A. D, 1774, 



5% 



The number ol inhabitants remaining through the winter on the 

 ifland during thefe years was fometimes under 11,000, and never 

 amounted to 12,000; and the land cuhivated by them was only from, 

 one to two thoufand acres. 



The following account, fhowing the ftate of the French fifhery at 

 Newfoundland, is alfo taken from the returns of the Britifh admiral 

 commanding on that ftation : 



Hogsheads 

 of oil. 



In the year 1769 . 

 1770- 

 1771- 

 1772. 

 1773. 

 1774. 



3,153 

 3,511 

 4,259 

 4,637 

 3,358 

 3,377 



Bcfides the above numbers of quintals of fifh there were 470,000 fifh 

 by tale in the year 1769, and 470,000 alfo in the year 1771. 



There belonged this year to all the ports of 



England 7,559 veflels of the reputed burthen of 588,620 tuns, 

 and of Scotland 1 ,646 - _ _ _ _ 93,342 



Total 



9.205 



681,962 



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 cuftoms, including the Weft-India four-and- 

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

 was - - - - - ^^2,567,769: 17 : 3 



being all from the cuftom-houfe in London, the Scottifti revenue of the 

 cuftoms being wholely employed in paying fidiery bounties, drawbacks, 

 &c. 



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

 100,280 pounds of gold, value - - /^4,685,623 : ii : o 



and no filver. 



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