5? ANNUAL REGISTER 
found that a progressive increase 
had taken place, not indeed in every 
year, but in every period of a cer- 
tain number of years compared 
with periods preceding it. This was 
an undeniable proof of the prospe- 
rity of the country, and a satisfac- 
tory indication of its -encreasing 
resources. Supposing the produce 
of the revenue to continue equal to 
what it had been of late; which he 
was far from venturing to predict 
with confidence, it would afford the 
means of providing for the defence 
of the country in a very ample 
manner. In confirmation of which, 
he stated the supply, and ways and 
means as follows :—The naval ser- 
vice, in its different branches, might 
be estimated at about 4,230,000, 
a sum capable of supporting an 
establishment nearly double that 
which had been maintained in any 
former peace.—The army (allowing 
£500,000 for extraordinaries, and 
supposing a reduction of one million 
below the present estimate,) would 
amount to#5,200,000. For the ord- 
nance he should allow £800,000 ; 
and for the miscellaneous services 
of the united kingdom £1,300,000. 
The total joint contribution would be 
£11,530,000.. Adding £500,000 
for the separate charges of Britain, 
to the British proportion ofthe above 
sum, the total to beprovided by Great 
Britain would be £10,553,000. 
To meet this expence, we | 
might estimate. land tie 
malt tax 2,750,000 
Surplus consolidated fund, es- 
- timated according to the 
produce of the three last 
quarters 7,845,000 
Lottery 500,000 
Contribution of the East In- 
dia Company 500,000 
Total 11,595,000 
ere 
1803. 
a sum which would leave a clear 
surplus of upwards a million.—But 
there were other indications not less 
satisfactory and decisive, of the in- 
creasing prosperity of the country. 
Tt was not possible, till the conclu- 
sion of the year, that the accounts 
of the commerce of the country 
should be completely made up. 
But from the best accounts which 
could be procured, it appeared that 
the real value of the principal arti- 
cles of British produce and manu- 
factures, exported in the year end- 
Ing Oct. 10, 1802, amounted to 
£27,900,000, while in the preced- 
ing year, they were somewhat less 
than £24,500,000 ; and that, sup- 
posing those articles to bear the 
same proportion to the whole of the 
exports, which they had done in 
former years, the total value of 
British manufactures exported in 
1802, would not fall short of 
£50,000,000, being an increase of 
cight,millions above the year pre- 
ceding, which’ was itself greater 
than any former year.—The ac- 
count ofthe shipping of the country 
was still more imperfect, as, till the 
close of the year, returns were only 
made up for the port of London: 
but it was not less satisfactory, so 
far as it could be ascertained, par- 
ticularly in the important cireum- 
stance of the increase of British 
shipping. In the year ending the 
10th October 1801, 1726 British 
ships, measuring 418,631 tons, and 
manned with 23,096: men, had en- 
tered that port; and 1331 ships, | 
measuring 350,634 tons, and ‘car- 
rying 24,070 men, had cleared out- — 
wards. In 1802, the British ships — 
which entered inwards, were 2459, © 
tons 574,700, men 33,743.—The 
pinkish ships which cleared: out- — 
wards ; 
