328 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1813. 



STATE PAPERS. 



BRITISH. 



Finances and Commerce of Great 

 Britain. 



THE annual statement laid be- 

 fore Parliament, of the fi- 

 nances and commerce of the coun- 

 try, relative to the revenue and ex- 

 penditure.lhe imports and exports, 

 of the year, ending the 5th of Ja- 

 nuary, 1813: — 



The revenue of that year in- 

 cluding the loan, amounted to 

 95,712,6951. The gross receipt of 

 the income tax, within the same 

 period, was 13,131,958/. 



The total expenditure during the 

 year ending the 5th of Jan. 1813, 

 was 104.,398,248/. 



The public debt during the same 

 period costlhecountry 36^607,128/. 

 of which the sum of 13,482,510/. 

 passed into the hands of the com- 

 missioners for the reduction of the 

 national debt. 



The follpwing is a comparative 

 view of the imports of the coun- 

 try for three years, ending the 5th 

 of Jan. in each year:— 



181.1. ..IMPORTS. ..^.36,427,722 



1812... Ditto 24,520,329 



1813... Ditto 22,994,843 



The imports from India are not 

 included in any of the three sums 

 given above. They amounted, in 

 tl>eyear ending the 5th of January 

 Z813, to 4,106,231/. 



The following comparative view 

 of the import of corn seems to 

 afford a satisfactory proof, that we 

 are becoming less dependent on 

 foreign countries for that necessary 

 article : — 

 1811 IMPORT OF CORNo£'.2,701, 240 



1812 Ditto 465,995 



1813 Ditto 378,872 



The following is a comparative 

 view of the import of coffee, cot- 

 ton, and sugar, for three years, 

 ending the 5Lh of January in each 

 year: — 



COFFEE. 



1811...., =£'.5,312,795 



1812 3,646,814- 



1813 2,573,614 



COTTON. 



1811 „£'.3,882,423 



1812 2,990,824. 



1813 2,168,412 



SUGAR. 



1811 ^.6,499,044. 



1812 5,324,409 



1813 5,033,396 



The imports of this country from 

 Ireland, it appears, are regularly 

 on the increase : — 



1811 of.3,280,747 



1812 3,318,879 



1813 3,551,289 



But if the imports of Great 

 Britain fell off" during the last 

 years, it appears that the ex- 

 ports have materially improved. 



