
3,744,272 46.7 15,904,999 60.7 2,390,288 37.1
4,949,120 51-5 16,610,160 59.8 2,768,335 39.6
4,043,127 48.3 15,268,374 58.8
3,986,496 485 15,361,565 59.0 2,941,810 40.6
3,927,651 48 115,596,360 58.3 3,021,538 43.4
4,636,022 49.0 16,206,457 58.4 3,032,729 44.3
494 16,655,800 58.5 3,618,697 45.9
48.0 16,262,799 59.4 4,337,459 44.0

1870

1875

6,469,457

65.7 14,739,891 48.3

1880

6,545,904

63 5 14,019,313 47.5

1882

6,779,899

60.0 13,261,718 49.3

1883

2,911,588 38.8

6,044,335

57.9 12,374,978

50.9

1884

6,450,940

55.8 12,212,049

49 3

1885

† Years ended 30th June. These figures are exclusive of the Lake trade between the United States and Canada.

TABLE, No. 8.

PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES—(Foreign TradE, STEAM SHIpping). TONNAGE of STEAM VESSELS Entered and Cleared in the UNITED KINGDOM, the other between BRITISH and OTHER SHIPS, in each of the Years

TONNAGE of SHIPS OTHER than BRITISH, and Proportion to Total Tonnage.

348,688 18.5 708,101 23.3 4,319,319 900,573 21.1 4,516,631 44.3 436,130 23.8 1,319,954 26.5 5,335,966 44.3 20.3 458,845 1,482,424 27.4 5,543,734 41.5 490,753 22.6 1,573,627 27.1 5,214,068 39.2 523,581 23.3 1,685,169 28.0 5,179,791 39.0 23.0 543,858 1,734,348 27.6 583,903 24.4 2,060,689 30 5 701,443 24-7 2,240,476 30.6 6,986,713 40.1 624,884 21.4 2,146,512 27.8 6,999,674 38.3 640,243 19.9 2,290,459 28.1 8,063,794 40.0 2,162,629 25.6 7,683,586 39.2

49.2

5,465,044 38.5

6,423,543 40.8

TABLE, No. 8.

PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES-(FOREIGN TRADE, STEAM SHIPPING). PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES of EUROPE, and the UNITED STATES, distinguishing 1850, 1860, 1870, 1875, 1880, and 1882-93.-(With Cargoes and in Ballast.)

TONNAGE OF BRITISH SHIPS, and Proportion to Total Tonnage.

Tonnage of SHIPS OTHER than BRITISH, and Proportion to Total Tonnage.

Years ended 30th June. Ocean steam vessels only. The Lake trade between the United States and Canada is not included,

TABLE, No. 9.

PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES--(MERCHANT NAVIES).

TONNAGE of the MERCHANT NAVIES of the BRITISH EMPIRE, the UNITED KINGDOM, the other

British Empire: Total of - 2,648,593 2,531,819 3,311,538 4,232,962 5,710,968

*The figures here given are those of the net tonnage of vessels registered under Acts registering British vessels, and the Merchant Shipping Acts, and of vessels locally registered under the 41 c. of the Consolidated Statutes of the Province of Canada, from 1880.

† Small coasting vessels and fishing boats are included in the year 1870.

TABLE, No. 9.

PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES-(MERCHANT NAVIES).

PRINCIPAL MARITIME COUNTRIES of EUROPE, and the UNITED STATES, in each of the Years 1820, 1875, 1880, and 1885-93.

945,678 895,625 853,033 824,474 820,716 290,971 269,763 261,588 243,179 218,041 210,983 204,214

22 1,352,810 1,287,999 1,111,179 1,015,563 943,784 1,021,595 946,695 1,005,950 994,675 899,803

2,977,935 3,019,956 3,090,282 3,248,132 3,285,880 3,477,802 3,678,809 3,770,246 3,925,268

Including the vessels trading on the Danube. Excluding small coasting vessels and fishing boats.

Years ended 30th June. The tonnage for 1870 and subsequent years is new admeasurement.

Registered tonnage is that employed in the foreign trade. Enrolled and licensed is that employed in the river, lake, and coasting trade.