A. D. 1766. 4^2 



fons ; from which were made 1084 pounds of filk, and about icoo 

 pounds of filozel and trafh. 



Notwithftanding the failure of this article, of whicii the moft fan- 

 guine hopes had been entertained, the province of Georgia was begin- 

 ning to flourifli. Hitherto its trade had been fubjccTied to much in- 

 convenience by the want of a direct intercourfe with Great Britain : 

 but now there were three fhips, five fnows and brigs, and fix fchooners 

 and floops, belonging to the inhabitants of the province ; and there 

 were four confiant fliips fixed in the London trade, befides others freight- 

 ed occafionally. 



The value of the trade of the province from Odlober 1765 to Odo- 

 ber 1766, was as follows. 



Imports Exports 



From Great Britain £S^,ooo To Europe - - ^^55, 24*^ 



the Weft-Indies 26,242 the Weft-Indies - 24,481 



the northern colonies 12,017 the northern colonies 5?074 



Africa in negroes 14,820 



X^i36,o79 



£H,^02 

 Remitted in bills 

 To Great Britain - 7,500 



tlie northern colonies 2,000 



£94^3°^ 



It muft be obferved, however, that there was not in fad any balance 

 remaining due to the northern colonifts, wlio gave no credit, but made 

 a point of carrying off the proceeds of their cargoes in produce, bills, 

 gold, or filver. 



The exports confifted of i 2,474 barrels of rice, 38,660 pounds of in- 

 digo, 235,600 pounds of deer fkins, 2,674,355 feet of lumber, 3,040,517 

 fhingles,,(8 29,410 ftaves, 25,600 pounds of leather, 1,281 barrels of pitch 

 and tar, 400 bufliels of Indian corn, 88 fleers, 42 horfes, 290 hogs, 

 and fundry fmall articles ; and befides all thefe, the aimual produce of 

 filk fiiipped for account of government. The deer ("kins and leather 

 were purchafcd from the Indians, and all the other articles were pro- 

 cured by the induftry of the fettlers. 



The number of white people of all forts in the province was about 

 10,000, and of the negroes at leaft 7,800. 



The following is an account of the Ikins, or furs, exported from the 

 province of Qiiebec in the undermentioned years. 



1764 106,035 fkins*, befides 58 callcs, 207 bales, and i trunk, 



whereof the contents are not afccrtained. 



1765 275,206. 



1766 346,794- 



• ' The returns from tlic ofiicers at Quebec do not diftiiiguilli the fpcciei of fan, bat enter them 

 * under one head of />f//riV/ _/{/■«/.' 4 



