JB/015/374/002

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Shippings; – of Tonnage 2,120,042; – so that the British Tonnage
so employed, is about 1/20th of the whole; – of Men 122,103; – so that
there are about 1/12th of the whole, – and nearly the same proportion
enter for the Export Trade.

Of Foreign Vessels trading with England, the number being
5359, more than 1/6th are French: – of Tonnage, the amount being
758,828, – 1/16th part is French – of Men, 41,575, – so that about 1/7th are French.

Taking the gross Total of Import Tonnage in England,
say – 2,939,960 Tons,
there are employed in the French Trade ..... 158,706 Tons
being nearly 1/18th part of the whole.

The produce to the Customs, of the whole of the Imports from Europe,
is nearly 51 pr. Cent on the official value, – the amount being Fourteen
Millions and three quarters Sterling, and the Duties received, nearly
Seven Millions. But, of these Seven Millions, the Imports from France
produce nearly Five Millions (£1,991,841:16:8 Stg); so that while the
amounts of Imports from France is only one seventh of the whole amount
of European articles imported, that seventh in amount produces two sevenths
of the Revenue, or double the average amount of Customhouse Duties levied,
and, considerably more than double the amount of Duty levied on the
whole imported produced of any other country. The produce of
Russia, whence a value of £4,406,575 is imported, – gives only
£870,224:18:10. – In the amount of Imports, the different countries
stand in the following order.
1.º Russia

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	374	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	linking material	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f49
Penner	sir john bowring	Watermarks
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	5590
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