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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM
The following is the tonnage of sailing and steam vessels (foreign trade) that entered the ports of the United Kingdom in five years : —
Year 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 Entered Cleared Total British Foreign Total British Foreign Total British Foreign Total l.OOOtns. 26,919 29,033 29,175 30,290 32,191 l,000tns. 10,223 10,785 10,826 12,188 12,732 l.OOOtns. 37,142 39,818 40,001 42,477 44,923 l,000tns. 27,229 29.649 29,516 31,182 32,235 l,000tns. 10,262 11,070 11,021 11,803 13,040 l,000tns. 37,491 40,718 40,537 42,985 45,276 l,000tns. 54,148 58,682 58,691 61,472 64,426 l,000tns. 20,485 21,855 21,847 23,991 25,772 l.OOOtns. 74,633 80,536 80,538 85,462 90,199
The total number of vessels that entered in the foreign trade in 1897 was 64,647 (25,375 foreign), and cleared, 64,778 (25,724 foreign). The following is the tonnage of vessels with cargoes only that entered from and cleared for foreign countries and British possessions : —
Year Entered Cleared Total British Foreign Total British Foreign Total British Foreign Total 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 l.OOOtns. 20,962 22,727 22,992 24,630 25,340 l,000tns. 7,834 8,414 8,366 8,850 9,206 l,000tns. 28,796 31,141 31,358 33,480 34,636 l,000tns. 24,496 26,683 26,933 27,726 28,101 l,000tns. 8,457 9,095 9,330 9,977 11,207 l,000tns. 32,953 35,778 36,272 37,703 39,308 l.OOOtns. 45,458 49,410 49,925 52,356 53,441 l.OOOtns. 16,291 17,509 17,705 18,827 20,503 l.OOOtns. 61,749 66,919 67,630 71,183 73,944
Of the foreign tonnage for 1897 entered and cleared (with cargoes and in ballast) at British ports (total 25,772,318)
Norway had 6,362,542 Germany ,, 4,046,221 Denmark ,, 2,579,530 Sweden ,, ' 2,531,342
Holland France Spain Belgium
had
2,522,509 2,112,648 1,471,597 1,352 450
U.S. (Am.)lia(l 710,950 Russia ,, 688,678 Italy ,, 501,526 Austria ,, 273,942
The total tonnage entered and cleared, excluding those coast- wise, was as follows at the ports named in 1897 : —
London 15,197,659 Newport 2,618,710 Kirkcaldy . 1,570,203 Cardiff . 11,990,609 N.&S. Shields 2,172,313 Grangemouth 1,483,116 Liverpool 11,261,051 Middlesbro' 1,996,083 Bristol . . 1,091,316 Newcastle 5,210,424 Sunderland 1,943,967 Manchester . 870,921 Hull . 4,140,982 Lei til 1,831,245 Hartlepool . 852,558 Glasgow 3,421,386 Grimsby . 1,723,666 Belfast 685,400 Southampt on 3,008,209 Swansea . 1,600,869 Dundee 383,995
