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III. 



Of the foreign Trade, Import s> and Revenues o/Jam 



was 



THIS Ifland was a long time remarkable for its trade, and the great quantities 

 of all forts of commodities that ufed to be imported there j nor 

 ordinary, while the neighbouring parts of the continent, and moil of the adja- 

 cent fettlements were fupplicd from thence : but though this branch of their exports 

 has been but very inconsiderable of late years, and their imports confiderably dimi- 

 nished on that occafion ; they are flill very large, and frequently fupply the luxury, 



the wants of the community. To give a minute detail of every article 

 of thefe, would require a larger fcope, and more labour than we can at prefent be- 



d 



flow upon the fubject 



to 



fatisfactory 



was my defign ; and for th 



purpofe I have taken the following abftradt from the collectors books for the year 



ral and eafy method of communicating 



75 



which. I 



t ho n gh t 



the moft 



iuft notion of the for 



trade of that I Hand ; and the more fo as the intercourfe of 



that year was deemed pretty moderate, and rather under the medium, having im 



mediately fucceeded the hurricane in fifty 



and this I hope will be fufficient, as 



it contains 



ports to which they belon 



ly an eflimate of the number of vefTels, with an 



of the 



but 



kewife a general account of their loading 



to 



which we have fubjoined a regular computation of the quantities and value of many 

 of the principal commodities yearly imported there. 



Vejfels from Europe. 



In the courfe of that year (and it is nearly the fame one year with another,) there 

 were no lefs than forty capital (hips entered there directly from London ; the loading 

 of which confided chiefly of dry goods of Britifi and Indian manufactures per cock- 

 etts, wines, iron and copper-ware, refined fugars, tobacco-pipes, &c. Four from 

 London and Cork, loaded chiefly with dry goods ; and beef, pork, butter, tongues, 

 herrings, &c. the produce of Ireland, Eight from London and Madera, whofe loading 

 coniifled chiefly of dry goods, and wines. Two from London, Cork, and Madera load- 



ed with dry goods, provisions, and wines. And one from London and Cape deVerds % 

 with mules, afles, camels, and Spa?iijh wines, all from the latter. 



From Brijlol immediately they had eight, loaded chiefly with dry goods of Bri- 

 tijh and Irijh manufactures, copper and iron ware, fhip chandlery ware, bottled beer, 

 cheefe, cyder and refined fu gar. And fifteen from Brijlol 'and Cork, with goods of the 



fame fort, and Irijh provifions. 



There were no more than three fhips entered here immediately from Liverpool that 

 year j and thefe were loaded chiefly with manufactured mahogany and cottons, ale, 

 cheefe, cyder, and potatoes : but they had feventeen from Liverpool and Ireland, 

 loaded chiefly with provifions : and one from Liverpool and Madera, loaded chiefly 

 with manufactured cottons, and the wines of the latter. 



They had but one veflel from Lancajler directly j and that loaded chiefly with 

 cottons, and dry goods of a coarfe nature : and five from Lancajler and Ireland* 

 loaded with the like goods, and provifions. 



They had nine veflels from Hull, Plymouth, and the other out-ports of Eng- 

 land-, of which two called at Madera. Thefe were principally loaded with dry 

 goods per cocketts, {hip chandlery ware, herrings, fhads, and a few wines from 

 Madi 



era. 





The fhips from Great Britain by the way of Africa, were not above twenty nine 

 this year j the importation of flaves being diminished from about nine thoufand, 



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