1,308,810.57
1826 1,566,593.83
1827 976,138.86
1828 580,573.57
1820 949,594.47
1830 1,363,297.31
1831 1,170,665.14
1832 1,184,422.40
1833 4,589,152.40
1834 3,364,285,30
1835 1,954,711.32
1836 2,882,797.96
1837 2,672,162.45
1838 2,156,057.29
1830 3,142,750.51
1840 2,603,562.17
1841 2,388,434.51
1842 1,378,931.33
1843 839,041.12
1844 2,032,008.99
1845 2,400,788.11
1846 1,811,097.56
1847 1,744,883.63
1848 1,227,496.48
1849 1,328,867.64
1850 1,866,886.02
1851 2,293,377.22
1852 2,401,858.78
1853 1,756.306.20
1854 1,232,665.00
1855 1,477,612.33
1856 1,296,229.65
1857 1,310,380.58
1858 1,219,768.30
1859 1,222,222.71
1860 1,100,802.32
1861 1,034,599.73
1862 852,170.47
1863 1,078,513.36
1864 4,985,473.90
1865 16,347,621.34
1866 15,605,549.88
1867 20.936,551.71
1868 23,782,386.78
1869 28,476,621.78
1870 28,340,202.17
1871 34,443,894.88
1872 28,533,402.76
1874 29,038,414.66
1875 29,456,216.22
1876 28,257,395.69
1877 27,963,752.27
1878 27,137,019.08
1879 35,121,482.39
1880 56,777,174.44
1881 50,059,279.62
1882 61,345,193.95
1883 66,012,573.64

$724,658,382.78

APPENDIX M.

The following table shows the distribution of the tonnage of the
United-States merchant-marine employed in the foreign trade, the coasting
trade, and the fisheries, from 1789 to 1883 inclusive.

Foreign Trade.
| Coasting Trade.
| | Whale Fisheries.
Year Ended | | | Cod Fisheries.
| | | | Mackerel Fisheries.
| | | | | Total Merchant-Marine.
Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons.
Dec. 31, 1789 123,893 68,607 9,062 201,562
1790 346,254 103,775 28,348 478,377
1791 363,110 106,494 32,542 502,146
1792 411,438 120,957 32,062 564,457
1793 367,734 122,071 30,959 520,764
1794 438,863 162,578 4,129 23,048