Account of the Quantities of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize Imported, &c.—continued. Places where Foreign Trade is principally carried on.-The following table of the gross and nett duties collected at the different custom-houses of the United Kingdom affords the best measure that can be obtained of the trade of each. It must not, however, be altogether depended upon. Some ports are principally distinguished by their export, and others by their import, trade; and the greater portion by far of the customs duties being laid on imports, the trade of the exporting ports is made to appear less than it really is, while that of the importing ports is made to appear greater. On the whole, however, the table is not very wide of the mark, and for most practical purposes may be held to be correct. Account of the Gross and Nett Amount of Customs' Duties received at each Port of the United Kingdom during the Years 1850 and 1851. |