Appendix, N° 2 



1772 to 1773. 



N° Tons. 



5 Ships 700 



46 Brigantines . . 3,856 



1 Snow 160 



139 Sloops 6,503 



80 Schooners . . . 3,899 



271 15,118 



N° 3. America. 



1773 t0 *774- 



N° Tons. 



6 Ships 860 



28 Brigantines . . 2,224 



135 Sloops 5,876 



81 Schooners ... 3,962 



250 12,922 



1774 to 1775. 



N° Tons. 



7 Ships 902 



30 Brigantines . . 2,576 



1 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. 





1773- 



1774- 



1775- 



Total 





Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



Tons. 



British 



8,668 



10,507 



n-333 



30,508 





36,467 



40,213 



46,858 



I2 3>53 8 





15,118 



12,922 



13,426 



41,466 



Philadelphia and American combined. 



51.585 



53^35 



60,284 



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 i-4th part of the tonnage 

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



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