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 imply that from the year 1868, the business of the place had been characterised by a rapid and most satisfactory increase, but unfortunately for such a deduction, the ships registered as belonging to any port afford no clue to the number actually engaged in traffic there, hence it happens that many vessels hailing from Fleetwood, as their maternal port, are seldom to be observed in its waters.

The following are the annual records of the foreign and coasting trade of the harbour, in which the Belfast and all other steamships are included under the latter heading:—

VESSELS WITH CARGOES.

Year. Inwards. Outwards. Inwards. Outwards.

1844        8           1           436          327 1845        23           2           580          473 1846        24          13           799          927 1847         6           1           752          913 1848        15           5           873          857 1849        36          15          1247         1059 1850        38          14           986         1014 1851        35          13           943          932 1852        32          12           951          823 1853        22           7          1093          919 1854        23           6          1119          983 1855        21           4          1101          971 1856        10           4          1181         1120 1857        18           7          1130         1150 1858        26          13          1020          986 1859        38          20          1023          865 1860        71          30          1123          813 1861        68          28           953          713 1862        41           7           884          560 1863        27          10           795          615 1864        35           6           783          610 1865        29           2           868          623 1866        39           2           762          612 1867        37           4           737          573 1868        26           3           689          512 1869        28           3           730          512 1870        21           4           694          573 1871        20           6           545          526 1872        21           3           697          621 1873        24           3           696          670 1874        32           6           703          587 1875        33           2           659          589