A. D. 1773. 



549 



delivered Great Britain from the fatal confequence of poflcfling a colony 

 with a gold mine. 



There belonged this year to all the ports of 



England 7,568 veffels of the reputed burthen of 581,801 tuns, 

 and of Scotland 1,578 > - - _ _ 91,721 



Total - 9,146 ----- 673,522 



There were entered this year in all the ports of Great Britain from 

 and to foreign countries, including repeated voyages, 



Inward 

 Outward - 



The net amount of the cufloms, including the Wefl-India four-and- 

 a-half-per-cent duty, paid into the exchequer in the courfe of this year, 

 was, from the cullom-houfe in London - - ;iC2, 439,0 17 : i : 6 

 The cuftom duties of Scotland being entirely exhaufted in fifliery boun- 

 ties, drawbacks, &c. there was no money remitted this year from the 

 cuftom-houfe in Edinburgh. 



There were coined at the mint in the courfe of this year 

 28,200 pounds of gold, value - - /^ir3i 7.645 : o : o 



and no filver. 



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

 Chriftmas 1 772 to Chriftmas 1 773 was as follows. 



