---------+---------+---------+---------+--------- | 1856. | 1857. | 1858. | 1859. ---------+---------+---------+---------+--------- December | 848,762 | 853,619 | 970,174 | January | | 678,705 | 603,393 | 700,445 ---------+---------+---------+---------+--------- [192] As an indication of this progress, it is enough to show how vastly the exports of British produce had advanced in value in that period. Thus the Foreign Trade rose from 39,163,407_l._ in 1847, to 85,039,991_l._ in 1857, and the Colonial Trade from 13,686,038_l._ in 1847, to 37,115,257_l._ in 1857. [193] The shipping accounts of the United States of America for the year ended 30th June, 1858, showed a corresponding decline in the employment of United States tonnage. The total tonnage entered and cleared of United States ships in the two years 1856-7, and 1857-8, having been 1856-7, 9,302,021 tons. 1857-8, 8,885,675 tons; Decrease 416,346 tons. [194] -------------------------------+-------------+-------------- | 1857. | 1858. -------------------------------+-------------+-------------- | £ | £ Imports | 135,051,444 | 115,218,811 Exports | 122,066,107 | 116,614,331 +-------------+-------------- | 257,117,551 | 231,833,142 | 231,833,012 | +-------------+ Decrease per | | cent. 9 4-5 Decrease, 1858 | 25,284,409 | -------------------------------+-------------+-------------- Shipping (total entered and cleared in Cargo and Ballast). ----------+------------+------------ Years. | Total. | British. ----------+------------+------------ | Tons. | Tons. 1857 | 23,178,792 | 13,694,107 1858 | 22,309,981 | 12,891,405 ----------+------------+------------ CHAPTER XIV.