As a proof how much the 

 trade with Britain exceeds 

 that with all other countries, 

 dedudt from the laft averages 

 the average imports from, 

 and exports to, Great Britain 

 from 1750 to 1760 - 1,015,306 2 10 1,274,569 7 o 



and the trade of Ireland with 

 all the reft of the world du- 

 ring thefe ten years appears 

 to have averaged only - 578,858 4 3 and 727,784 18 10 



' Although the balance of trade is in favour of Ireland with moll 

 ' countries, it is conftantly againft her with Norway, Denmark, Swe- 

 ' den, and the Eaft country. It is often fo in the trade with France, the 

 ' import of claret exceeding the export of beef and pork to that coun- 

 ' try ; and fometimes the balance is againft her with Holland and Flan- 

 ' ders.' Upon the whole, it may be affirmed, that the trade of Ireland 

 fince the beginning of the eighteenth century has ' increafed more in 

 ' proportion than the trade of England, and, perhaps, if it could be af- 



* certained, we Ihould find, that the external trade of Ireland is, in pro- 

 ' portion to her capital, greater than that of England ; but Ireland is 



* far behind as to internal trade, and until there is aTi improvement in 

 ' that refped, fhe cannot expedl to fee her people fully employed, or in 



* pofreflion of any general affluence.' [Lo;y/ Sheffield's Objervations on 

 the trade of Ireland, p.p. 269, 273, third ed. 



The official value of the imports and exports of Great Britain from. 

 Chriftmas 1759 to Chriftmas 1760 was as follows. 



