ACCOUNT of the NUMBER and TONNAGE of VESSELS, distinguishing the Countries to which they belonged, which entered Inwards and cleared Outwards, in the year 1848, compared with the Entries and Clearances of the preceding Year, exclusively of Vessels in Ballast. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. and its Depen-18,771 4,238,956 18,149 4,020,415 15,535 3,205,794 15,783 3,553,777 dencies United Kingdom Russia Sweden Norway Denmark Other German 42,600 190 52,777 46 091 356 48,811 568 64,538 -330 80,420 277 76,108 169 518 68,355 357 51,956 381 1,316 208,192 1,063 179,044 599 83,565 1,701 123,107 1,924 142,169 1,626 125,626 1,548 1,351 276,563 555 120,986 878 158,004 444 119,232 92,667 Holland Belgium France Spain 1,765 174,019 1,165 107,561 1,687 165,614 1,121 122,909 United States of 1,303 636,324 958 598,182 879 518,293 815 551,465 Other States in America, Africa, or Asia 20 5,004 10 2,718 7 2,086 4 999 Total 29,561 6,091,052 27,786 5,579,461 25,564 4,719,241 24,893 5,051,237 ACCOUNT of the NUMBER and TONNAGE of VESSELS which entered Inwards and cleared Outwards with Cargoes, at the several Ports of the UNITED KINGDOM, during the year 1848, compared with the Entries and Clearances of the preceding Year. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. -8,085 1,296,610 9,109 1,470,309 17,935 2,074,387 18,941 2,153,054 ing Vessels 134,440 10,923,186 131,332 11,053,563 140,987 11,218,238 136,804 11,162,295 The NUMBER and TONNAGE of VESSELS that entered and cleared from and to the COLONIES in the year 1818 (including their repeated voyages), were as follows:-Inwards, to Ports in England, in British Sailing Vessels, 4,405; Tonnage, 1,277,491. To Ports in Scotland: Vessels, 494; Tonnage, 163,894. To Ports in Ireland: Vessels, 463; Tonnage, 138,596. To the Isle of Man and Channel Islands: Vessels, 27; Tonnage, 4,201; Steamers, 329; Tonnage, 65,392. Total of British Shipping, inwards, 5,718; Tonnage, 1,649,574: Foreign, 75 Vessels; Tonnage, 9,008. Outwards, from Ports in England, in British Sailing Vessels, 4,311; Tonnage, 1,277,161. From Ports in Scotland: Vessels, 519; Tonnage, 170,629. From Ports in Ireland: Vessels, 362; Tonnage, 101,868. From the Channel Islands: Vessels, 50; Tonnage, 6,844; Steamers, 358; Tonnage, 79,119. Total of British Shipping outwards, 5,600; Tonnage, 1,635,621. Foreign: 77 Vessels; Tonnage, 17,625. The NUMBER of SAILING VESSELS built and registered in the year 1848 was 733, with a Tonnage of 107,218; and 114 STEAMERS, with a Tonnage of 15,334. In the same year 501 Sailing Vessels and 13 Steamers, belonging to the United Kingdom, were wrecked, of a Tonnage amounting in the whole to 96,920. VESSELS not Coasters, belonging to all Nations, trading Inwards and Outwards, during 1848, with the PORT of LIVERPOOL, distinguishing Sailing Vessels from Steamers, and Trading Steamers from Mail Steamers. The Amount of TOLLS received for LIGHTHOUSES by the TRINITY HOUSE CORPORATION in the year 1847 was 198,2117; for Buoys and BEACONS, 17,2617. The commission on the collection of the tolls was 7,1557.; charge of maintenance of Lighthouses, 92,4237.; charges of Buoys and Beacons, 9,9287.; with 15,5197. for general purposes. The net surplus, 90,5717., has been applied to the "Charitable and other uses, purposes, and intents, for which the said Corporation has been established and maintained." There are in addition eleven lighthouses which have been purchased, on which a debt was due, Dec. 31, 1846, of 871,8177.: the gross income from these has been 117,3687.; the charges and collection leave a surplus of 104,2251., which has been applied to the payment of interest on, and the reduction of the debt, which on Dec. 31, 1847, was 795,7487. ACCOUNT showing the Imports into the United Kingdom of the total quantities of SUGAR, MOLASSES, RUM, COFFEE, and Cocoa, in the years 1847 An ACCOUNT of the number of Proof Gallons of RUM; also, of BRANDY, GENEVA, and other FOREIGN, COLONIAL, or JERSEY SPIRITS Imported; of the Quantities retained for Home Consumption, Exported, Shipped as Stores, and used by the Navy, for the year ended Jan. 5, 1849. AN ACCOUNT of the Number of Gallons of FOREIGN WINE imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, and the quantities exported; also the Quantities retained for Home Consumption, after deducting the Amount exported subsequently to the Payment of Duty, for the year ended Jan. 5, 1849. AN ACCOUNT of the Total Number of Gallons of PROOF SPIRITS permitted out of Distillers' Stocks in England, and of BRITISH BRANDY and SPIRITS of WINE permitted out of Rectifiers' Stocks in England; also, the Quantity of RUM received into Rectifiers' Stocks in England, for the year ending Jan. 5, 1849. AN ACCOUNT of the Total Number of Gallons of PROOF SPIRITS distilled in England, Scotland, and Ireland, distinguishing the Quantities in each Country delivered Duty-paid direct from Distillers' Stocks from the Quan. tities put into the Bonded Warehouses, for the year ended the 5th day of January, 1849. Ditto cut, and fancy ornamental Glass RETURN of the Quantities of GLASS Imported into and Exported from the United Kingdom, in the year ending January 5, 1848 (omitting fractions). Window Glass, white, or stained of one colour, not exceeding one-ninth of an inch in thickness, and shades, and cylinders Imported. Exported. cwt. 31,037 25,883 All Glass exceeding one-ninth of an inch in Wine Glasses, Tumblers, and all Flint Glass Plain White Flint Glass Bottles do. .... lb. 154,343 149,956 ...... lb. |