The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-27

tinued until 1899, when it was purchased by |
Parliament, we learn that In 1899 about |
100000 chaldrOns arrived In London. Fifty |
years later the amount which entered the |
Thames had risen to G35,00O tons, and In 1893 |
WILLIAM PITT dcduccd from the above
named annuity n consumption OF 100000
tons. Notwithstanding the formidable dues
which were still cxactcd by the Government,
the demand steadily augmented, reaching
in 1884 the figure of 100000 tons, fivc-siNths
of which, it may bc noted came from the
ports of Newcastle and Sunderland.
For some centuries indeed, and even up
t. ISL the Goa burned in London was drawn
almost exclusively from the great deposits
of the north The counties Of Durham and
Northumberland not only monOpolized the
market of the Thames, but in the year 1890
they were computed to contribute ut least a
third to tho total coal yield Of the United
Kingdom, then amounting to some ten mill
lions of tons. The development of railways
permitted the other mining centres Of Great
Britain to compete with Newcastle and Sun
drrlnud; vet So late n 1851. out of 3,5oi.ooO
tons called for by the metropolis, not less
than three aud quarter millions came 10y
sea from the Northumbrian basin. Just
ten years aftcrward. however. the iron roads
brought to the capital million and half
against three millions and II half credited To
water transport. the entire consumption of
London in 1861 being five million tons. Com
ing now To- 1876 we find ourselves in pros
cucc of some extraordinary figures. whether
we regard the aggregate magnitude or the
revolution in the mode Of carriage. We find
that during last year about eight and half
million tons of coal arrived in the Mctropol-
itan District, Of which moro than five mill
lions came by rail. In other words, while
the amount Of coal sent by water was less
than in 1861, the quantities forwarded 10y
land transport actually exceeded the whole
receipts of fifteen years ago. 1t also follows
from these figures that the consumption of
coal in the British capital has nearly trchlod
In three decades Another detail is worth
remark, that Of the coal coming 10y sea al
most the whole was shipped from Ncwca--
tie and Sunderland. while the larger part of
that sent 10y land should probably be r.
icrrcd to the same northern basin, which
thus. in spite of competition and changed
methods Of carriagc maintains its suprcin-
acy in the London market
Many persons will bc surprised to learn
that the present prices of coal IN the British
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