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NAVIGATION. 



THE act and practice of passing by water.- 

 The act of conducting a ship on the water. 



British Tonnage, A. D. 1812. 



Tons. Men. 



England 1,951,234 . . . 124,896 



Scotland .... 231,273 . . . 16,300 

 Ireland .... 57,104 .... 5,320 



2,239,611 146,516 



Colonies .... 239,188 , . . 18,514 



Tons 2,478,799 Men 165,030 



Tons. 

 1815 Registered tonnage of Great Britain 2,480,000 



1819 .... ditto 2,666,336 



1820 ' . Y . . ditto 2,648,592 



1821, .... ditto 2,560,202 



1823* .... ditto 2,506,760 



1825 .... ditto 2,542,000 



The average outward tonnage during the war was 

 I millions of tons; the same average for 1819-20- 

 21 exceeds two millions. The average inward ton- 

 nage during the war was about 1,800,000 tons ; the 

 same average in the above years exceeded 2J mil- 

 lions. 



