APPENDIX No. 27. Vol. iv., p. 583.

Number and Tonnage of Iron Steam Vessels built and first registered in the United Kingdom in each Year, from 1861 to 1874.

Years.	Number.	Tonnage.
1861	159	68,368
1862	181	76,303
1863	240	105,837
1864	342	156,981
1865	344	177,382
1866	299	129,653
1867	224	90,823
1868	188	75,109
1869	238	118,421
1870	382	222,922
1871[470]	416	295,109
1872[470]	446	335,750
1873[470]	335	279,088
1874[470]	393	328,094

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Total Tonnage (distinguishing sailing and steam) belonging to the United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, France, Holland and Norway, in each of the Years 1850, 1860, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873 and 1874 (so far as the same can be given).

Years.	British Empire.		United States.		France.	Holland.	Norway.
	United Kindom.	British possessions.	Registered	Enrolled and Licensed.
	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.	Tons.
Sailing:
1850	3,337,546	707,785	1,540,769	1,468,739	690,111	393,750	Not dist-
1860	4,134,390	1,076,434	2,448,941	2,036,990	915,971	543,320	inguished
1870	4,506,318	1,440,682	1,324,256	1,795,389	917,633	474,463	1,008,800
1871	4,305,112	1,425,976	1,244,228	1,898,551	917,133	458,274	1,042,259
1872	4,145,888	1,427,302	1,232,982	2,037,422	911,613	449,717	1,090,006
1873	4,024,581	1,443,911	1,229,865	2,252,895	882,866	438,031	1,205,998
1874	4,043,955	1,502,302	..	..	..	440,879	..
Steam:
1850	167,398	20,233	44,942	81,004	13,925	3,762	Not dist-
1860	452,352	47,792	97,296	770,641	68,025	12,990	inguished
1870	1,111,375	90,759	192,544	882,551	154,415	24,942	13,715
1871	1,317,548	94,255	180,914	906,723	160,478	34,629	20,015
1872	1,536,075	104,564	177,666	933,887	177,462	43,820	303,082
1873	1,711,787	113,951	193,423	963,020	185,165	57,254	39,295
1874	1,868,359	118,876	..	..	..	71,101	..
Total:
1850	3,504,944	728,018	1,585,711	1,949,743	704,036	397,422	281,377
1860	4,586,742	1,124,226	2,546,237	2,807,631	983,996	556,310	558,928
1870	5,617,693	1,531,441	1,516,800	2,677,940	1,072,048	499,405	1,022,515
1871	5,622,660	1,520,231	1,425,142	2,805,274	1,077,611	492,903	1,062,274
1872	5,681,963	1,531,866	1,410,648	2,971,309	1,089,075	493,537	1,120,388
1873	5,736,368	1,557,862	1,423,288	3,215,915	1,068,031	495,285	1,245,293
1874	5,912,314	1,621,178	..	..	..	511,980	..