Appendix, N° 2 



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 British 

 islands in the West Indies, 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 



Ships. 



Tons. 



142 



12,696 



171 



16,331 



156 





The account of the number of vessels from whence these 

 averages are taken, includes their repeated voyages. The 

 number of vessels so employed has increased since the war 

 137 ships, being seven times more than it was before the 

 war: and the quantity of tonnage has increased 13,517 tons, 

 being thirteen times more than it was before the war. 

 Many of these vessels, before the war, belonged to the in- 

 habitants of the countries which were then British colonies, 

 but are now under the dominion of the United States: they 

 can now only belong to British subjects, resident in some 

 part of His Majesty's present dominions. 



As the result of the foregoing deduction the following 

 table has been prepared; in which allowance is made for the 

 repeated voyages, which the vessels employed in these dif- 

 ferent branches of trade are supposed to make in each year; 

 and the number and tonnage of the vessels is reduced in 

 due proportion. This table will shew, at one view, the 

 increase and decrease of vessels and tonnage employed in 

 these various branches of navigation; and how far the 

 balance on the whole is at present in favour of Great- 

 Britain. 



