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CHEAT r.MTAIN AND IliETAXD.
Years
British
Foreign
Total
tons
tons
tons
1856
12.945,771
S.643.278
21,589,049
1857
13,694.107
9,484,685
23,178,792
1858
12,891,405
9,118,576
22,309,981
1859
13,311,843
9,592,416
22,904,259
1860
13,914,923
10,774,369
24,689,292
1861
15,420,532
11,175,109
26,595,641
1862
15,946,860
0,588,579
26,535,439
1863
17,019,392
9,719,341
26,738.733
1864
18.201,675
9,002,834
27,204,509
1865
19,358,955
19,538,137
28,897,092
1866
21,255,726
10,006,724
31,262,450
1867
22,370,070
10,386,042
32,756,112
1868
22,660,424
11,020,555
33,680,979
1869
23,789,167
11,121,114
34,910,281
The number and tonnage of vessels built and first registered in the United Kingdom, in each of the years 1856-69, "was as
follows : —
Years
Sailing Vessels
Steamers
Number
Tons
Number
Tons
1856
921
187,005 i
229
57,573
1857
1,050
197,554
228
52,918
1858
847
154,930 1
153
53,150
1859
789
147,967 1
150
38,003
1860
818
158.172
198
53,796
1861
774
129,970 !
201
70,869
1862
827
164,001 :
221
77.338
1863
881
253,036
279
107,951
1864
867
272,499
374
159,374
1865
922
235,555
382
179,649 1
1866
969
207,678
354
133,511
1867
915
185,771
295
97,219 j
1868
879
300,477
232
79,096 1
1869
731
245,373
281
123,203
It appears from a parliamentary return, issued in 1870, that in the year preceding the total number of seamen employed on board British ships, registered in the United Kingdom, was 202,477. Included in this number were 4,975 apprentices, and 20,203 foreigners, the rest, 177,239, being British seamen. Two years before the number of foreign seamen on board British ships was 21,950, so that there was a decrease in the employment of foreigners within the quinquennial period.
