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Monthly Commercial Repoft. 



[Oct. 1, 



The follovvinj Table, given in M. Bourgoing's account of Spain, exhibits at one view the 

 amount of the Spanifh exports and imports to and tnim bouth America during 1788. 



Iicm the a' uve table it appears that the total value of the imports from 



South Ameiica, cluring 1788, amounted to - - ,^22,667,320 9 



Ar.d the total of the exports to ... - 7,493,9.33 5 



So that the in pjrts exceed the exports by - - - 15,173,387 4 



In 1788, the duties on the exports and imports amounted to - 1,386,423 14 



Wheveas in 17ii3 they produced ... - 169,032 5 



Surplus in 1788 ..... ^1,217,391 9 



From various jiilhorities, it appears certain, that Spain has, fmcel7G8, exported to South 

 /.rrerica more wines, fruits, and nianui'aftuted pioduOtions, than iormcrly ; it is equally 

 cert-jin, that fhe has alfo fmcc imported a greater quantity of tobacco, fiigar, coffee, and 

 cclifr comn'ccities from her American poHeflions, though thcfe are ftill far from having ob- 

 tained that degice o. perfetSion of which they are fufrcptible j that, in iTiort, the ii-.te'courfe 

 between the mother country and her colonics has become much greater tlsan at any former 

 period. Previous to 1778, twelve or fifteen vtfi'cls were only en/,at,ed in the colonial trade, 

 and the fc never [cr.ormed more than one voyage in the courfe ot three years; but in 1791, 

 eighty-nine fliips de.ired out from different Spanift torts for South America. 



It is not cafy to afcerciin the txacf qiwntity of gold and filv.-r dra'.'. n by Spain, from the 

 mires in her Ameiicun colonies. Part o'. thefe meluls is converted into current coin at Lima, 

 Santa-Fe, Cartliagrna, and elpecially in Mexico, but a part alfo is fent under the form of 

 ingots, either cUindeltinely or legally, to the mother country. Some judgment might be 

 formed o.' the quniitity o,-' the piecious metals obtained !rom the mines, by the dutxs levied 

 on their produce ; but thefe have greatly fluctuated, nor have they been at all liircs uniform 

 in every part of Spar.iih America. The duty at firft levied was one fifth, but this was, in 

 fonic cafci, atcrwards leduced to one tenth, and in others to one twentieth. 



In 1.552, Charles V. ad^ed to this duty 1^ per cent- to defray the expencc of coinage, &c. 

 at a later i.triod, the duty of one-fiUh was reduced in Peru and Mexico to one-tenth. 



Acco'-ding to the lateil affefiments, the duty on filver is Hi per cent, and on gold 3 per 

 cent. From thefe data it might, tliercfore, be fuppofcd that a pretty accurate eftimate could 

 be fbinied of the annual produce of the mines; but the amount ot thefe duties are frc- 

 ^ucni'y ' on.ounded in the cuftom-houfe accounts, with thufo on quickfilver, paper, &c. 



The ra >ll accurate in!ovn;ation refpeiting this matter is, perhaps,, to be found in the 

 ftatcment ^ivcii by JM. H£lm, in his Travels, which made it ne.irly five millions, in 1790, 

 nearly three of which were in Me.'.ico. 



Average Prices of Navigable C .nal and Dock Shares, at the office of Mr. S^cott, Bridge- 

 ftreet, for Scpt^mter 1806 :— Leeds and Liverpool Canal^ dividing 81. per fliare, 1741,—. 

 Ciano li:n6ion, 971. — W.irwick and Birmingham, 931. — Woicellcr and Birniinghara, 311. 

 las.— \\ yrlej and Elliiigton, 901. — Rochdale, 371. — l.Uefmerc, (.'Jl. — Afluar and Oldham, 



751 KeT...t.t ?nd AvarncW Ihaics, 231. to 251.— Wen India Docli, li.M to 1161 per cer.t.— 



Eaft Ir.dia Dock, 126. — London Dock, 1031. per cent. — Globe Infurjnce, lOOl. to 10U|1 . 



linperiul Afl'urance, 121. percent, premium. 



The Prices of the prin,cipal Stocks are: India Stock, 18'J| 5.— Three percent. Confols, 

 631.— Omnium, 7;H*, 



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