Chapter LXV: 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 23,048 628,618
1795 529,471 184,398 3,163 30,933 747,965
1796 576,733 217,841 2,364 34,962 831,900
1797 597,777 237,403 1,104 40,628 876,912
1798 603,376 251,443 763 42,746 898,328
1799 657,142 246,640 5,647 29,979 939,408
1800 667,107 272,492 3,466 29,427 972,492
1801 630,558 274,551 3,085 39,382 947,576
1802 557,760 289,623 3,201 41,522 892,106
1803 585,910 299,060 12,390 51,812 949,172
1804 680,514 317,537 12,339 52,014 1,042,404
1805 744,224 332,663 6,015 57,465 1,140,367
1806 798,507 340,540 10,507 59,183 1,208,737
1807 840,163 349,028 9,051 70,306 1,268,548
1808 765,252 420,819 4,526 51,998 1,242,595
1809 906,855 405,103 3,777 34,487 1,350,282
1810 981,019 405,347 3,589 34,828 1,424,783
1811 763,607 420,362 5,209 43,234 1,232,502
1812 758,636 477,972 2,930 30,459 1,269,997
1813 672,700 471,109 2,942 19,877 1,166,628
1814 674,633 466,159 562 17,855 1,159,209
1815 854,295 475,666 1,230 36,937 1,368,128
1816 800,760 522,165 1,168 48,126 1,372,219
1817 804,851 525,030 5,224 64,807 1,309,912
1818 589,954 549,374 16,750 69,107 1,225,185
1819 581,230 571,058 32,386 76,078 1,260,752
1820 583,657 588,025 36,445 72,040 1,280,167
1821 593,825 614,845 27,995 62,293 1,298,958
1822 582,701 624,189 48,583 69,226 1,324,699
1823 600,003 617,805 40,503 78,225 1,336,566
1824 636,807 641,563 33,346 77,447 1,389,163
1825 665,409 640,861 35,379 81,462 1,423,111
1826 696,221 722,330 41,984 73,656 1,534,191
1827 701,517 789,159 45,992 83,687 1,620,607
1828 757,998 842,906 54,801 85,687 1,741,392
1829 592,859 508,858 57,284 101,797 1,260,798
1830 537,563 516,979 39,705 61,556 35,973 1,191,776
1831 538,136 539,724 82,797 60,978 46,211 1,267,846
1832 614,121 649,627 73,246 55,028 47,428 1,439,450
1833 648,869 744,199 101,636 62,721 48,726 1,606,151
1834 749,378 783,619 108,424 56,404 61,082 1,758,907
Sept. 30, 1835* 788,173 797,338 97,649 77,338 64,443 1,824,941
1836 753,094 873,023 146,254 63,307 46,424 1,882,102
1837 683,205 956,981 129,137 80,552 46,811 1,896,686
1838 702,962 1,041,105 124,860 70,084 56,649 1,995,640
1839 702,400 1,153,552 132,285 72,258 35,984 2,096,479
1840 762,838 1,176,694 136,927 76,036 28,269 2,180,764
1841 788,398 1,107,068 157,405 66,552 11,321 2,130,744
1842 823,746 1,045,753 151,990 54,805 16,007 2,092,391
June 30, 1843* 856,930 1,076,156 152,517 61,224 11,776 2,158,603
1844 900,471 1,109,615 168,614 85,225 16,171 2,280,096
1845 904,476 1,223,218 190,903 76,901 21,414 2,417,002
1846 943,307 1,315,577 187,420 79,318 36,463 2,562,085
1847 1,047,454 1,488,601 103,859 77,681 31,451 2,839,046
1848 1,168,707 1,659,317 192,613 89,847 43,558 3,154,042
1849 1,258,756 1,770,376 180,186 81,756 42,942 3,334,016
1850 1,439,694 1,797,825 146,017 93,806 58,112 3,535,454
1851 1,544,663 1,899,976 181,644 95,617 50,539 3,772,439
1852 1,705,650 2,055,873 193,798 110,573 72,546 4,138,440
1853 1,910,471 2,134,258 193,203 109,228 59,850 4,407,010
1854 2,151,918 2,322,114 181,901 111,928 35,041 4,802,902
1855 2,348,358 2,543,255 186,848 111,915 21,625 5,212,001
1856 2,302,190 2,247,663 189,461 102,452 29,887 4,871,653
1857 2,268,196 2,336,609 195,842 111,868 28,328 4,940,843
1858 2,301,148 2,401,220 198,594 119,252 29,594 5,049,808
1859 2,321,674 2,488,929 185,728 129,637 27,070 5,145,038
1860 2,379,396 2,644,867 166,841 136,653 26,111 5,353,868
1861 2,496,894 2,704,544 145,734 137,846 54,795 5,539,813
1862 2,173,537 2,606,716 117,714 133,601 80,596 5,112,164
1863 1,926,886 2,960,633 99,228 117,290 51,019 5,155,056
1864 1,486,749 3,245,265 95,145 103,742 55,499 4,986,400
1865 1,518,350 3,381,522 90,516 65,185 41,209 5,096,782
1866 1,387,756 2,719,621 105,170 51,642 46,589 4,310,778
1867 1,515,648 2,660,390 52,384 44,567 31,498 4,304,487
1868 1,494,389 2,702,140 71,343 83,887** 4,351,759
1869 1,496,220 2,515,515 70,202 62,704 4,144,641
1870 1,448,846 2,638,247 67,954 91,460 4,246,507
1871 1,363,652 2,764,600 61,400 92,865 4,282,607
1872 1,359,040 2,929,552 51,608 97,547 4,437,747
1873 1,378,533 3,163,220 44,755 109,519 4,696,027
1874 1,389,815 3,292,439 39,108 78,290 4,800,652
1875 1,515,598 3,219,698 38,229 80,207 4,853,732
1876 1,553,705 2,598,835 30,116 87,802 4,279,458
1877 1,570,600 2,540,322 40,593 91,085 4,242,600
1878 1,589,348 2,497,170 39,700 86,547 4,212,765
1879 1,451,505 2,598,183 40,028 79,885 4,169,601
1880 1,314,402 2,637,686 38,408 77,538 4,068,034
1881 1,297,035 2,646,010 38,551 76,136 4,057,734
1882 1,259,492 2,795,777 32,802 77,862 4,165,933
1883 1,269,681 2,838,354 32,414 95,038 4,235,487

* Nine months ** After 1867 the tonnage engaged in mackerel fisheries is included in this column.