85, 251, 252 Blockade of Southern Ports, the: Lincoln's declaration on, i.

83, 89, 90, 92, 111, 121, 122, 244, 245; commencement of, i.

245; method of warning at the port, 245, 246; as involving hardship to British merchants, 245-6; effectiveness of, 252-71 _passim_; effect on British Trade, 252, 254, 263; effect on Cotton Trade, 262; ii.

8, 9; statistics as to effectiveness, i.

268 _note_[3] Southern Ports Bill, i.