Appendix N° 2 



Total. 



Ships. 



Tons. 



Number and tonnage of British vessels, and of vessels belonging 

 to the United States, clearing outwards, so employed, on an ave- 

 rage of the years 

 1787, 1788, and 

 1789, since the 

 war 



Number and ton- 

 nage of ditto, en- 

 tering inwards, on 

 a like average. . . 



Medium of the ave- 

 rage-number and 

 tonnage of Brit- 

 ish and American 

 vessels so employ- 

 ed, entering in- 

 wards and clear- 

 ing outwards .... 



British. 



American. 



Ships. 



Tons. 



Ships. 



Tons. 



272 



55,785 



157 



25,725 



251 



49,405 



169 



27,403 



26l 



52,595 



163 



26,564 



429 



420 



425 



81,510 



76,808 



79, J 59 



It appears from the foregoing averages, that the number 

 of vessels employed in the direct commercial intercourse 

 between Great Britain and the countries now belonging 

 to the United States of America, has decreased since the 

 war 238; and that the quantity of tonnage has decreased 

 since the war 7,586 tons. The decrease of the tonnage 

 appears to be much less than the decrease of the number 

 of the ships, and the decrease of the tonnage inwards is 

 much greater than that of the tonnage outwards. The 

 reason that the quantity of the tonnage in general appears 

 to be less decreased than the number of ships, is, 



First. — That larger ships are now employed in this as 

 well as in every other branch of commerce, than formerly. 



Secondly. — The imperfect manner of taking the ton- 

 nage before the war, which, in order that the master might 

 be charged a less sum for pilotage and lighthouse duties, 



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