Goods carried by river inward | 60,000 tons |
Coal ,, ,, | 70,000 ,, |
Goods ,, Thorpe Station | 30,000 ,, |
Coal ,, ,, | 17,000 ,, |
Goods ,, Victoria Station | 22,661 ,, |
Coal ,, ,, | 25,349 ,, |
Goods ,, Trowse Station | 17,616 ,, |
Coal ,, ,, | 16,706 ,, |
| 259,322 ,, |
| |
100,000 tons | |
,, at Thorpe | 53,000 ,, |
,, at Trowse | 20,434 ,, |
,, at Victoria | 7,534 ,, |
| 180,968 ,, |
| |
Cattle inward at Trowse | 57,058 |
Sheep ,, ,, | 76,154 |
Pigs ,, ,, | 9,855 |
| 143,067 |
| |
Cattle outward at Trowse | 35,083 |
Sheep ,, ,, | 59,063 |
Pigs ,, ,, | 12,493 |
| 106,639 |
Tonnage return of goods, coal, and fish, received at and forwarded from Southtown Station, East Suffolk railway, from July 1866, to July 1867.
| Tons | |
| Goods outwards | 8,965 |
| ,, inwards | 10,306 |
| Fish outwards | 15,207 |
| Coal ,, | 122 |
| Total outwards | 24,294 |
| Total inwards | 10,306 |
| 34,600 |
The return for Vauxhall Station at Yarmouth, Norfolk railway, for the corresponding period, gives the following results.
| Tons | |
| Goods outwards | 23,116 |
| ,, inwards | 14,817 |
| Fish outwards | 8,014 |
| ,, inwards | 148 |
| Coal outwards | 8,423 |
| ,, inwards | 910 |
| 32,328 |
Tonnage return for Lowestoft, for the year ending June 30th, 1867.
| Tons | |
| Goods inwards | 11,513 |
| ,, outwards | 9,069 |
| 20,582 | |
| Fish inwards | 42 |
| ,, outwards | 9,561 |
| 9,603 | |
| Coal inwards | 2,179 |
| ,, outwards | 13,979 |
| 16,158 | |
| Total received | 13,736 |
| Total forwarded | 39,036 |
| Total traffic | 52,772 |
Thus, it appears that a large proportion of the carrying trade of Norfolk and Suffolk is through the ports of Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
The goods sent away from Norwich by river, roads, and railways, consist of yarns, which are produced here in large quantities, textile fabrics of every description, boots and shoes to the extent of 12,000 dozen pairs weekly, brushes, manufactured goods of every sort, corn, malt, beer, oil cake, cotton cake, linseed oil, mustard, starch, flour, paper, general drapery, grocery, and printed books. About 15,000 tons of cake for fattening cattle are sent away yearly, and distributed over the eastern counties. The goods brought into Norwich consist of raw materials of every kind, stone, timber, iron, coal, corn, vast quantities of grocery and drapery, wines, spirits, ales, porter, fruits, fish, game, &c., &c.