A. D. 1798. 



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

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

 the 30"" of September 1798. 



England 



Scotland 



Ireland 



Colonies 



Guernsey, Jersey, &c. 



Mann 



Total 



There were built and registered in the several ports in the British dominions, 

 -in the course of this year, 



» 833 vessels measuring 89,319 tuns. 



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

 \ear, was 



irom the custom-house in London s^5,292,775 O O 



from the custom-house in Edinburgh 277,900 O 



the West-India duty of four and a half per cent 28,412 7 3 



Total net revenue of the customs of Great Britain ^'5,599,087 7 3 



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



63,510 pounds of gold, value .^2,967j504 15 



and no silver. 



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

 of the bank notes in circulation, during each quarter of this year, was as follows. 



from 25'" December to 25'" March . . 

 25"' March . . . 25"- June . . . 

 25'" June .... 25'* September 

 25'" September . 25'" December 



' have been eftimated in the books of the infpciftor-general 



* for upwards of a century paft ; from whence it will ap- 

 ' pear, in what proportion the value, as now ftated by the 



* declaration of the exporter, differs from the eftiniated 



* value, on which the accounts have been heretofore af- 

 ' certained. 



' By thus extrailing the entries of the quantity and 



Vol. IV. 



Notes of £5 and upwards. 



5^11,385,180 



11,290,010 



]0,2C)4,150 



10,711,G90 



Notes oi ^2 and£r. 



^1,658,300 



1,983,330 



1,821,490 



1,730,380 



' declared value exported to every country, the true aver- 

 ' age value is afcertained, particularly on thofe articles, 

 ' which, though clalTed under one general head, vary 

 ' materially in the conftituent parts in quality and price, 

 ' fuch as in wrought iron, from the fineft article of polifli- 

 ' ed ftecl to the ploughfliare, &c.' 



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