[307] My readers should be informed that a premium of insurance on chartered freight out and home is much higher in proportion, than if insured out only, and then, after arrival at port of destination, home only.

[308] Royal Commission on Unseaworthy Ships, Appendix to the Report No. 51, and Questions 11,516 and 13,072.

[309] See ‘Final Report,’ p. 16.

[310] See ante, [p. 318], note, and [p. 480].

[311] See ante, [p. 321]. The Merchant Shipping Act of 1854, which is quite as large as the Merchant Shipping Code Bill, now ready, passed through Committee in one forenoon sitting.

[312]

Years.Ships belonging to the British Empire at the end of each Year, 1850 to 1874 inclusive.British Steam Vessels Entered and Cleared in the Foreign Trade in the United Kingdom, 1850 to 1874 inclusive.
Number.TonsNumber.Tons.
185034,2814,232,9628,3501,802,955
185234,4024,424,3927,0591,980,473
186038,5015,710,96812,7774,186,620
186239,4276,041,35815,2015,239,493
187037,5877,149,13429,36913,341,058
187236,8047,213,82935,57017,430,029
187336,8257,294,23037,17518,943,653
187436,9357,533,49237,60619,408,527

[313] See [Appendix No. 14], p. 637. Tonnage entered and cleared in the United Kingdom, United States, France, Holland, Norway, Prussia, and Sweden, distinguishing between national and foreign ships from 1850 to 1873.

APPENDICES.

No.Page
1. Convention of Commerce between Great Britain and France, 1826[563]
2. Letter from Mr. W. S. Lindsay to Lord Lyons, Boston, U.S., 1860[567]
3. Correspondence with the Foreign Office respecting the Liability of British Shipowners in the Courts of the United States of America[571]
4. Letter to the Emperor of the French on the subject of the Navigation Laws of France, 10th January, 1861[582]
5. Letter from M. Fleury and Reply, 17th and 23rd June, 1862[590]
6. Letter to the Commercial Association, Lisbon, 28th January, 1863[596]
7. Summary of the Acts passed for the Regulation of Passenger Ships[600]
8. Passages of Clipper Ships engaged in the Trade with China[611]
9. Log of the Sailing Ship ‘Thermopylæ’[613]
10. Statistics of Tonnage belonging to Great Britain, United States, France and Holland, from 1821 to 1874[618]
11. Exemption in favour of certain British Ships from Local Port Charges in 1852[620]
12. History of Lloyd’s Register of British and Foreign Shipping[624]
13. Acts of Parliament passed between 1849 and 1875, inclusive, relating to British Ships and Seamen, and other Parliamentary Papers referring thereto[634]
14. Tonnage of Shipping Entered and Cleared in the United Kingdom, United States, France, Holland, Norway, Prussia, and Sweden, distinguishing between National and Foreign Ships from 1850 to 1873[637]