| Year. |Brit. inward.|For. inward.|Year.|Brit. inward.|For. inward.| +--------+-------------+------------+-----+-------------+------------+ | 1820 | 78·84 | 21·16 | 1834| 73·37 | 26·63 | | 1821 | 80·14 | 19·86 | 1835| 73·85 | 26·15 | | 1822 | 78·00 | 22·00 | 1836| 71·41 | 28·59 | | 1823[10] 74·91 | 25·09 | 1837| 72·23 | 27·77 | | 1824 | 70·29 | 29·71 | 1838| 69·68 | 30·32 | | 1825 | 69·12 | 30·88 | 1839| 69·96 | 30·04 | | 1826 | 73·75 | 26·25 | 1840| 68·64 | 31·36 | | 1827 | 73·51 | 26·49 | 1841| 72·24 | 27·76 | | 1828 | 76·74 | 23·26 | 1842| 73·21 | 26·79 | | 1829 | 75·46 | 25·54 | 1843| 73·14 | 26·86 | | 1830 | 74·18 | 25·82 | 1844| 72·23 | 27·77 | | 1831 | 73·02 | 26·98 | 1845| ... | ... | | 1832 | 77·35 | 22·65 | 1846| ... | ... | | 1833 | 74·13 | 25·87 | 1847| ... | ... | --PORTER'S _Progress of the Nation_, 416, 2d edition. [10] Reciprocity System introduced. Mr Porter himself tells us that the centesimal proportion of our trade with the European powers has _declined_ (p. 410) from 65 to 52·38, while that of our colonies has increased thus,-- | | 1802. | 1814. | 1835. | 1844. | | | Tons. |Cent.| Tons. |Cent.| Tons. |Cent.| Tons. |Cent.| | | |prop.| |prop.| |prop.| |prop.| | +-------+-----+-------+-----+---------+-----+---------+-----+ |America |336,344|18·54|343,658|19·32| 886,524|26·21| 984,850|19·50| |Africa | 7,270| 0·40| 13,514| 0·76| 40,131| 1·21| 157,364| 3·12| |India, &c.| 67,627| 3·72| 74,117| 4·16| 161,473| 4·88| 264,978| 5·25| |Australia | ... | ... | 488| ·02| 16,019| 0·48| 36,454| 0·74| | +-------+-----+-------+-----+---------+-----+---------+-----+ | |411,241|19·66|431,727|24·26|1,104,147|32·78|1,443,646|28·61| Such has been the working of the reciprocity system, as compared with the protective and colonial--in other words, free trade in shipping with some particular nations--in twenty years. And it is from this experience of the effects of the partial adoption of these principles that the Free-traders now propose to make it universal! America is the country to which, in comparison with Great Britain, the Free-traders constantly refer for a demonstration of the justice and beneficial operation of their principles. We accept the instance, and proceed to inquire into the comparative value of the American protected trade with our own colonies, and the American free trade with the United States, both at this time and in the respective progress of each for the last twenty-five years.