Appendix^ N° 2 



N° 3. America. 



1772 to 1773. 



N" Tons. 



5 Ships 7C30 



46 Brigantines . . 3>856 



I Snow 160 



139 Sloops 6,503 



80 Schooners . . . 3,899 



271 



15,118 



1773 to 1774- 

 N° Tons. 



6 Ships 860 



28 Brigantines . . 2,224 



135 Sloops 5)876 



8 1 Schooners ... 3,962 



150 



12,922 



1774 to 1775. 



N° Tons. 



7 Ships 902 



30 Brigantines . . 2,576 



I Snow 80 



130 Sloops 5)843 



78 Schooners . . . 4,025 



246 



13,426 



12. — A Table, shewing what Proportion the Tonnage of 

 Great Britain employed out of the Port of Philadel- 

 phia bore to the Tonnage employed out of that Port, 

 and owned therein, upon an Average of three Years 

 antecedent to the War, and what Proportion the Ton- 

 nage of Great Britain so employed then bore to the Ton- 

 nage of Philadelphia, united with the Tonnage of the 

 other twelve American Colonies so employed. — Shew- 

 ing also, what Proportion the British Tonnage now em- 

 ployed in the Trade of Philadelphia bears to the Ton- 

 nage of all the United States employed out of that Port, 

 upon an Average of the last two Years. 



British 



Philadelphia 



American 



Philadelphia and American combined. 



1773- 

 Tons. 



8,668 

 36,467 

 15,118 

 51.585 



1774- 

 Tons. 



10,507 

 40,2 1 3 

 12,922 

 53.135 



1775- 



Tons. 



".333 

 46,858 

 13,426 

 60,284 



Total 

 Tons. 



30,508 



'^-3.538 

 41,466 

 165,004 



By the foregoing table it appears, that the tonnage of 

 Great Britain employed out of the port of Philadelphia in 

 the above years was not equal to l-4th part of the tonnage 

 employed out of and owned in the port of Philadelphia; — 



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