33$ TRAVELS IN 
In addition to these, the Americans were in the habit of 
bringing lumber-cargoes of deal plank, staves, balk, salt fish, 
pitch, turpentine, &c. ; and the Danes, Swedes, and Ham- 
burgh ships assorted cargoes of iron, plank, French wines, 
beer, gin. Seltzer water, coffee, preserves, pickles, &c. in ex- 
change for refreshments, to defray the charges of repairs and 
other necessaries, or for hard money to carry to India or 
China, 
As it is not material to state the exact amount of each kind 
of goods imported, I shall subjoin an abstract account of the 
whole importation into the Cape by British or foreign bot- 
toms, from Europe, Asia, and America, in the course of four 
years, including the value of the prize goods brought in, and 
of the slaves imported within the same period. 
Years. 
Britlfli goods 
on Briiifli 
bottoms, 
duty fiee. 
India goods 
01} Biiiifh 
bottoms, 
5 per cent, 
duty. 
European 
prize 
goods, 5 per 
cent, duty. 
Indian 
prize 
jpods 
10 per 
cent. duty. 
Rd. JJc. 
100,487 c 
45,335 c 
129,642 6 
[30,720 6 
Prize 
fl ives 
and 
otiiers 
import- 
ed by 
Brililb 
iiier- 
cliants. 
Total pro- 
duce irn- 
poited in 
Britilh 
bottoms. 
European 
and Ame- 
rican goods 
on foreign 
bottom?, 
10 per cent, 
duty. 
Indian 
goods on 
foreign 
bottoms, 
lOpercent. 
Total pro- 
duce im- 
poited in 
foreign 
bottoms. 
1799 
1800 
i8oi 
i8oj 
Rd. Jk. 
674,009 6 
474,706 0 
587,023 4 
532,366 4 
Rd. JJc. 
104,124 0 
212,446 0 
290,117 0 
455,397 4 
Rd. Jk. 
20,623 5 
17,797 0 
568,425 0 
93,788 2 
Rd 
245,600 
[84,000 
27f,2O0 
198,205 
Rd. Jk. 
1,144,844 3 
934,284 0 
1,846,408 2 
1,410,478 0 
Rd. Jk. 
118,244 0 
51,258 0 
136,394 5 
142,684 6 
Rd. Jk. 
64,219 6 
[09,490 0 
3,337 2 
15,892 7 
Rd. Jk. 
182,463 6 
160,748 0 
i39,73i 7 
58,577 5 
In 4 years 
2,268,105 6 
1,062,084 4 
700,633 7 
406,185 4 
899,005 
5,336,014 5 
448,581 3 
'9^,939 7 
641,521 2 
Total importation, Rix dollars 5,977.535 7 Sk. 
or^i,i95,507 3 6 Cunency. 
It will naturally be demanded how or in what manner the 
colony has contrived to pay this apparent enormaus balance 
