COMMERCE. 
counts of the value of the commodities ex- 
ported and imported. These accounts be- 
ing formed according to rates established 
in the year 1696, which in most instances 
are greatly below the present value of tlie 
articles, certainly give an inadequate idea 
of the magnitude of the commei ce of Great 
Britain ; but this very circumstance renders 
them in a comparative view the more indis- 
putable evidence of its increase. 
Total official Value of the Imports and Exports of Great Britain, in the Year 1805. 
Imports. 
Denmark and Norway .£1,071,679 
Russia 2,527,078, 
Sweden 269,161 
Poland 429,460 
Pnissia 1,790,781. 
Gemiany 319,444, 
Holland 726,264, 
Flanders ; 3 , 070 . 
France 469,820. 
Portugal and Madeira 936,500. 
Spain and CaiBaries 916,165. 
Streights and Gibraltar 42,919. 
Italy 393,517. 
Malta ; 9,304. 
Turkey 103,.590. 
Ireland 3,010,609. 
Isle of Man 21,697. 
Guernsey, Jersey, &c. 81,241. 
Greenland 261,086. 
Total of Europe 13,383,275. 
America and West Indies 9,615,161 . 
Asia 6,072,160., 
New Holland 153. . 
Africa 105,976., 
Sierra Leone 867. 
Exports. 
.£5,172,066 
.. 1,646,475 
.. 159,597 
80,500 
. 5,520,072 
. 2,180,784 
. 418,801 
. 23,343 
. 551 
. 1,495,814 
n 11,380 
. 183,823 
. 507,535 
. 127,514 
135,410 
. 3,758,973 
62,431 
• 198,324 
. 952 
. 21,784,345 
, 12,163,917 
1,638,600 
30,643 
. 980,789 
10,660 
Total c£ 29,177,592 36,608,954 
The commerce of Great Britain with the 
countries surrounding the Baltic has always 
been deemed of much importance, as being 
the principal means of procuring the stores 
necessary for the maintenance of its navy. 
The capital employed in this branch of 
trade must be much greater than formerly, 
from the increased price of hemp, iron, 
masts, and timber of all kinds, pitch, tar, 
and the other articles of import. The re- 
turns from this country are British manu- 
factures of various kinds. East India goods, 
and West India produce. 
The trade with Germany experienced a 
great augmentation about the year 1794, 
when it became the channel through which 
Holland, France, and other pails of the 
Continent obtained die goods which, in 
times of peace, they had usually imported 
direct from Great Britain. The port of 
Hamburgh for a time possessed die princi- 
pal share of the trade of Europe, but the 
unusual flow of business in this direction 
encouraged a spirit of adventure and spe- 
culation, which in 1799 produced great em- 
bari-assment, involving not only the mer- 
chants of Hamburgh, but also some of the 
most considerable houses in Bremen, Frank- 
fort, Amsterdam, and London. The trade 
with Germany, however, continued of great 
importance, till the influence of France 
obliged them to break off their intercouise 
with this country. 
The trade with Holland and Flanders, 
one of the most ancient branches of the 
commerce of this country, has not increased 
in proportion with the trade to other parts : 
it is, however, still considerable in time of 
peace. The total value of the exports to 
Holland in 1792 was 1 ,516,4491., in 1802 
they amounted to 4,957,9971. 
France enjoying great natural advantages, 
