COMMERCE. 



pulation of Great Britain, to extend its 

 commercial transactions in all directions, 

 ana greatly to augment their former mag- 

 nitude. The gr^at increase of the nation- 

 al expenditure has caused most articles of 

 foreign produce to be burthened with a 

 variety of heavy duties, and subjected 

 commerce to numerous restrictions and 

 impediments ; yet, under these disadvan- 

 tages, it has of late years increased in an 

 anparalleled degree, and in the year end- 

 ing 5th January, 1807, produced a net re- 

 venue to government from the duties of 

 customs, amounting to 7,774,0491. 4s. 9d. 

 This large contribution from foreign trade 



evinces its present magnitude ; but its to- 

 tal amount, as well as that of its several 

 branches, will be more particularly shewn 

 from the Custom-house accounts of the 

 value of the commodities exported and 

 imported. These accounts being formed 

 according to the rates established in the 

 year 1696, which, in most instances, are 

 greatly below the present value of the arti- 

 cles, certainly give an adequate idea of the 

 magnitude of the commerce of Great 

 Britain ; but this very circumstance ren- 

 ders them in a comparative view the 

 more indisputable evidence of its in- 

 crease. 



Total Official value of the Imports and Exports of Great Britain, in the year 1805 



Imports. Exports. 



Denmark and Norway 1,071,479 - - - - Z5,l?2,066 



Russia - 2,527,078 .... 1,646,475 



Sweden 269,161 .... 159,597 



Poland 429,450 .... 80,500 



Prussia 1,790,781 .... 5,520,072 



Germany 319,444 .... 2,180,784 



Holland 726,264 ... - 418,801 



Flanders 3,070 .... 23,343 



France 469,820 .... 551 



Portugal and Madeira 936,500 .... 1,495,814 



Spain and Canaries 916,165- - - . 111,380 



Streights and Gibraltar 42,919- - - - 183,823 



Italy 393,517 .... 507,535 



Malta 9,304 .... 127,514 



Turkey 103,590 .... 135,410 



Ireland 3,010,609 .... 3,758,973 



Isle of Man 21,697 .... 62,431 



Guernsey, Jersey, &c. 81,241 .... 198,324 



Greenland 261,086 .... 952 



Total of Europe .... 13,383,275- - - - 21,784,345 



America and West Indies .... 9,115,161 .... 12,163,917 



Asia 6,072,160 .... 1,638,600 



New Holland - 153 - - - - 30,643 



Africa 105,976 .... 980,789 



Sierra Leone -------- 867 - - - - 10,660 



Total 



29, 17?, 592 



36,608,954 



The commerce of Great Britain with 

 the countries surrounding the Baltic has 

 always been deemed of much importance, 

 as b^ing the principal means of procuring 

 the stores necessary for the maintenance 

 of its navy. The capital employed in this 

 branch of trade must be much greater 

 than formerly, from the increased price of 

 hemp, iron, masts, and timber of all 

 kinds, pitch, tar, and the other articles 



of import. The returns of this eoui. 

 try are British manufactures of various 

 kinds, East India goods, and West India 

 produce. 



The trade with Germany experienced a 

 great augmentation about the year 1794,, 

 when it became the channel through 

 which Holland, France, and other parts 

 of the Continent, obtained the goods, 

 which, in times of peace, they had usually 



