5fcJO HISTORY OF STEAM. 



PROGRESS OF STEAM VESSELS. 



The following is an authentic account of the number and tonnage of 

 sNvnn vessels, belongingto the British Empire (including the plantations), 

 from 1814 to 1836 inclusive. 



Year. 



1813-14 



Is 15 



'.SIG 



1817 



1818 



1819 



1820 



1823 

 1S24 

 !825 

 1826 

 1827 

 1828 

 1829 

 1830 

 1831 

 1832 

 1833 

 1834 

 1835 

 1836 



No. of Vessels. 

 2 



10 



15 



19 



27 



32 



43 



69 



9G 

 111 

 126 

 I OS 

 21S 

 275 

 293 

 301 

 315 

 347 

 380 

 415 

 462 

 538 

 600 



Amount of Tonnage. 

 456 



1,633 



2,612 



3,950 



6,441 



6,657 



7,243 

 10,534 

 13,125 

 14,153 

 15,739 

 20,287 

 28,958 

 30,490 

 32,032 

 32,283 

 33,444 

 37,445 

 41,669 

 45,017 

 50,736 

 60,520 

 67,969 



In 1813, one steam boat of sixty-nine tons, floated in solitude on the 

 British waters ; and in 1839, from eight hundred and fifty to nine 

 hundred vessels belonging to Britain, comprising above one hundred 

 and seventy thousand tons, seventy thousand horse power the 

 capital invested in which exceeds three millions sterling ! and the 

 number that noro sail, the tonnage and amount invested, exceeds all 

 calculation. 



Joteph Williams. Typ, Walwotta. 



