Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the public for several reasons. That’s quite a pity while these books contains useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible. The report of this British consul was published in a range of publications dealing with the economic situation of countries outside the United Kingdom and provides useful information.
“Shipping. The total amount of shipping which entered during the year 1860, excluding junks, was 265 vessels, of 106,910 tons, against 214 vessels, of 88,460 tons, in 1859, showing an increase of 66 vessels, or 23,350 tons. I believe that the number of Siamese entries is a little understated, but there are no public records available by which to check the private lists from which this estimate was taken ; otherwise the return is reliable. The amount of shipping which cleared from the port during 1860, excluding the junk trade, was 277 vessels, of 116,184 tons, against 218 vessels, of 93,016 tons, which cleared in 1859, showing an increase of 59 vessels, or 23,168 tons. British Shipping. As regards British shipping the comparison stands: There entered in 1860, 75 vessels, of 28,271 tons; of 1859, 75 vessels, of 27,545 tons: an equal number in vessels, but an increase for 1860 of 726 tons. There cleared in 1860, 68 vessels, of 25,946 tons; in 1859, 87 vessels, of 30,258 tons: a decrease for 1860 of 9 vessels, or 4.337 tons. British vessels may have been in some degree drawn off for the transport service in China, which would account for their not enjoying the benefit of the demand for tonnage here, which very much increased the employment for Danish and Hanseatic vessels. Of copper, the consumption in the dockyards is considerable ; the repairs of several foreign vessels, and the Siamese navy of 23 steam-vessels and 67 sailing vessels, must take annually an amount to which that reported is comparatively trifling.”
Source
Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: thirty-eight volumes. Manufactures and commerce and trading of foreign countries. Session 6 February-7 August 1862, vol. LVIII, p. 334. Report on the Foreign Trade of Siam during the year 1860; drawn up by direction of Sir Robert H. Schomburgh, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Bangkok, by Mr. Henry Alabaster, First Assistant in the Consulate.
“Shipping. The total amount of shipping which entered during the year 1860, excluding junks, was 265 vessels, of 106,910 tons, against 214 vessels, of 88,460 tons, in 1859, showing an increase of 66 vessels, or 23,350 tons. I believe that the number of Siamese entries is a little understated, but there are no public records available by which to check the private lists from which this estimate was taken ; otherwise the return is reliable. The amount of shipping which cleared from the port during 1860, excluding the junk trade, was 277 vessels, of 116,184 tons, against 218 vessels, of 93,016 tons, which cleared in 1859, showing an increase of 59 vessels, or 23,168 tons. British Shipping. As regards British shipping the comparison stands: There entered in 1860, 75 vessels, of 28,271 tons; of 1859, 75 vessels, of 27,545 tons: an equal number in vessels, but an increase for 1860 of 726 tons. There cleared in 1860, 68 vessels, of 25,946 tons; in 1859, 87 vessels, of 30,258 tons: a decrease for 1860 of 9 vessels, or 4.337 tons. British vessels may have been in some degree drawn off for the transport service in China, which would account for their not enjoying the benefit of the demand for tonnage here, which very much increased the employment for Danish and Hanseatic vessels. Of copper, the consumption in the dockyards is considerable ; the repairs of several foreign vessels, and the Siamese navy of 23 steam-vessels and 67 sailing vessels, must take annually an amount to which that reported is comparatively trifling.”
Source
Accounts and papers of the House of Commons: thirty-eight volumes. Manufactures and commerce and trading of foreign countries. Session 6 February-7 August 1862, vol. LVIII, p. 334. Report on the Foreign Trade of Siam during the year 1860; drawn up by direction of Sir Robert H. Schomburgh, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Bangkok, by Mr. Henry Alabaster, First Assistant in the Consulate.
