138. Monthly Commercial Report. [March 1,. 
On the subject-of bullion and the paper currency of this country, in evidence adduced be~ 
fore the. committee of the House of Commons, the following is the statement laid before them 
by the chief cashier of the Bank of England, viz. 
Notes of the Bank of England in Circulation, including Bank Post Bills. 
sl. upwards. under She 
1798 February 1 11,855,450 1,541,910 
1799 ditto 12,066,310 1,680,010 
180L average year 13,444,367 2,715,182 
1802 ditto 13,917,977 3,136,477 
1808 May 1 13,429,640 4,062,260: 
1809 February 1 13,296,860 4,333,200 
An Ascourt of all the Dollars issued by the Bank of England, to February 8, 1810+ 
Dollars stamped in 1797, and issued, 2,325,099 
Dittoin ........ 1804, and issued, 1,419,484 
Dittoin .... 2... 1809 and 1810 1,073,051 
Total dollars 4,817,634 
H. Hast, Chief Cashier- is 
February 9, 1810. 
‘The following statement of the foreign exchanges, &c. taken from Lloyd's List, of August 
20, 1807, and that of February 15th, 1811, willat once shew the decrease of ous export to 
all parts of the world: 
Abgust 20,1807. | February 15, 1811. 
Amsterdam 56 3 29 
Ditto atsight 35. 8 28. 2 
Rotterdam. AL. 7 8.10 
Hamburgh 34. 8 25 
Altona 54. 9 25.1 
Paris 94. 8 17.16 
Ditto2'Us. - 24.12 18 
Bourdeaux 24 12 18 
Cadiz 38- 3 48 
Bilboa 38. 
Leghorn 50 58 
Naples 42 42 
Genoa 45. } 54 
Venice 52 52 
Lisbon 64. 67 
‘ Oporto 64. 68 
re ais Dublin 10. i 9. 3 . 
: Cork 11. 2 40° ; 
BULLION. 
Portugal gold, per oz. 41, Os. Od. 4).13s. Od. 
New dollars, ditto oe ets 5 iok 
Sil ver in bars, ditto ae G 5 114 
Agio of the Bank of Helland 5% ‘per cent, 4 per cent. 
FRANCE.—The burning decree of Bonaparte is still executed with the greatest rigour, 
and large quantities of British manufactured’ goods have been destroyed in the public market- 
plates:at Bourdeaux, Antworp, Marseilles, &c. &c. and, in order to prevent any kind of com- 
merce with this country, it has lately been decreed, That any person drawing, endorsing, or 
accepting, bills on or from this country, shall be imprisoned for ten years, and their property 
confiscated. Notwithstanding, he allows the export of brandies, fruit, wine, &c. to Great 
Britain. 
. SpPaIn AND. PerruGaL.—All commerce with these countries has ceased, except the 
export of Spanish dollars to Lisbon, which sell there from 5s. 6d. to 5s. 10d. each, and are the 
best remittances our merchants can make thither. j 
_ West Invigs.—A large fleet of merchantmen have lately departed for the islands, and 
a convoy for a second fleet is appointed by the Lords of Admiralty, to rendezvous at Cove of 
Cork, about the 15th of March. ‘The produce of the islands comes to a very indifferent mar- 
ket, both at London and Liverpool, and. the present prices of produce are as follows: Jamaica 
sugar 67s. middling 70s.-and fine 78s. to 80s. per cwt.; Jamaica rum 4s. 6d. to 7s. 10d. per 
gallon ; Leeward ‘Island ditto 3s. 104. to 4s. 6d. per ditto; Cotton is. id. to 1s. td. per Ib. 5 
Coffee, prices nominal; Legwood 161. to 171. per ton. 
SoutH AMERICA.—By the. last packet from the Brazils, some considerable remittances 
in dollars-have been received by our merchants, but no encouragement is given to speculations 
to that country, the markets being overstocked with all kinds of British manufactures. 
Current Prices of Shares in Navigable Canals, Docks, Bridges, Roads, Water Works, and 
Fire and Life Jasurance Companiss, ag the Office of Messrs, Wolfe and Co. No. 9, by sieg 
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