Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands / With the Cape Horn route to Australia. Including notices of Lisbon, Madeira, the Canaries, and Cape Verde.

by William Hadfield

	10,694;	tonnage,	1,937,944;
of which	5,464	”	953,654	inw.
	5,230	”	914,290	outw.
vessels,	10,694	tons,	1,937,944

showing an average increase over the former period of 1839 to 1844 of

vessels,	34	per cent.
tonnage,	42	”

Of the above figures, the imports averaged in value,

	49	per cent,
exports,	51	”
	100

During the same period, the proportions of foreign and coasting trade were:

foreign imports and exports,	76	per cent.
coasting ” ”	24	”
	100

Of the aforesaid total imports and exports,

Great Britain figures for	36	per cent.
United States ”	16	”
other parts of the world	58	”
	100

And in the total value of imports,