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Return ordered—
Showing the number and tonnage of British Vessels employed in the Foreign-going trade during each of the years 1884–5 to 1888–9, inclusive, together with the number of men employed, and the number of men lost by wreck and other accidents in such vessels, distinct from the number and tonnage of vessels, and the number of men employed in the Home Trade, and the number of lives lost in the Home Trade and in fishing vessels."—(Mr. Whitley.)