No. of Vessels. Tonnage. British India Steam Navigation Co., 50 107,060 Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., 15 39,171 Austrian Lloyd’s Steam Navigation Co., 16 27,191 J. & A. Allan, Glasgow, Allan Line, 11 24,530 J. & G. Burns, Glasgow, 20 21,101 Union Steamship Co., New Zealand, 19 19,700 A. Lopez & Co., Cadiz, 7 19,178 British and Burmese Steam Navigation Co., 12 18,837 River’s Steam Navigation Co., 18 10,678 Union Steamship Co., Southampton, 2 6,227 Irrawaddy Flotilla Co., 14 6,006 Adding to this record the work finished since the close of 1883 and presently on hand, the total for the British India Company is increased to 115,960 tons; that for the Union Company of New Zealand to 21,260, and en addition is made to the list in the two large steamers _Arawa_ and _Tainui_, for the Shaw, Savill, & Albion Company, which together make about 10,000 tons. The following exhibits in tabular form the number and tonnage of vessels built by the firm from their beginning the business of iron shipbuilding in 1845 up to and including 1883:— +------+--------+--------++------+--------+--------+ |Year. | No. of |Tonnage.||Year. | No. of |Tonnage.| | |Vessels.| || |Vessels.| | +------+--------+--------++------+--------+--------+ | 1845 | 3 | 365 || 1865 | 6 | 4,543 | | 1846 | 3 | 252 || 1866 | 8 | 10,867 | | 1847 | 6 | 1,007 || 1867 | 4 | 9,154 | | 1848 | 3 | 618 || 1868 | 8 | 9,855 | | 1849 | 6 | 2,173 || 1869 | 12 | 13,227 | | 1850 | 5 | 1,577 || 1870 | 4 | 8,852 | | 1851 | 5 | 1,460 || 1871 | 7 | 14,922 | | 1852 | 5 | 6,622 || 1872 | 6 | 14,056 | | 1853 | 7 | 5,163 || 1873 | 7 | 18,415 | | 1854 | 5 | 4,380 || 1874 | 9 | 18,475 | | 1855 | 6 | 5,443 || 1875 | 9 | 17,191 | | 1856 | 7 | 7,436 || 1876 | 5 | 4,394 | | 1857 | 5 | 2,822 || 1877 | 10 | 10,533 | | 1858 | 3 | 5,293 || 1878 | 18 | 22,054 | | 1859 | 5 | 5,903 || 1879 | 13 | 16,138 | | 1860 | 2 | 1,897 || 1880 | 12 | 18,114 | | 1861 | 4 | 8,463 || 1881 | 8 | 17,455 | | 1862 | 5 | 4,271 || 1882 | 13 | 22,010 | | 1863 | 9 | 9,745 || 1883 | 10 | 22,240 | | 1864 | 13 | 11,239 || | | | +------+--------+--------++------+--------+--------+