HERRING FISHERIES. 237 



Government debtor to 300 bitffes, viz. 

 Duty paid on materials imported for bufs 



repairs annually .780 



for repairs of nets ' 600 



on 285000 gallons of rum, at 53. 4d. 76000 



545 1 9 cwt. weight of fugar, at 12s. 



6d. per cwt. 34200 



96000 bufhels fait 750 



13500 barrels of herrings confumed 



in Scotland 675 



Intereft of the principal fum paid on duty 



for materials ufed in building 300 bufTes" 



Per contra Creditor. 113005 



By bounty to 300 buflfes 14100 tons, at"| 



3os. 2ii5ol.[ 26550 



By debenture on 40500 barrels of herrings J 



exported, at 2s. 8d. 5400!. J 



Balance in favour of government . 86455 

 The greateft number of bu fifes fitted out in one year, 

 was nearly 294. The eftimate, for the fake of even 

 numbers, is made upon 300. The revenue arifing 

 from this fleet, after deducting the bounty and deben- 

 ture, is 86,455!. but admitting this balance in favour 

 of government to be imaginary; or, in other words, 

 that the annual revenue, derived from the bufles, 

 amounted only to the fum total of the expenditure in 

 bounties and debentures, all the concurrent effects 

 would be clear gain to the public, viz. 



1. Employing 3300 feamen annually. 



2. Ditto carpenters, coopers, blackfmiths, joiners, 

 " block-makers, painters, falt-works, hecklers, fpin- 



ners, net-makers, rope-manufacturers, fail-cloth 

 manufacturers, and fail-makers, tanners, and la- 

 b9urers of all kinds. 



3. Supplying the labouring part of the nation, as 

 manufacturers, farmers, and fervants, with cheap 



and whole fome food. 



4. Preventing 



