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New Zealand Mail, Issue 606, 15 September 1883, Page 21

We find from the Board of Trade returns (sayß an English paper) that in the six months ending June the entries of shipping with cargoes at ports in the United Kingdom in the foreign trade were 12,267,000 tons, as compired with 11,606,000 tons in the corresponding six months of .1882, and 10,617,000 tons in the corresponding six months of 1881. In the six months the clearances with cargoes were 14,102,000 tons, as compared with 13,355,000 tons in the corresponding six six months of 1882, and 12,242,000 tons in the corresponding six months of 1881. In the coasting trade there is also an increase of the shipping movement, though only a slight one. All this indicates an increased turnover in business as compared with the last two years. Itis.no doubt, quite true that with tha constant substitution of steamers for sailing ships that is going on, and the greater periodicity of voyagts thereby introduced, there is a tendency for the entries and clearances of shipping to increase without a corresponding increase in the cargoes moved. Still, with all deductions and qualifications, we may conclude that the great increase of entries and clearances means a certain increase of business. Even where there are no periodic voyages there is great pressure and exertion to fill up the vessels as much as possible, and voyages will not be long continued unless with sufficient cargo.