GREAT BRITAIN. 



361 



Revolution 1639 664,263 



Accession of Queen Anne, 1702 16,894,702 



Accession of George I., 1714 54,145,363 



Accession of George II., 1727 52,092,288 



In 1763 133,865,430 



Commencement of the American War 123,583,635 



Conclusion of American War, 1784 249,851,628 



Commencement of French War, 1793 239,250,248 



Debt in 1817 840,850,491 



In 1817 the English and Irish exchequers 

 were united, and in 1835 the debt was reduced 

 to 743,675,299. But in consequence of the 

 "West India emancipation act it again rose, 



until in 1843 it reached 773,009,340. After 

 a short period of reduction, the Crimean War 

 again advanced it, until in 1859 it; reached 

 786,801,154 funded debt, 18,277,400 un- 

 funded debt, and 4,023,728 annuities. Since 

 then it has been steadily reduced, until now 

 it has reached the lowest figure in the cen- 

 tury. 



. The imports from, and exports of British 

 products to, other countries, were as follows in 

 1873 and 1874: 



The movement of shipping was as follows (in tons) : 



The number of vessels cleared for the United 

 States was 3,214, of 3,034,793 tons, in 1873, and 

 2,773, of 2,806,251 tons, in 1874. The number 



entered from the same country was 3,412, of 

 3,020,158 tons, in 1873, and 4,068, of 3,509,249 

 tons, in 1874. The number cleared for British 



