extraordinary. On the 30th of September, 1800, the amount of the registered shipping belonging to the different ports of the empire was as under:

The subjoined account shows the amount of our mercantile navy in 1852, with its distribution among the different ports of the United Kingdom.

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of the Sailing and of the Steam Vessels Regis-
tered at each of the Ports of England, Scotland, and Ireland, the Isle of Man, and
Channel Islands, distinguishing between those under and those above Fifty Tons
Register, on the 31st December, 1852.

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing and Steam Vessels, &c.—continued.

An Account of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing and Steam Vessels, &c.—

continued.

Account of the Number of Vessels, with the Amount of their Tonnage, and the Number of Men and Boys usually employed in Navigating the same, that belonged to the several Ports of the British Empire, on the 31st December, 1850, 1851, and 1852 respectively.