| 317 |50,023 | 2| 336 | 324| 51,835| 6 | 1090 | | | Vessels, 319. | Vessels, 330. | Tons, 50,359. | Tons, 52,925. -------------------------+----------------------------------+------------------------------------ The Entrances and Clearances of British ships in the same year amounted to upwards of 80,000,000 tons!! [184] I have great doubt whether the Board of Trade was justified in making this statement. The Royal Decree of 10th December, 1852, refers to a Law 9th July, 1841, which I have before me; but, when the differential tonnage duty was abolished, the Gibraltar merchants presented addresses thanking the authorities for the _restoration_ of the flag. The ports between the Garonne and the Bidassoa are, surely, not under similar geographical conditions as either the ports or voyage between the Hudson and the Columbia. [185] I really do not see it in that light. British ships would, indeed, have a shorter voyage from England to California, but they would still be precluded from going from New York to California _viâ_ the Canal or passage at the Isthmus. The restriction would continue and would prove even more vexatious, as might be shown in a variety of ways. [186] I deny this altogether. I cannot admit that a ship taking a cargo from Cronstadt to Odessa, thus making almost the circumnavigation of Europe, could be justly deemed to be making a _Coasting_ voyage, however much Russian municipal law might declare it to be so. [187] Table showing the total amount of tonnage of British and Foreign Vessels respectively, with cargoes and in ballast, entered and cleared in the United Kingdom in each year, from 1842 to 1857 inclusive. ---------+-------------+-------------+------------- Years. | British. | Foreign. | Total. ---------+-------------+-------------+------------- | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. 1842 | 6,669,995 | 2,457,479 | 9,127,474 1843 | 7,181,179 | 2,643,383 | 9,824,562 1844 | 7,500,285 | 2,846,484 | 10,346,769 1845 | 8,546,090 | 3,531,215 | 12,077,305 1846 | 8,688,148 | 3,727,438 | 12,415,586 1847 | 9,712,464 | 4,566,732 | 14,279,196 1848 | 9,289,560 | 4,017,066 | 13,306,626 1849 | 9,669,638 | 4,334,750 | 14,004,388 1850 | 9,442,544 | 5,062,520 | 14,505,064 1851 | 9,820,876 | 6,159,322 | 15,980,198 1852 | 9,985,969 | 6,144,180 | 16,130,149 1853 | 10,268,323 | 8,121,887 | 18,390,210 1854 | 10,744,849 | 7,924,238 | 18,669,087 1855 | 10,919,732 | 7,569,738 | 18,489,470 1856 | 12,945,771 | 8,643,278 | 21,589,049 1857 | 13,694,107 | 9,484,685 | 23,178,792 ---------+-------------+-------------+--------------