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1877—Total tonnage of British and Foreign Vessels (sailing and steam) entered and cleared with cargoes and in ballast at ports in the U. K. from and to Foreign Countries and British Possessions.

	British.	Foreign.	Total
Entered, tons.	17,281,334	8,339,839	25,621,173
Cleared, tons	17,484,573	8,425,331	25,909,904
Total tonnage	34,765,907	16,765,170	51,531,077

1877—Tonnage of British and Foreign Vessels (sailing and steam) entered and cleared with cargoes only, at ports in the U. K from and to Foreign Countries and British Possessions.

	British.	Foreign.	Total.
Entered, tons	14,894,448	7,237,176	22,131,624
Cleared, tons	15,355,633	5,837,823	21,195,356
Total tonnage	30,252,481	13,074,199	43,326,980

1877—Total Tonnage of British and Foreign Steam Vessels only, entered and cleared with cargoes and in ballast at ports in th U. K from and to Foreign Countries and British Possessions.

	British.	Foreign.	Total.
Entered, tons	11,860,288	2,277,360	14,137,618
Cleared, tons	11,921,166	2,396,258	14,317,424
Total tonnage	23,781,451	4,673,618	28,455,072

1877—Tonnage of British and Foreign Vessels (sailing and steam) entered with cargoes coastwise at ports In the U. K.

British, tons	24,551,731
Foreign, tons	130,621
Total tonnage	21,682,352

1877—Total Number and Tonnage of Vessels Registered as belonging to the II. K., including Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man, at the end of the year.

	Vessels.	Tons.
Sailing vessels	21,169	4,260,699
Steam vessels	4,564	2,139,170
Total	25,733	6,399,869

1877—Number and Tonnage of Sailing and Steam Vessels built (exclusive of vessels built for foreigners) during the year.

	Vessels	Tons.
Sailing vessels	707	212,364
Steam vessels	389	221,330
Total	1,096	433,694