A. D. 1777. 



' alfo iflued within the time of the recoin- 



' age, in value - - - - 1,351,987 



* Amount of new gold money at the end of 1777 



' By eflimation of men converfant, from their habits 

 ' and obfervation, to judge of the money in currency, the 



* heavy gold coin remaining in circulation (i. c. guineas 



* weighing 5 dwt, 8 gr, and upwards) was taken, on the 

 ' lowed, at - - - - - - 



' [Befides which it was underftood, that about two 

 ' millions of light guineas had been taken out of circula- 

 ' tion, and fent to America, which it is fuppofed, were 



* brought back to this country after the war, but no cre- 

 ' dit is taken for them here.] 



• Makes the amount of gold money circulating at the 

 end of 1777 to be - 



613 



5,200,723 

 20,447,002 



5,000,000 



;C25,447.oo2' 



There belonged this year to all the ports 

 of England - 7,575 veflels of the reputed burthen of 610,201 tuns, 

 and of Scotland 1,521 - - - 88,729 



Total - 9,096 - - - 698,930 



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

 and to foreign countries, including repeated voyages, 



Britilh 



Inward 

 Outward 



VclTcls. 



8,390 



Tuns. 



815.517 

 830.545 



Foreign 



Vcilels. 

 1,992 



877 



Tuns. 



252,437 

 102,310 



To tal 



Vellels. 

 10,382 



10,433 



Tuns. 

 1,067,954 

 932,855 



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 from the cuftom-houfe in London - ^(^2, 199, 105 : 19 :4 



and from the cuftom-houfe in Edinburgh - 30,000 : 0:0 



Total net revenue of the cuftoms of Great Britain X^2,229,i05 : 19 : 4 



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

 78,780 povmds of gold, value - - JC3}^^3>99S '• xo:o 



and no iilver. 



