[191] Total tonnage of British Vessels entered and cleared with cargoes (including repeated voyages) in the months of December 1858, and January 1859, as compared with corresponding months of 1856-7-8.
| 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 39,163,407l. in 1847, to 85,039,991l. in 1857, and the Colonial Trade from 13,686,038l. in 1847, to 37,115,257l. 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. |
| 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 |