Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . in the several districts of the State in1850, amounted to 74,071 tons ; of this 18,043 tons was regis-tered shipping—7,092 permanent, and 10,591 temporary:52,535 tons was enrolled and licensed—51,514 tons perma-nent, and 1,021 temporary ; and 3,493 tons was licensed under20 tons. The tonnage of the districts was as follows—Alex-andria, 8,738 tons ; Norfolk, 24,135 tons ; P
Statistical gazetteer of the state of Virginia, embracing important topographical and historical information from recent and original sources, together with the results of the last census population, in most cases, to 1854 . in the several districts of the State in1850, amounted to 74,071 tons ; of this 18,043 tons was regis-tered shipping—7,092 permanent, and 10,591 temporary:52,535 tons was enrolled and licensed—51,514 tons perma-nent, and 1,021 temporary ; and 3,493 tons was licensed under20 tons. The tonnage of the districts was as follows—Alex-andria, 8,738 tons ; Norfolk, 24,135 tons ; Petersburg, 2,708tons; Richmond, 8,458 tons ; Yorktown, 4,807 tons; Tappa-hannock, 5,824 tons; Accomac, 4,083 tons; East River, 4,809tons; Yeocomico, 3,284 tons; Cherrystone, 1,232 tons, and 92 RICHMOND BUSINESS DIRECTORY. P. T. MOORE & CO. IMPOETEES AND DEALEES IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC HARDWARE, No. 24 Pearl or 14th Street, JOHN S. VAN-LEW. THOMAS TAYLOR, Jr. VAN-LEW & TAYLOR, IMPOETEES ANB DEALEES IN FORIGN km MISTIC HARDWARE, FARMiG UTEi\SILS Ai\D HOUSEKEEPING ARTICLES,3>ao. xo ^^. s?::e:or, S as El El© 53®. JOSEPH P. JONES, JOHN F. C. POTTS. JONES & POTTS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. UHNITURE DEALERS, No. 169 fflain Street, opposite Exchange Bank,I O H Ikd O 3Nr u. JOHN THOMPSON, ©S/^lLtsS Q5J1 ffli\irSp (§aP8„ IFIIES,lOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, CARPET BAGS, UMBRELLAS, &c. GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA. 93 Wheeling, 5,934 tons. Of the enrolled and licensed tonnage,all of which is employed in the coasting and river trade, 8,726tons are navigated by steam power—in the Atlantic districts,2,792 tons, and in Wheeling district, on Ohio Kiver, 5,934 the year specified there were built in the State—1 ship,1 brig, 2T schooners, and 5 steamers—total, 34 vessels, of anaggregate burden of 3,584 tons. The serial statistics of the for-eign commerce from 1791 to 1850, are comprised in the follow-ing table: Year. ^ 179
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