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Rh {| !Year Dec. 31 !Vessels !Tons !Year Dec. 31 !Vessels !Tons
 * 1859 ||10,498 ||997,211 ||1864||12,235 ||1,475,761
 * 1860 ||10,838 ||1,052,281 ||1865||12,477 ||1,562,295
 * 1861 ||10,830 ||1,088,543 ||1866||11,941 ||1,518,647
 * 1862 ||10,987 ||1,106,958 ||1867||12,169 ||1,523,125
 * 1863 ||11,558 ||1,296,330 ||1868||11,855 ||1,455,172
 * }
 * 1862 ||10,987 ||1,106,958 ||1867||12,169 ||1,523,125
 * 1863 ||11,558 ||1,296,330 ||1868||11,855 ||1,455,172
 * }
 * 1863 ||11,558 ||1,296,330 ||1868||11,855 ||1,455,172
 * }

The growth of the colonial empire of Great Britain, the result of three centuries of peaceful and warlike enterprise, is illustrated  in the subjoined table:—