184 NEWFOUNDLAND . sum eventually finds its way to the United King¬ dom, in payment of British manufactures. In the carrying trade to and from Newfoundland , there are about 400 vessels, the tonnage of which amounts to about 50,000 tons ; two-thirds of these vessels belong to the United Kingdom, the rest are colonial. Most of these vessels make two voyages; some three, and some four. The Custom-house entries average, at the different harbours of entry, for the last four years, as follows :— Sf John's, 455 vessels entered and cleared. Harbour Grace, 105 Trinity, 37 Twillingate, 30 Bay of Bulls, 3 Ferryland, 25 Placentia, 10 Benin, 45 Lawrence, 9 Fortune Bay, 34 753 vessels, exclusive of those entered and cleared direct at Labrador . Of the above vessels, the entries and clearances were— Great Britain, - - 298 Foreign", , and Brazil, 193 , - - 182 , - - - 72 United States, - - 8 753 In this number, neither the coasting nor sealing vessels, about 350, are taken into account.