i6o 



A. D. 1788. 



The value of the produce in thefe accounts was calculated by the in- 

 fpedor-general of imports and exports in fterling money, agreeable to 

 the prices current in London at the time. The old-eftablifhed cuftom- 

 houfe prices are confiderably lower ; for example, the imports from 

 Jamaica to Great Britain, here valued at ;i(^2,02 2,8i4, are by the cuflom- 

 houfe valuation only ;^i,58o,239. 



There appear no returns from the Bahamas and Bermuda. The 

 loyalifts from North America had jufl: begun to bring the cotton of the 

 former into confideration : and the inhabitants of the later were en- 

 deavouring to follow their example as far as the narrow limits of their 

 ifland would permit. 



j4n Account of the principal articles imported into Great Britain from the 

 BritiJJj Wejl-Indies in the year 1787, with their value as rated in the cujiom- 

 houje books ^ and the amount of the duties paid upon them to the revenue* . 



Sugnr cwt. 



Rum gal. 



Melassps gnl. 



Cotton lb. 



Indigo lb. 



Coffee cwt. 



Cacao cwt. 



Pimento lb. 



Ginger cwt. 



Dyewoods tuns 



Hard woods, maliogany, &c. . tuns 

 Hides no. 



Quantity. 



I,p26,121 



2,251,341 



37,472 



9,396,921 



39.414 



30,363 



3,954 



606,994 



9,i 5Cf 



12,63/ 



7,569 



5,180 



Value, 



a^2,634,6S6 



203,882 



327,599 

 2,634 



212,277 



9,885 



15,211 



11,449 



135,391 



Duties. 



^^'i, 187,775 

 46,902 



free 



free 



5,314- 



247 



7,587 



5,037 



65,565 free 



2 



6 



2,004Tree 



The whole imports were valued in the custom-house books at 

 ^3^749447 -.17 : 4 : and the whole duties of customs were ^1,157, 6\5 



and those of excise - 357,074 



making together - ^l,dl4,{)89 8 ^ 



Tn this trade there v/ere employed 573 vefTels meafuring 131,934 tuns. 

 The principal articles imported into Ireland from the Britifh Weft-Indies in 

 1787 f. 



Sugar cwt 



Rum gal. 



Cotton. . . . i cwt 



Total value of articles imported"* 

 in 64 vessels measuring 8,287 \ 

 tuns J 



Quantity. 



26,182 



209,264 



1,259 



Value. 



^58,909 



15,695 



5,038 



88,870 



Duties on an 

 average of live 

 years. 



■5^57,396 



The exports from Great Britain to the foreign Wefl-India colonies %, 



which amounted in the year 



fell in the following year 



ill 



and in 



They amounted in 



and in 



1782 to 



1783 to 



1784 to 



1785 to 



1786 to 



1787 to 



^363,778 4 6, 



102,000 10 10, 



12,926 2 9, 



653 5 8. 



8,774 2 6, 



4,675 7 4, 



Report, part iv, no. 7, wherein the article melaffes is omitted ; as are alfo the whole imports from 

 tlie Bahamas, Bermuda, and the Bay of Honduras, 

 f Report, part iv, n". 9. 

 J Report part iv, n". 19, 20. 



