45$ ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



think from the result of the whole cess of our imports above our ex- 

 evidence.contradictoryasitis.that ports, have calledfor an account of 

 the circumstances of the trade of the actualvalueof those forthelast 

 this country, in the course of the five years ; and Mr. Irving, the in- 

 last year, were such as to occasion spector-general of customs, has ac- 

 a real fall of our exchanges with cordingly furnished the most accu- 

 the continent to a certain extent, rate estimate of both that he has 

 and perhaps at one period almost been enabled to form. He has also 

 as low as the limit fixed by the ex- endeavoured to forward the object 

 penceofremittinggold from hence of the committee, by calculating 

 to the respective markets. And howmuchshould bedeductedfrom 

 your committee is inclined to this the value of goods imported, on 

 opinion, both by what is stated re- account of articles in return for 

 garding the excess of imports from which nothing is exported. These 

 the continent above the exports, deductions consist of the produce 

 though that is the part of the sub- of fisheries, and of imports from 

 ject which is left most in doubt : the East and West Indies, which 

 andalsoby whatisstatedrespecting are of the nature of rents, profits, 

 themode in which the payments in and capital, remitted to proprie- 

 our trade have been latterly effect- tors in this country. The balance 

 ed,anadvancebeing paid upon the of trade in favour of this country, 

 imports from the coniinenl of Eu- upon the face of the account thus 

 rope, and a long credit being given made up, was, 

 upon the exports to other parts of £. 

 the world. In 1805 about. . 6,616,000 



Your committee, observinghow 1806 10,4'37,000 



entirely the present depresMon of 1807 5,566,000 



ourexchange with Europe is refer- 1808 12,481,000 



red by many persons to a great ex- 1809 14.,834,000 



Thefollon>i»g is an Account of the official Value of our Imports ai 

 Exports with the Continent of Europe alone, in each of the last fi 

 Years : 



and 



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