A. D. 1801. 547 



The followiHg Is an account of the tunnage of the royal navy at the 

 end of the reigns of the under-mentioned fovereigns *. 



A.D. 1547 Henry VIII .... 12,455 tuns 



1553 Edward VI .... 11,005 



153S Mary 7,110 



1603 Elizabeth 17,110 



1625 James 



1649 Ciiarles 



1660 Restoration . 57,463 



il ... . 1 



T t uncertain 



es I . . . j 



A.D. l685 Charles II .... 103,558 tuns 



1688 James II 101,892 



1702 WiUiara 159,017 



1714 Anne 167,171 



1727 George I 170,862 



1760 George II .... 321,104 



The ftate of the navy in the year 1761, being 372 veflelsof all kinds, 

 has already been given in V. iii, p. 350. 



The following is a view of the flate of the navy at this time f . 



Commis- Ordinary, ~ , 



sioned. &c. ^•"^'• 



Ships of the line, carrying from 54 to 120 guns 123 72 ... . 195 



Ships of 50 guns 21 6 . . . . 27 



Frigates, 20 to 44 guns 212 39 ... . 251 



Sloops of war, cutters, bomb vessels, fire vessels, royal yachts, &c. . . 270 44 .... 314 



626 .... 161 ... . 787 

 Hired armed vessels lig 



Total vessels of aU kinds in the service in Januaiy 1801 q06 



And, this great number continues still increasing. 



The revenue of the poft-office is, agreeable to Mr. Anderfon's idea, a 

 politico-commercial index of the extent of the national correfpondence, 

 and, confequently, of the national commerce. And, as things are beft 

 known by comparifon, the following retrofpeft of this branch of the 

 revenue is given as prefenting a viev\^ of the increafing commercial pro- 

 fperity of the country, due allowance being made for the augmentations 

 of the rates ofpollage, and the contradions of the privilege of franking. 



In the year 1052 the revenues of tlie post-ofBces of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 7 _p 

 were farmed for the annual sum of f ^'0,000 



The postage of a single letter carried to any distance not exceeding 80 miles was 2d, and 

 beyond SO miles 3d. 



In 1663 the post-office was farmed at 21,000 



In l6S5 die revenue of it was estimated at 65,O0O 



The net produce of the post-office revenue, on an average of four years, 1707-1710, ac-1 

 cording to ]\Ir. Astle's transcript, was f 53,052 



In 1711 the rates of postage were augmented, from 2d to 3a!, and so in proportion. 



The net produce, on the average of four years 1711-1714 was ^^88,223 for England,7 

 . and ,^"2,000 for Scotland J 90,223 



In 1722 the gross amount was ^201,804 



Deduct for franks ^33,398, and management ,^70,396 103, 7g4 



The net produce was 98,010 



In. the year ending 5"" April 1/55 the gross amount was 210,663 



itrthe year 1764 franking was limited by act 4 Geo. Ill, c. 24. 



In the year ending 5 " April 1765 the gross amount increased to 281,535 



and in tliat ending 5"" April 1775 it was further increased to 3-J5,321 



• This account was made up at the navy-office by kept before the reign of William 111. \^turnal of the hoafe 

 defirc of the houfc of commons, 13'^ A'l.-y I7yi. It was of Lomm'jns, 1793,^. 357] 



accompanied with a remark, that no regular accounts were ' This is taken from the monthly lift of the navy, pub- 



liflied by Steel. 



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