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Cireulating 
ENGLAND. 
10th of October 1810, the imports were L.34,448,620; 
alone possesses nearly two-thirds, Liverpool, Bristol, 
Hull, New * 
castle, Sunderland, and Whitehaven, rank 
next to London in commerce. 
The following statement may also be given, as exhi- 
as eee er gees 
land, during the last 100 years : 
Years. Imports. Exports. 
1719. .... « L.5,367,499 | 116,834,716 
RYRO a8 5 7,540,620 8,239,924 
1789... e 7,829,373 8,843,624 
1749.2... +.» 7,917,804 12,678,758 
1759... 8,922,976 13,947,788 
1769 ... .».+ 11,908,560 13,438,236 
1779 “ee eee 10,762,240 12,352,052 
W789) 2-0 2 16,408,040 17,989,395 
W799). so 24,483,841 $1,723,727 
1809...... 45,918,663 
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L.17,054,450; and, at 
29,000,000. ‘ 
‘The natural and. obvious. con of, the with- 
drawing of the metallic currency of the kingdom, was 
not only an increase in the amount of Bank of Eng- 
land notes, but.also an-inerease.in the number of pro~< 
vincial banks, and in the amount of the value of their 
notes. Inthe year 1797, the number of country banks, 
‘issuing notes in England, did not reach 200 ; in 1808, 
they were nearly 600; in 1811, 649; in 1812, 625; 
in 1813, 643 ; and in 1814, 689. The average circu- 
lation of each of which cannot possibly be rated at less 
than L.30,000, which will make the total amount of 
the circulation of the provincial notes upwards. of 
L.20,000,000 ; but it is probably much greater. 
Even this circulating medium, great as it is, would 
be totally inadequate of itself to carry on the immense 
trade of this kingdom. In London, the great seat of 
mercantile transactions, exchanges to a very large 
amount are effected, without the intervention of any cir- 
culating medium, by means of brokers, who buy and 
sell for different merchants, and set off the various ar- 
ticles aren each other. Asa proof how small a sum 
of cireulating medium is ahienprerpect en 
toa large amount in metropolis, it may 
nest that in the clearing house, in Lombard 
Street, where the clerks of the different banking hou- 
purpose of exchanging drafts, drafts 
to the amount of upwards of L.4,000,000 are frequent 
ly presented in the course of the day, while bank notes 
-only to the amount of about L.200,000 are required to 
a te ce, 
he pe sources of the revenue of England are finance, 
the duties of customs and excise; the stamp-duties ; 
the land-tax, and assessed taxes ; the post-office duties; 
and the income tax. The reyenue is divided into the 
nic taxes, and the war taxes ; the latter, laid on 
uring the revolutionary wars:with France, consist of 
the income-tax, and of additional duties of customs and 
excise. 
About the commencement of the 17th century, the Customs. 
produce of the customs amounted to nearly L.150,000, 
of which upwards. of L.100,000 was_ col in the 
of London. In the act of union, the customs of 
are reckoned at L.30,000, and those of Eng 
land at L.1,341;559. In the year/1800, the gross pro« 
duce of the customs of England was L.8,551,668 ; in 
the year 1804, L.10,189,238; in the year 1810, the 
permanent revenue of the customs was L.9,952,835 ; 
, or War custom duties, amounted to 
ing a total of L.13,552,050; and in 
the year 1813, the gross produee of the permanent du- 
ties of customs was, L,9,367,542 ; and the war duties, 
L.3,523,205 ; making a total of L.12,890,747. The 
revenue of the customs is collected in England at the 
rate of L.5, 1s, 2d. onthe gross amount. * 
The Excise, which consists of inland duties, or taxes 
on articles manufactured or consumed, originated in 
the year 1626 ; but was not actually established till the 
yeat1643. In the reign of George'l. the, excise duties 
rpetual, In the year,1800, the gross 
uce ‘of this branch of the revenue amounted to 
.11,994,199; in the year 1804, to L.20,985,644; in 
L.3,599,215 ; 
the year 1810, the permanent duties of excise amount- 
etl to L.18,925,954 ; and the war duties to L.6,488,870; 
shad. reach- . making a total of 11.25,414,824. ‘For the year 1813, 
ed the of J. ,.000, at, Seieteet sat the tdtveiny Healers « 
owing ‘Table exhibits the. particulars of the ex- 
cise duties: 
: * The Pies of she cosine wettints for 1818, could-not-bemade-ont, in consequence of the fire-at the Customn-house, which der 
t, are upwards of Statistics. 
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