THE 
MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 
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No. 130. | 
FEBRUARY 1, 1806. [1, of Von. 21. 
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ORIGINAL COMM UNICATIONS. 
For the Monthly Magazme. 
PRESENT TRADE Of GREAT-BRITAIN, 
HE number of veffels, the amount of 
their tonnage, and the number of 
men and boys ufually employed in navi- 
gating them, which belonged to the feve- 
val ports of the Britith Empire on the 
Lage of oa 1804, was : 
GREAT-BRITAIN. 
Ships. Tons. Men. 
17;794 2,017,240 134,032 
IRELAND. 
Ships. Tons, Men. 
1,061 58,060 5,175 
DEB. COLONIE S01 014%) 
Ships. Tons. Men. 
25379 196,628 15,098 
TOTAL. 
Ships. Tous. Men. 
21,725 25271;928 154,299 
This number of veflels, great as it ap- 
pears, is ftill increafing ; the number’ of 
new veffels each year confiderably exceed- 
ing the loffes to which fuch an extenfive na- 
vigation muft unavoidably be fubject. The 
nurober of veflels built and regiftered in 
the different ports-of the Britifh Empirein 
the year ending the 5th of January, 1804, 
was 1402, and the amount of their tonnage 
135,349 tons. 
This number of veffels, though far 
greater than is poffefled by any cther na- 
tion, would however alone be very infufh- 
Clent to carry on the extenfive commerce ~ 
of this country ; we therefore conflantly 
fee the colours of all other maritime {tates 
flying in our ports, and their veffeis affit- 
ing in conveying the property of Britifh 
merchants to foreign fhores. The ac-. 
count of the number of veflels which en- 
tered inwards and cleared outwards (in- 
cluding their repeated voyages) from or to 
all parts of the world during the year 
1804, will thew the proportion of Britifh 
and foreign fhipping thus employed .— 
MoNTHLY hae No, 139. 
ENTERED INWARDS~ 
ENGLAND. 
Ships. Fons. Men. 
Britifh, 851735 15184,944, 68,575 
Foreign, 4991 560,195 273:939 
SCOTLAND. 
Ships. Tons. Men. 
Britihh, 25335  210;443. 14,408 
Foreign, 379 47,104 2,806 
IRELAND. 
Ships. Tons. Men. 
Britifh, - 75485 702,159 39,669 
Foreign, 534 79;778 5,182 
CLEARED QUTWARDS, 
ENGLAND. | 
Ships. Tons. Men. 
Britith, 8,756. 15,248,796 78,016 
Foreign, 3,325 593,267 28,4798 
SCOTLAND. | 
: Slips. Tons. Men. 
Britifh, 2.595  2EAdgO ° 15,733 
Foreign, 265 “34,582 2,089 
IRELAND. 
Ships. Tons. Men. 
Britifh, 6,093 590,111 34,169 
Foreign, 538 2.0. 7O,075 51093 
Thefe ftatements thew the extent and 
activity of our mercantile fhipping, and 
imply that the quantity and value of the 
goods which they tranfport muft be very 
great. The total value cannot be itated 
very accurately ; for though accounts are 
kept in the Infpeétor-General’s Office at 
the Cuftom houle of ail. goods export- 
ed and imported, the information they 
furnifh in this refre€t is of little value, ex- 
cept in a comparative view, as they are 
jormed from fixed rates of the value of 
-Gifferent commodities which were fettled 
120 years ago, and confequently are very 
inapplicable to the actual value at prefent, 
Some idea may be tormed of the under- 
valuation of the Imports from thofe of the 
Eaf-India Company, taking the account 
of their fales as the impertation. The 
medium value of the fales, on an average 
‘ , £ 
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