Appe?idixy N° 2 



of these vessels: but vessels so employed can now belong 

 only to the inhabitants of the remaining colonies, or of some 

 other part of the British dominions. 



6. — Vessels employed between the British Islands in 

 the West Indies, and the Countries belonging to the 

 United States. 



Number and tonnage of British vessels clearing outwards, and em- 

 ployed yearly in the trade between the British Islands in the 

 West Indies, and the countries belonging to 

 theUnited States, on an average of the years 

 1770, 1771, and 1772, before the war 2,172 



Number and tonnage of ditto so employed, 

 entering inwards, on a like average 



Medium ot the average number and tonnage 

 of British vessels entering inwards, and 

 clearing outwards 



Number and tonnage of British vessels clear- 

 ing outwards, and employed yearly in the 

 trade between the British islands in the West 

 Indies, and the countries belonging to the 

 United States, on an average of the years 

 1787, 1788, and 1789, since the war 



Number and tonnage of ditto so employed, 

 entering inwards, on a like average 



Medium of the average number and tonnage 

 of British vessels, entering inwards, and 

 clearing outwards 



The account of the number of vessels from whence these 

 averages are taken, includes their repeated voyages. It has 

 decreased since the war i ,690 ships, or is three-fourths less 

 than it was before the war. The quantity of tonnage has 

 decreased 45,001 tons, or rather less than half what it was 



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