GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



The movement of shipping in the foreign and colonial trade was as follows (in tons) : 



The following table shows the finances, com- 

 merce, and movement of shipping of the Brit- 

 ish colonies in 1878, according to the " Statis- 



tical Abstract for the Colonial and other Pos- 

 sessions in the United Kingdom in 1864-78 " 

 (London, 1880) : 



* The commerce of Gibraltar, Hong-Kong, and Labuan is with the United Kingdom only. 





