iS - GENERAL VIEW OF 



Madrafs-j the ifland of Bombay ; and feveral de- 

 tached cfties upon the Indian fhores. 



By means of thefe advantages, and their territo- 

 rial revenues, the Company enjoy, almoft exclu- 

 fively, the whole commerce of the Mogul empire ; 

 with the fouthern parts of Arabia, Perfia, and Tibet. 

 They trade alfo with the kingdoms of Afem, Aracan, 

 Ava, Pegu, Siam, Cambodia, Malacca, the empire 

 of China, * and the principal Oriental iflands, ex- 

 cepting Japan, the Manillas, and the iflands pof- 

 ferTed by the Dutch. 



Such are the various and disjointed branches of 

 the British empire ; abounding in articles whereon 

 mankind fet the greateft value ; a ftirrmlus to inva- 

 fion, and which will ever require a confiderable ex- 

 pence to maintain. 



Eftimate of Englifh exports and imports to and 

 from the remaining fettlem^nts, in 1773, that year 

 ferving as an average medium often years from 1765- 

 to 1775, being the higheft average of general exports 

 and imports in the commercial annals of this ifland. 

 Exports to Imports from Seamen 

 Eaft Indies . 845,707 . 1,9333096 6000 

 African forts 6623112 68,424 - 3900 

 Weft Indies - 1,235,734 - 2,700,814 - 12000 

 Canada 316,867 42,394 - 400 

 Nova Scotia 27,032 1,719 - 100 



Hudfon'sBay 6,467 8,943 - 130 



3,1713663 4,823,477 

 3,171,663 



Balance againil exports . 1,651,814 



* In confequence of the fmuggling al r our imports from China 

 will increalevery confiderably, and the illicit imports, from France, 

 Holland, and Denmark, will proportionally decrease. 



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