A. D. 1778. 



631 



eral Munro, in conjundion with the few Britifli fliips of war in thofe 

 feas, commanded by Sir Edward Vernon, reduced Pondicherry, the 

 chief fettlement of the French, after a fiege of nine weeks (16"' Odober). 

 By thefe events the power and commerce of the French were extinguifti- 

 ed in India. 



The following is an account of the net produce, in French money, 

 of the public fales at L'Orient of merchandize imported by the fubjeds 

 ©f France, who engaged in the Eafl-India trade after the fufpenfion of 

 jhe French Eaft-India company in the year 1769*. 



There belonged this year to all the ports 

 of England 7,368 veflels of the reputed burthen of 606,150 tuns, 

 and of Scotland 1,617 - _ - - 94,915 



Total 8,985 701,065 



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

 and to foreign countries, including repeated voyages, 



Inward 

 Outward 



Bn'tilh. 



Vcffcls. 



6,378 

 7,687 



Tuns. 



7CI.735 

 732,558 



Foreign. 



Tuns. 

 199-365 

 93,778 



Total. 



VdTcls 

 8,120 



8,485 



Tuns. 



901,100 



826,336 



VclYch. 



1,742 



798 



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 

 and from the cuilom-houfe in Edinburgh 



;^2,i42,68i 2 



20,000 o 



Total net revenue of the cufloms of Great Britain ;{'2, 16 2,681 2 o 



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

 7,500 pounds of gold, value - - ^350,437 10 ^ 



and no filvcr. 



• This accoiinC is taken from Raynal, wlio mny Fiance, while they involved all matters of finance 

 be depended upon for hia llatements uf French in impencti^blc myiUry, did not fupprefs, nor locL 

 commercial accounts; as the old government of up, ufiicial ;>ccoui'.'ib ct ctn ir.irc.al !; dis. 



