Statistics of Van Diemen's Land. 



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since 1 844 will best explain the working of these duties ; 

 viz.* — 



PORT OF HOBART TOWN. 





Vessels 

 Inwards. 



Tonnage. 



Vessels 

 Outwards. 



Tonnage. 



Value of 

 Imports. 



Value of 

 Exports. 



1845 

 1846 

 1847 

 1848 



161 

 199 

 236 

 265 



17,994 

 21,549 

 23,467 

 27,545 



180 

 222 

 251 



285 



29,124 



28,388 

 27,079 

 36,055 



£ 

 69,545 

 94,625 



t42,841 

 t34,906 



£ 

 60,247 

 89,143 

 75,345 

 55,986 



PORT OF LAUNCESTON. 





Vessels 

 Inwards. 



Tonnage. 



olrX. ^°"-Se. 



Value of Value of 

 Imports. Exports. 



1845 

 1846 



1847 

 1848 



136 

 168 

 184 

 191 



14,942 



18,701 

 18,868 

 19,012 



131 

 162 

 179 

 174 



14,780 

 17.912 

 18,877 

 17,295 



£, 



54,992 



52,614 



47,990 



122,936 



£ 



74,893 

 119,294 

 107,441 



69,457 



Looking at the disparity in value between the total imports 

 and exports of the year, no apprehension need be entertained 

 of any monetary derangement occurring so long as so effectual 

 a counterpoise is aflForded by British expenditure. The dis- 

 bursements in I848j for Commissariat, Convict, Mihtary, 

 and Ordnance services in the Colony, amounted to nearly a 

 quarter of a million sterling ! 



But to proceed. — Of the total imports, 77^ per cent, are 

 from Great Britain, 18jper cent, from British Colonies, and 



* For these returns I am indebted to the courtesy of Henry D'Arch, Esq., 

 Collector of tlie port of Hobart Tovvn. ^ 



f The number of ships inwards, as well as of the tonnage, show a large 

 progressive increase, wiiile the "value" of the imports appears to have 

 diminished considerably. The discrepancy can perhaps be reconciled by 

 supposing that the permission to lake the valuation at tlie port of shipment 

 instead of at the port of entry had been largely and liberally acted upon. 



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