Coal Trade: Appendix No. 4

Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 62, 1830. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, [n.d.].

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No. 4. - An Account of the Quantity of Coals, Culm and Cinders imported into the different Ports of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, with the Rates of Duty paid, and the Amount received for Duty at each Port, in the Year 1829.
Year 1829.
PORTS at which imported. Coals and Cinders Culm. Amount of Customs Duty received thereon.
Charged by Weight. Charged by Measure.
Ports of England. Tons. Chaldrons. Chaldrons. £
London 265 1,548,170 3,797 464,599
Rochester 1,041 91,043 436 27,532
Faversham 161 27,580 8,306
Ramsgate 192 28,027 8,446
Deal 5,300 1,590
Dover 965 21,605 6,675
Rye 1,097 24,708 13 7,632
Newhaven 1,143 18,836 1,664 5,921
Shoreham 432 43,347 3,358 13,175
Arundel 217 14,053 2,895 4,332
Chichester 183 17,284 511 5,235
Portsmouth 606 52,005 59 15,724
Southampton 1,487 57,159 58 17,446
Cowes 343 15,240 2 4,643
Poole 650 17,638 73 5,423
Weymouth 26 15,223 750 4,591
Lyme 10,632 3,108 3,267
Exeter 4,171 45,566 14,172 14,858
Dartmouth 10,848 9,900 12,595 5,455
Plymouth and Looe 45,328 24,518 22,065 16,973
Fowey 8,174 5,739 3,908 3,454
Falmouth 9,472 1,298 793 2,304
Gweek 1,479 1,165 549 659
Truro 9,052 16,786 2,488 6,909
Penzance 5,746 3,916 559 2,338
Scilly 762 16 9 157
St. Ives 43,369 817 13,031
Padstow 13,029 4,106 1,242 3,869
Bideford 6,445 6,652 2,100
Barnstaple 781 7,956 5,393 2,678
Ilfracombe 260 2,023 2,446 720
Minehead 2,956 4,416 997
Bridgwater 603 12,997 524
Bristol 1,336 10 7 270
Gloucester 461 628 281
Chepstow 43 224 15
Cardiff 236 1,430 55
Newport 22 7
Swansea 204 58 18
Llanelly 103 212 14
Milford 7,016 242 591
Cardigan 2,728 10,568 492
Aberystwith 6,548 10 2,338 607
Beaumaris 70,668 56 9,398 6,137
Chester 263 22
Liverpool 56 11
Lancaster 555 167
Whitehaven 12 18 8
Carlisle 61 12
Berwick 146 44
Newcastle - - - -
Sunderland - - - -
Stockton 118 35
Whitby 20 8,016 2,415
Scarborough 12,111 3,633
Bridlington 5,156 1,547
Hull 95 29
Goole 34 10
Grimsby - - - -
Boston 23,985 7,195
Wisbeach 29,030 8,769
Lynn 1,847 152,451 46,105
Wells 10,716 3,215
Clay 13,517 4,055
Yarmouth 163 100,522 30,189
Southwold 6,692 2,008
Aldborough 6,846 2,054
Woodbridge 50 11,083 3,335
Ipswich 38,255 11,477
Harwich 214 24,857 7,500
Colchester 218 28,351 8,549
Maldon 158 40,277 12,114
Leigh 9,059 2,718
Total of England 210,315 2,706,828 132,302 847,266
Ports of Scotland.
Leith 57,935 6,664 No Customs Duties charged upon the Importation of Coals, Culm of Cinders into the Ports of Scotland.
Borrowstoness 129
Grangemouth 4,929 143
Kirkaldy 13,519 3,347
Dundee 58,850 44,487 322
Montrose and Arbroath 25,740 25,859
Aberdeen 14,589 58,552
Banff 10,164 11,085
Inverness 6,645 21,083
Thurso 750 2,701 24
Kirkwall 275 2,070
Lerwick 190 306
Stornoway 355
Greenock 9,038 1,798
Port Glasgow 6
Glasgow 710
Irvine 379
Campbeltown 6,921
Dumfries 1,955 27,113 8
Stranraer 4,108
Total of Scotland 209,911 212,484 354 -
Ports of Ireland.
Dublin 348,307 27,937
Baltimore 1,754 141
Belfast 143,692 11,525
Coleraine 1,850 148
Cork 157,312 12,618
Drogheda 33,236 2,666
Dundalk 22,966 1,843
Galway 5,423 435
Limerick 25,702 2,061
Londonderry 12,577 1,009
Newry 46,022 3,706
Sligo 10,899 874
Waterford 77,210 6,193
Westport 3,567 286
Wexford 32,506 2,608
Total of Ireland 923,023 74,050
United kingdom 1,343,249 2,919,312 132,656 921,316
Rates of Customs Duties on Coals, Culm and Cinders imported into the United Kingdom in the Year 1829.
- Coals. Cinders. Culm.
Ports of England 4s. per Ton on Coals usually sold by Weight.
6s. per Chaldron on Coals usually sold by Measure.		 6s. per Chaldron. 6d. per Chaldron.
- of Wales 1s. 8d. per Ton. Ditto. Ditto.
- of Scotland No Customs Duties charged upon the Importation of Coals, Culm or Cinders into the Ports of Scotland.
- of Ireland 1s. 7¼d. per Ton. - -
Inspector General's Office, Custom House, London, 8th May 1830. WILLIAM IRVING, Inspector General of Imports and Exports.
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