52 A. D. 1716. 



Imported in the year 1716, into Great Britain, ' 



.From Denmark and Norway, in mafts, timber, pitch 



and tar, hemp, &c. _ _ _ - L 73,896 * 



From the Eall: country, chiefly in marts, hemp, &c. 103,635 

 From Sweden, chiefly in iron, pitch, tar, mafl;s, &c. 136,959 

 FromRuflia, chiefly in hemp, pitch, tar, mafts, &c. 197,270 



Total imported 1 — 511,760 



Exported from Great Britain, viz. 



To Denmark and Norway - _ - _ 60,317 



To the Eaft country ----- 65,293 



To Sweden - - - - - - 24,101 



To Rullia ----- - 113,154 



Total exported 262,865 



Total balance, or lofs to Great Britain _ . _ L248,895 



Excepting fomefew commodities from Ruflia and Pruflla, as rhubarb, 

 and fometimes raw iilk from Perfla, cavear, &c. all other articles got 

 from thofe northern parts are fince this time difcovered to be had from 

 our own American plantations •, as iron from New-York and Pcnnfyl- 

 vania, timber of all kinds from mofl: of our continental colonics, pitch 

 and tar from the fame, as alfo hemp and flax. Raw fdk, increafing 

 apace, from Carolina and Georgia. Oar legiflature have indeed enaded 

 fundry bounties on feveral of thofe commodities already with good ef- 

 fedl ; and, we hope, will give earneil attention more and more to fuch 

 important purpofes. We will not, however, anfwer for the precife ex- 

 aclnefs of the above account; but fear the general balance is increafed 

 againfl; us fince that time, more efpecially with rcfpect to Rullia f. 



Mr. Bubb, the Britifli minifter at Madrid, in behalf of the South-fea 

 company, now concluded a treaty by way of an explanation or emenda- 

 tion of the afllento contrad for negroes: but as that trade has been long 

 Ijnce laid afide, we fliall not detain our readers with what is elfewhere 

 in print, and may likewife probably be of very little information or ufe 

 to an}- at this time, or perhaps at any other period of time. Only we 

 may jufl: remark, that the annual {hip allowed, was ftipulated to be of 

 650 tons, Spanifli meafure, from the year 1717 to the year i 727. 



17 1 7. — The Dutcli Eall-India company's privileges were now pro- 

 longed for forty years. 



An unnatural rebellion of free and proteftant fubjeds, in behalf of a 

 popifli pretender, and againfl; a mofl; humane and indulgent proteflanc 

 king on the throne of Great Britain, being happily fupprtlTed, the mi- 

 niftry and parliament determined to take advantage of a time of tran- 

 quillity to reduce the interefl; on the public debts, preparatory to the 



* Tlie odd fliilllngs and pence are thrown out. ^. 



\ This account may be compated with that of the year 1701. j^. i 



