490 



A. D. 1799. 



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

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

 the 30"* of September 1799. 



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, 



858 vessels measuring 98,044 tuns. 



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



year, was 



from the custom-house in London ^7,18S,6l4 O 



from tbe custom-house in Edinburgh 312,000 O O 



the West-India duty of four and a half per cent , . . . 39,741 6 1 



Total net revenue of the customs of Great Britain ^7,538,353 6 1 



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



9,630 pounds of gold, value ; ^449,961 15 O 



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 



Notes o{s£5 and upwards. 

 ^11,585,210 

 12,118,690 

 12,155,360 

 12,335,920 



Notes of ^2 and .^1. 

 ^1,627,250 

 1,601,570 

 1,604,580 

 1,671,040 



