STEEL-Or any manufacture of steel, not otherwise enumerated or described, for every 100l. of the value 50 0 0 without discrimination of ships. 20 0 0 These resolutions were agreed to and subsequently embodied in The General Customs Act of the 6th Geo. IV. c. 3., which took effect on the 5th January, 1826. At the request of Government, a comparative statement was prepared by Mr. F. Finch, of the quantity of pig-iron made in Great Britain in 1823 and 1830. This statement shows the number of furnaces at these dates, and the number erected in each intermediate year. Mr. Poulett Thomson, in his speech on Navigation Laws and Commercial Policy, May, 1832, referred to this great increase in the manufacture of iron. The two at Donnington built in lieu of the two at Wrockwardine, which are blown Erected in 1832-Madeley, 1.-The increase in the quantity made in the year out. 1830 upon the quantity made in the year 1823, is 26 per cent. * The quantity made in 1830 is included in Old Park return. The increase of the quantity made in the year 1830, upon the quantity made in the year 1823, is 5 per cent. * Erected in 1824- Brierley, 1. + These furnaces have not been worked for several years. This quantity is estimated. 1 The increase of the quantity made in 1830 upon that in 1823, is 58 per cent. The increase of the quantity made in the year 1830 upon the quantity made in the year 1823, is 52 per cent. Erected in the year 1831-Sirhowey, 1; Maesteg, 1. DERBYSHIRE. 1823. 1830. Total No. Quantity. Total No. Quantity. Tons. The increase of the quantity made in the year 1830 upon the quantity made in the year 1823, is 28 per cent. *Erected in the year 1825-Morley Park, 1; Staveley, 1.--1828-Codnor Park, 1. |