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for Bristol in England, produced to the proprietor but 

 £1307 4s. l^d. sterling. The excise, with the net 

 proceeds, amounted to £4912 8s. O^d* 



The following table gives the entire amount of 

 tobacco exported from the United States of America, 

 from October 1, 1791, to September 30, 1792, showing 

 the average of each State :— 



Manufactured hogs- 

 lbs, heads. 



New Hampshire — — 3 



Massachusetts 110,525 and 1,221 



Rhode Island — — 1,429 



Connecticut — — 105 



New York 1,600 and 1,952 



New Jersey ,. — — 5 



Pennsylvania ! 2,140 and 3,203 



Delaware — — 8 



Maryland 780 and 28,992 



Virginia 2,025 and 61,203 



North Carolina — — 3,546 



South Carolina 624 and 5,290 



Georgia 180 and 5,471 



Total 117,874 112,428 



A statement of a similar kind made out for the year 

 ending September 30, 1798, shows the amount of 

 manufactured pounds to have been 142,268, and of 

 hogsheads 68,567. 



On p. 132, we have stated the nature of "draw- 

 backs" allowed to the tobacco-merchant; and its effect 

 on the revenues of a country obtained by the custom- 

 house. The following statement exhibiting the amount 

 of drawbacks allowed on dutiable tobacco exported 



* White's Essay on the Culture and Commerce of Tobacco, 1800. 



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