Travels Through North America 



5. — Vessels employed between the remaining British 

 Colonies in North America, and the countries belong- 

 ing to the United States. 



Number and tonnage of British vessels clearing outwards, and em- 

 ployed yearly in the trade between the remaining British colonies 

 in North America, and the countries which were then British 

 colonies, but now form the United States of 

 America, on an average of the years 1770, 

 1771, and 1772, before the war 



Number and tonnage of ditto so employed, 

 entering inwards, on a like average 



Medium of the average number and tonnage 

 of British vessels entering inwards, and 

 clearing outwards 



Number and tonnage of British vessels clear- 

 ing outwards, and employed yearly in the 

 trade between the remaining British colo- 

 nies in North America, and the countries 

 belonging to the United States, on an 

 average of the years 1787, 1788, and 1789, 

 since the war 



Number and tonnage of ditto so employed, 

 entering inwards, on a like average 



Medium of the average number and tonnage 

 of British vessels entering inwards, and 

 clearing outwards 



The number of the vessels, so stated, includes their re- 

 peated voyages, and it appears that the number has de- 

 creased, since the war, 25 vessels, or about one-tenth: but 

 the quantity of the tonnage has increased 4,110 tons, or 

 about one-third. The vessels, employed before the war in 

 this branch of trade, might lawfully belong to the inhabi- 

 tants of the countries now under the dominion of the United 

 States, it is certain they then owned much the greatest share 



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