Channel Islands

Gibraltar

Malta

Ionian Islands

British Possessions.

Ports of the Crimea (in the Occupation of the Allied Forces)

North American Colonies

Honduras (British Settlements)

West India Islands and Guiana

£.

480,339

754,357

413,285

128,975

26.571

5,878,092

137,700

1,870,674

Australia

East Indies

Mauritius

Cape of Good Hope

Possessions on the Gold Coast.

Possessions on the River Gambia
Sierra Leone

Other Possessions

11,931,352

10,025,969

383,210

921,957

117,419

55,365

93,042

633,885

EXPORTS.-The following is the Declared Value of the Principal Articles of BRITISH and IRISH PRODUCE and MANUFACTURES in 1855.

Iron and Steel. Wrought and Unwrought

Silk, Thrown, Twist, and Manufactures of all kinds

Tin Plates, and Tin and Pewter Wares.

Woollen Manufactures of all kinds

EXPORTS.-The following are the Quantities of the Principal Articles of FOREIGN and COLONIAL MERCHANDISE Exported from the UNITED KINGDOM in 1855.

Tanned, Tawed, Curried, or Dressed, ex-
cept Russia Hides

Leather Manufactures: -Gloves

Metals:-Copper, Unwrought and part Wrought
Tin in Blocks, Ingots, Bars, or Slabs .

Oil:- Palm

cwts.

lbs.

754,226 2,185,555

402,264

Broad Stuffs

.prf galls. 3,209,003

Alpaca and the Llama tribe

gallons

1,883,755

lbs.

29,412,462

41,004

REAL VALUE of the PRINCIPAL and OTHER ARTICLES of FOREIGN and COLONIAL MERCHANDISE EXPORTED from the UNITED KINGDOM in each of the Years 1854 and 1855.*

*The Real Value of Imports was not ascertained before 1835.

TOTAL VALUE of FOREIGN MERCHANDIZE TRANSSHIPPED at PORTS in the UNITED KINGDOM.

BRITISH SHIPPING.-On December 31, 1855, the number of Sailing Vessels registered in the various ports of England and Wales was 6,412 under 50 tons, the tonnage being 192,427; and 11,928 above 50 tons, the tonnage 2,984,487. In Scotland the number was 1,135 under 50 tons, the tonnage 34,021; and 1,934 above 50 tons, the tonnage 479,634. In Ireland the vessels under 50 tons numbered 1,021, the tounage 29,519; and those above 50 tons 1,021, the tonnage 188,070. In the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, there were 503 vessels under 50 tons, tonnage 12,657, and 320 above 50 tons, tonnage 48,154. Total of Sailing Vessels, 24,274; total amount of tonnage, 2,968,699,being a decrease of 1,051 vessels, and an increase of 26,186 tons over 1854, showing a large increase in the capacity of the vessels. The Steam Vessels were,-in England, 521 under 50 tons, tonnage 12,839; and 745 above 50 tons, tonnage 260,091. In Scotland, 44 under 50 tons, tonnage 1,050; above 50 tons, 213, tonnage 68,858. In Ireland, 22 under 50 tons, tonnage 681; above 50 tons, 119, tonnage 35,501. In the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, the number of steam vessels was 10, tonnage, 1,615. Total of Steam Vessels 1,674; total amount of tonnage 380,635,—an increase over 1855 of 150 vessels, and 74,537 tons. Of the steam vessels, 537, with a tonnage of 176,245, belong to the port of London. The number of vessels registered in the year, in various British colonies, was, in Africa, 256 sailing vessels, tonnage 20,596; in Australia, 1,342 sailing vessels, and 58 steamers, tonnage 157,266; in the North American colonies, 6,137 sailing vessels, and 134 steam vessels, tonnage 646,410,-an increase of 112,404 tons over 1854. In the British West Indies, there were 665 sailing vessels, tonnage 21,176.

COLONIAL TRADE.-The number and tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared from the various ports of the United Kingdom in the year 1855, from and to the British colonies, were Inwards, in England, British, 4,180 sailing vessels, tonnage 1,323,892; steamers 323, tonnage 67,910; foreign, 434 sailing vessels, tonnage 267,835; steamer 1, tonnage 158. In Scotland, British, 428 sailing vessels, tonnage 172,638 foreign, 3 sailing vessels, tonnage 855. In Ireland, British 223 sailing vessels, tonnage 73,190; foreign, 14 sailing vessels, tonnage 4,833. Channel Islands, 28 sailing vessels, tonnage 4,280. Outwards, from England, British, 4,140 sailing vessels, tonnage 1,427,742; and 323 steam vessels, tonnage 60,741; foreign, 547 sailing vessels, tonnage

287,441. From Scotland, British, 520 sailing vessels, tonnage 222,506; steam vessels, 12, tonnage 3,380; foreign, 10 sailing vessels, tonnage 3,209. From Ireland, British, 172 sailing vessels, tonnage 52,714; foreign, sailing vessels, 4, tonnage 831. From the Channel Islands, 56 sailing vessels, tonnage 8,960. The total number of British ships entered inwards was 5,182, tonnage 1,641,910; of foreign there were 565 vessels, tonnage 293,287,- -a decrease on British ships of 2,781, and of tonnage 536,711; and of foreign, a decrease of 55 ships, and an increase of 52,492 tons. Of British ships cleared outwards, the total number was 5,211, tonnage 1,775,883; of foreign, there were 561 vessels, tonnage 291,481,-a decrease of 2,261 British ships, tonnage 337,179; and a decrease of 78 foreign ships, with an increase of 41,939 tons. The sudden increase of the trade of the Channel Islands with the colonies has wholly disappeared.

COASTING TRADE.-The number and tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared Coastwise, during the year 1855, was, to various ports in England, Inwards, British, 90,193 sailing vessels, tonnage 7,225,420; steam vessels, 11,587, tonnage 2,738,632; foreign, sailing vessels, 233, tonnage 45,070; steam vessels, 9, tonnage 1,259. In Scotland, British, sailing vessels, 15,627, tonnage 967,748; steam vessels, 4,531, tonnage 992,170; foreign, sailing vessels, 43, tonnage 3,634. In Ireland, British, sailing vessels, 17,777, tonnage, 1,360,357; steam vessels, 5,106, tonnage, 1,455,229. In the Isle of Man, British, 1,471 sailing vessels, tonnage 48,729; steam vessels, 239, tonnage 50,743. Outwards, from various ports in England, British, 104,277 sailing vessels, tonnage, 8,162,135; steam vessels, 11,443, tonnage, 2,621,184; foreign, sailing vessels, 196, tonnage 33,300; steam vessels, 13, tonnage, 2,279. From Scotland, British, sailing vessels, 17,168, tonnage, 1,042,426; steam vessels, 4,573, tonnage, 1,011,861; foreign, sailing vessels, 48, tonnage, 3,649. From Ireland, British, sailing vessels, 7,794, tonnage, 468,244; steam vessels, 5,325, tonnage, 1,506,340; foreign, sailing vessels, 74, tonnage 13,083. Isle of Man, British, sailing vessels, 532, tonnage 18,930; steam vessels, 235, tonnage 46,439. Total Inwards, British, 146,531 vessels, tonnage 14,839,028; foreign, 287 vessels, tonnage 50,159. Outwards, British, 151,257 vessels, tonnage 14,877,559; foreign, 331 vessels, tonnage 52,311.

VESSELS BUILT.-In 1855 there were built and registered in the United Kingdom, 818 timber sailing vessels, tonnage 211,883, and 47 iron sailing vessels, tonnage 30,299; 38 timber steam vessels, tonnage 3,107, and 195 iron steam vessels, tonnage 77,911; total 1,098 vessels, tonnage 323,200, an increase over those built in 1854 of 296 vessels, and of 126,158 tonnage. The number of Colonial-built vessels, registered in British ports was only 34, with a tonnage of 21,177, all from the North American colonies. Of Foreign-built vessels, the number so registered was 91, the tonnage 39,437 a decrease from the previous year of nearly two-thirds. There were 486 vessels wrecked in the year belonging to the United Kingdom, tonnage 95,817, also a considerable decrease; and 114 vessels were broken up, tonnage 8,029.