1806.] ,[ 417 ) 



MONTHLY C.OM^IERCIAL REPORT. 



'T'lIE prefent date of the infamous traffic of tiik Slave Tkadf, will appear from the 

 lollo'.viii;; ftate.iaent of' arrivals from A'Jnca, and Slaves iin[)6rted into Ihe Wed Indies, 

 ill Britifli vellcis, in the years 1802 and 1803, as laid belore the Houle of Commons, on 

 the Mh of April hift. 



It ajjpears that, on the peace in 1802, llie trade greatly decreafed ; aud in 1804, ill 

 war, it again recovered. 



In 1737, the African trade, by the Biitifli, for flaves was.. ....36,000 



Of this ilumber the Brililli colonies retained lb,B6i 



Supplied to foreign feitlements, ','0, 1 38 



In 1802, the African trade, by the Uriti-ni, for fl.ives was 36,621 



Of which the Bntifh colonics retained 15,973 



Supplied to foreign fettlements, l.'0,958 



The Sliips cleared out in 17H7, and fince 1794, from Great Britain for the Slave Trade en 

 the coafts of Africa, under lu!iit;tlions, by Acts pa (fed 1789-1799, &c. were (by the Kc- 

 turu to the Hoiife of Commons, nuide on the 5th of laft April) as follows: 



Tins table ftcws the greateft poffible extent of the flave trade, as allow^'d by law ; and 



fiippofine; the whole numbers to be procured and t<'.l;f'ii from Africa, then f'jr the years 



1802-3, there were fniyhled, as an average number, on board each fhip, 260 flaves. 



Italfo appears, that Briltol has tjf itfelf nearly abandoned the ll.ive lra:Ic : 



1 hat London, lo the year 1798, was abandoning the IrMdc ; hut that foon after, as the 



cwiGgnecs of the contpierefl colonies 6f Deuierara, &:c. began to fpetulato on e.T.lL'ixfing 



Ale.NTHLv Mao. IVo. liy. 



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