Return of the numbers of ships on each station, 1835-53, taken from P.P. ( 1847-8), xxi. I. 10-11, and
( 1867-8), xlv. 638.

	Year:	'35	'36	'37	'38		'39	'40		'41	'42		'43	'44	'45	'46	'47	'48	'49	'50	'51	'52	'53
East Indies and China		15	10	10	15		12	20		23	41		36	26	22	25	28	25	21	20	20	18	22
Pacific		14	16	15		7	8	6		6	6		8	12	14	15	16	12	12	13	13	12	10
South-east coast of America						11	12	17		21		13	14	11	9	14	11	14	11	9	14	9	9
Cape of Good Hope		13	15	15	19		20	20				10	11	10	9	9	11	10	9	9	8	11	8
West coast of Africa										13	15		14	22	26	28	32	27	28	25	28	24	19
North America and West Indies		28	26	27	31		41	30		29	31		23	15	13	15	14	10	13	13	12	14	18
Mediterranean		23	23	25	29		29	37		48	38		28	24	22	20	18	31	27	28	19	23	20
Home waters		12	11	8	9		15	16		17	16		17	23	22	22	21*	16*	23*	21	20	23	26
Squadron of Evolution		--	--	--	--		--	--		--	--		--	--	--	--	13	7	--	10	8	10	1
Total in commission		167	173	189	225		228	241		244	252		237	225	230	249	266	235	204	213	199	197	207
	Year:	'35	'36	'37	'38		'39	'40		'41	'42		'43	'44	'45	'46	'47	'48	'49	'50	'51	'52	'53
* In these years, there were thirty, twelve and nine ships serving on the Irish station in addition to those noted in home waters.

See Lloyd, Navy and Slave Trade, pp. 280-2, for more elaborate details concerning the West African, Cape and East Indies squadrons, 1821-53. Minor discrepancies in numbers will be noted in the course of any comparison; these are caused by the use of returns from different months, the ships on each station naturally not remaining constant in any one year.

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