A. D. 179; 



437 



The following is an Account of the veflels belonging to the Britifli 

 dominions, with their regiftered tunnage and ufual number of men, on 

 the 30" of September 1797. 



England 



Scotland 



Ireland 



Colonies ". . . . 



Guernsey, Jersey, &c. 



Mann 



Total 



There were built and registered in the several ports of the British dominions* 

 in the course of this year, * 



756 vessels measuring 86,242 tuns. 



The net revenue of the customs, paid into the exchequer in the course of this 

 year, was 



from the custom-house in London ^3,g5O,608 O 



from the custom-house in Edinburgh 105,000 O 



the West-India duty of four and a half per cent 55,497 11 



Total net revenue of the customs of Great Britain ^4,111,105 O 11 



There were coined in the mint, in the course of this year, 



42,8 10 pounds of gold, value ^2,000,297 5 



and no silver. 



O 



According to an account made up at the bank of England, the average amount 

 of the bank notes in circulation, during the last three quarters of this year, was as 

 follows. 



from 25"" March 



to . 25"" June . 



Notes of ^5 and upwards.lNotes ofsi'Iand^l. 



25'" June 25'" September 



25'" September . 



25"* December 



^10,113,030 



9,762,130 



10,411,700 



^990,850 



1,066,750 



1,230,700 



