* Sratistics. 
Between 
France, 
the Levant 
and Bar- 
bary. 
726 
7,300,000 in leaf-tobacco. The principal articles were, 
besides rice, tobacco, _ fish, corn, maize, er of 
every sort for ship-buildin , undressed skins, tar, 
tach flax seed, &c. The a from France 
to the United States at this culpulndlinhinene 
1,800,000 livres, of which 1,200,000 were in -wines, 
&e. and the remainder in manufactures, 
IX. At the end of the reign of Louis X1V. theim- 
s from the Levant and the coast of 
to France, amounted to 3,400,000.) At the ‘period of 
the Revolution, the importations amounted to 37,700,000 
in three classes: Ist, About 1,500,000 in the stuffs of 
the Levant ; 2d, Avout 29,000,000 of raw materials, 
Heyer seg y cotton, silk, wool, goat’s skins, leather, é&c. 
t 7,000,000 in wheat, barley, pulse, olive oil, 
a Turkey coffee, The ex s from France ‘for 
the Levant and the States of Barbary, at the end of the 
of Louis XIV. were only 2,000,000; At the pe- 
of the Revolution, they had risen to the'sum of 
catbonbe livres. They'’may be under four 
heads: Ist, About 8,100,000 in West India coffee, su- 
gar, and liqueurs: 2d, About 3,200,000 in indigo, and 
other dyeing stuffs ; 83d, About 9,300,000: in woollen 
cloths, hosiery, silk goods, and handkerchiefs ; 4th; 
About 5,000,000 in specie, as sequins, piastres, &e. 
Nearly the whole of the cochensbdb hatnocasbh France and 
the Lannion Barbary States, was carried on at Mar- 
seilles.. From this port, were sent to the ports of the 
Levant the cloths of edoe, chiefly those manu- 
factured at Carcassone, ont, and Lodeve, dye- 
woods of various descriptions, sugars, coffee, indigo, 
cochineal, cinnamon, and other spices, lead, iron, 
pewter, tin, paper, liqueurs, syrups, fruits, ‘millinery, 
silken staffs, lace, linen cloth, toys, &c.; and in return, 
France received b Marseilles, raw and spun cotton, 
wool, gum, wax, silk, s, madder, opium, goat’s and 
camel's hair, raw and dressed hides, w, carpets, cof- 
FRANCE! 
X. The commerce between France Men 
China was established in 1694. At the end of the 
reign of Louis XIV., the ‘Prenchyporsesions in the 
rage and of little moment ; saileiietnige only 
some country houses at Pondicherry, , 
Mazulipatam ; an establishment at oF 
ployed in it ; their cargoes, however, viraie'bave tant 
valuable, since, at the end of the reign’ of Louis XTV., 
the importations from the East Indies amounted to 
6,368,000 livres, principally, Ist,’ 
and coffee, to the value of 2,757,000 ; 2d, of mus 
2,790,000 ; and lastly of gold in ingots, 200,060: ese 
The exportations from France to /at the same pe-~ 
riod, amounted to 2,852,000 livres, of which there 
were 2,173,000: in piastres, 542,000 of ste 
and 107,000 in-metals, &e. At the period 
volution, the from Asia into— end 
were valued at 34,700,000 livres, on the # ated 
1785, 1786, and 1787, mere Ist, of man 
commodities, § 
“— 
of about 26,600,000 livres: 2d, of cirmssmnots;' pepper; 
tea, and Mocha coffee, to the value of 6,000,000: 3d,’ 
of wood, raw silk, cotton, iv , &e. to the 
1,150,000 livres: 4th, of 
the value of 493,000 livres ; and, 5th, of di 
woods, to the value of» 367,000 livres. © 
tioris from France to! Aniayat the Maine : 
ed to 17,400,000 ; and consisted, Ist, o 
vres, in piastres: 2d, of manufactured articles, to the 
value of 654,000 livres : 3d, of wines and ior’ , to’ 
the value of 745,000 livres: 4th, of wood metals,’ 
to the value of 700,000; and, lastly, of various other 
articles, to the value of 72,000 livres. : ’ 
fe 
nea 
15,253,000 i= as, 
fr 
fee, incense, myrrh, rice, sal-ammoniac, tamarinds, sen- 
XL. "At the end of the reign of Louis XIV., thieton? Between 
na, ostrich feathers, grain, oil; &c.. Before the Revolution, 
into France, from the western coasts of Afri- France and 
Summa- 
ry of the 
commerce 
the trade to the Levant employed 400 vessels of the’bur- ca, amounted to about 500,000 livres, chiefl fy in gums, west of 
‘slaves an. Africa. 
den of about 47,000 tons, and the value of their cargoes 
nearly 41,000,000 francs. 
The importations of all the countries of Europe into 
France, at the end of the reign of Louis XIV. amount- 
ed to.the sum of 71,000,000 ; and at the period of the 
ana 4 Revolutionto 380,000,000, being an augmentation in the 
France an 
all thecoun- Proportion of nearly 54, The exportati 
tries of Eu- 
‘zope. 
ions from Franceto 
all the rest of F , at the end of the reign of Louis’ 
X1V.amounted to the sum of 105,000,000 ; at the period 
ofthe Revolution to 424,000,000, being an increase in the 
proportion of 4 to 1. The ex ae at both periods 
may be arranged under five The first compre- 
heude thee prodnctions of the soil,of France. ‘At the 
end of the reign of Louis XIV. these amounted to 
36,000,000 ; at the Revolution to 93,000,000. .The 
second class comprises the articles of French i y 
amounting at the first to 45,000,000 ; and at the 
Revolution to 133,000,000. The third class comprises 
the produce of the French West India islands re-ex- 
from France, amounting at the first period to 
15,000,000 ; and at the Revolution to 152,000,000. 
The fourth class. com the re-ex tions a Fn reer a 
produce brought b French from the East Indies, and North American possessions, in —_— 
amounting on the first period to 2,650,000 livres; and of Louis XIV. amounted to 16,700,000 livres, vi anes Wen 
at the Revolution to 4,460,000. The last class’ com- 
Pewbents foreign merchandise and manufactures re~ 
from France, amoun at the end of the 
py of Louis XIV, to 6,000,000; and at the Revolu-- 
tion to 40,000,000. 
elephants’ teeth, hides, &c. ; the number 
nually —_—, was about 2000. eee iednaee 
ported rance, at this period, to this Afri- 
ca, amounted in value to about "650,000 Tres At 
the period of the Revolution, the for the 
western coasts of Africa, amounted to 18 ,000,000," of 
pe a nearly eee on consisted of . commo- 
ies re-exported ; an about 8,000,000 of t uce 
or mannfactures of Fraivce: The im Ler 
average of 1785, 1786, and 1787, ° this part of 
Africa, amounted to about 1,400,000 livres, in gums, 
elephants’ teeth, and hides principally. At this period 
about 30,000 slaves were annu ‘bought. No trade 
was carried’ on to the isles of France and Bourbon, 
previously ‘to the year 1735, when La Bourdonnaie 
was sent out as governor. At the period of the Revo- 
lution, the exportations from France to these islands 
amounted to 4,600,000 livres, chiefly in metals, wood, 
wines, brandy ; and some manufactured goods, cloths, 
and gilt toys. The returns amounted to 2,700,000, 
ao in Bourbon coffee. 
XU. The im ions into France, from their West Between 
11,000,000 in sugar and chocolate ; 4,081,000 in indi- N. America 
g0; 775,000, in cotton, hides, ekins, &c.; and 200,000 
in tobacco. The exportations from France, at the same 
period, amounted to about 9,000,000 ; viz. 4, 160,000 
in manufactures ; 1,900,000 in provisions; 1 "564,000 
