period of protection, there was an actual decrease in the amount of tonnage built and registered, while a large increase took place in the second period of open competition.
Sailing vessels and steamers in home and foreign trades. The next account shows the number and tonnage of registered sailing and steam vessels of the United Kingdom employed in the home and foreign trades respectively (excluding repeated voyages).[1]
On this return it is to be observed that there has been a greater progress in the tonnage engaged in the foreign trade, where competition exists, than in the home trade, where, although that competition
- ↑ Table showing the number and tonnage of registered Sailing and
Steam Vessels (exclusive of river steamers) of the United Kingdom
employed in the Home and Foreign Trade respectively in each year,
from 1849 to 1857 inclusive.
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Employed in the Home Trade. || Employed in the Foreign Trade.
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Years. | Vessels. | Tons. || Years. | Vessels. | Tons.
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1849 | 9,610 | 719,815 || 1849 | 6,694 | 2,089,037
1850 | 9,150 | 721,153 || 1850 | 7,235 | 2,188,420
1851 | 9,266 | 764,461 || 1851 | 7,411 | 2,348,892
1852 | 9,134 | 768,409 || 1852 | 7,580 | 2,449,364
1853 | 8,851 | 774,813 || 1853 | 8,357 | 2,791,224
1854 | 8,778 | 748,714 || 1854 | 7,418 | 2,759,120
1855 | 8,590 | 748,543 || 1855 | 7,957 | 3,018,951
1856 | 9,707 | 787,476 || 1856 | 8,551 | 3,190,011
1857 | 10,064 | 860,406 || 1857 | 8,100 | 3,168,105
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Employed partly in the Home and || Total Number Employed.
partly in the Foreign Trade. ||
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1849 | 1,917 | 287,490 || 1849 | 18,221 | 3,096,342
1850 | 1,507 | 227,639 || 1850 | 17,892 | 3,137,212
1851 | 1,507 | 247,582 || 1851 | 18,184 | 3,360,935
1852 | 1,105 | 163,111 || 1852 | 17,819 | 3,380,884
1853 | 998 | 164,050 || 1853 | 18,206 | 3,730,087
1854 | 1,211 | 221,259 || 1854 | 17,407 | 3,729,093
1855 | 1,281 | 222,676 || 1855 | 17,828 | 3,990,170
1856 | 1,012 | 178,590 || 1856 | 19,270 | 4,156,077
1857 | 1,164 | 182,971 || 1857 | 19,328 | 4,211,482
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