Calcutta,] 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



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1818-1819- 1819-20. 1820-21. 





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Tonnage. 



Shipt. 



Tonnage, 



Shift. 



Tonnage, 







130,110 



... 159 



...104,030 



... 240 



...101,750 







1,393 



... 7 



... 2,960 



... 1 



... 400 





.... 15 ... 



6,518 



... 12 



... 5 t 290 



... 16 



... 8,799 







1,333 













.... 33 ... 



9,740 



... 13 



... 4,636 



... 11 



... 4,361 





3 ... 



9G2 



... 5 



... 846 



... 1 



... 683 





.... 63 ... 



16,129 



... 36 



... 10,937 



... 1 



... 3,695 



Arab & Dhony do.. 



....166 ... 



30,420 



... 186 



... 32,715 



... 67 



... 15,958 





580 



196,611 



418 



161,414 



~347 



135,646 



The private tonnage shipped to Great Britain was, in 1818-19, 

 49,114 tons; in 1819-20, 34,675 tons; in 1820-21, 26,734 tons: the lat- 

 ter consisted entirely of Bengal extra and licensed ships. 



Country Trade. — What is termed the country trade, is that carried 

 on by British subjects resident in India, or by native merchants, in India- 

 built ships, between the British settlements and other parts of British and 

 foreign Asia, including ports and places from the Cape of Good Hope to 

 Japan. This trade has considerably diminished since the competition of 

 British traders from Europe has been permitted. 



Port Regulations. — On arriving off Calcutta, (or if the vessel moors 

 at one of the lower stations, on his arrival in town), the commander must 

 report himself at the Master- Attend ant's office, where passengers must also 

 appear, as well as at the Police-office. Immediately on a ship's coming 

 round Kyd's Point, (opposite Fort William), she hoists a blue-peter at the 

 main, as a signal to the Harbour-Master to send an assistant on board, who 

 takes charge of, and moors the ship. A list of the crew and passengers 

 must be delivered at the police-office, where an import manifest, according 

 to a printed form, is sworn to, and then deposited at the Custom-house. 

 A list of officers, pussengers, crew, &c. filled up on a printed form, must 

 be delivered to the pilot who takes charge of the vessel ; a copy to be sent 

 to the Marine Registry Office, where the crew must be registered. Letters, 

 packets, &c. are to he delivered to the Post-office boat alongside the ship. 

 No ballast or rubbish to be thrown into any part of the river. 



Commanders carrying Batta Lascars, or other natives, to sea forcibly, 

 are punished with rigour. No vessel to be moved in the river, unless a pilot 

 or Harbour-Master^ assistant be on board, under the penalty of 200 rupees. 

 No pilot can take charge of a vessel outwards until a certificate be obtained 

 from the Marine Paymaster, that all port-charges are paid, to be presented 

 at the Master-Attendant's office. 



