Appendix, N 2 



4. VESSELS employed between GREAT BRITAIN and the 

 remaining BRITISH COLONIES in NORTH AMERICA. 



Number and tonnage of British vessels clearing outwards, and em- 

 ployed yearly in the trade between Great Britain and the re- 

 maining British colonies in North America, 

 on an average of the years 1770, 1771, and 

 1772, before the war 



Number and tonnage of ditto so employed, 

 entering inwards, on a like average 



Medium of the average number and tonnage 

 of British vessels entering inwards, and 

 clearing outwards 



Number and tonnage of British vessels clear- 

 ing outwards, employed in this trade, on an 

 average of the years 1787, 1788, and 1789, 

 since the war 



Number and tonnage of ditto so employed, 

 entering inwards, on a like average 



Medium of the average number and tonnage 

 of British vessels entering inwards, and 

 clearing outwards 



By the foregoing averages it appears, that the number 

 of vessels employed between Great Britain and the remain- 

 ing colonies in North America, being all British ships, has 

 increased since the war in the proportion of about one-half, 

 being 106 vessels more than it was before the war; and the 

 quantity of tonnage has increased 34,887 tons, being in the 

 proportion of about four times more than it was before the 

 war. 



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