[82] The sum total of these amounts was 17,141,640 francs, or 685,666l., of which more than one-half was paid by Great Britain, and fully one-sixth by the United States.
[83] The figures are so remarkable that it will probably be interesting to put them on record in a tabulated form:—
| Year. | Importations by Sea. | Exportations by Sea. | Tonnage of Ships entering Antwerp. |
| tons | tons | tons | |
| 1862 | 568,871 | 177,702 | 599,899 |
| 1886 | 2,438,178 | 821,753 | 3,658,900 |
[84] Minutes of Proc. Inst. C. E., vol. 68, p. 484.
[85] Subject, of course, to the charge for interest, which, however, will be very trifling.
[86] Mr. F. R. Conder maintains that the London coal traffic is carried at a loss to the railways of 822,000l. per annum, or 40 per cent. on the traffic.
[CHAPTER X.]
THE WATERWAYS OF HOLLAND.
“Jupiter, surveying earth from high Beheld it in a lake of water lie.” —Ovid.