1804. | Monthly Commercial Report. fy 
The numbers of the Britith thips which have gone out this feafon to the Baltic are fo con« 
fiderable, that many of them mutt perhaps return without freights. Trade is far from being 
fo brifk at St. Peterfburgh, as it was during the Jaft war between this country and Prange. 
The exthange was then at 37} per rouble, in Bank paper. It was on the 20th of June 
30} per rouble, and, by a tmall rife fince that date, it is now at 31 per rouble.—WMot 
ten tons of iron had been fhipped for this country on the 22d of June. But it is nfual 
to thip fer ballaft one ton of iron for every two tons of hemp. In the following eight 
days the demand had becoine fomewhat brifker; and, there was a rife on the price of 
hemp of about 4/ per ton. There was likewife a flight rife on the price of tallow.—The 
proprietors of the goods ufually exported from Ruflia to this country are, in many inftances, 
noblemen of great fortune ; they have been accuttomed, for ten or twelve years, to get 
their own prices for their goods ; and they hence continue to keep them up, in hopes to 
fiarve the market to their own terms. ‘There have been inftances of not lefs than $0,000 
tons of iron being kept back in ftore by a fingle proprietor. 
The Spaniards are faid to carry on ju% now a confiderable and increafing trade to ports 
en the Black Sea. 
In the year 1800, the number of the merchant fhips belonging to Sweden was 956; of 
which 234 belonged to Stockholm, and 168 to Gothenburgh. Gv 
The number of the plantations now in culture in Surinam is between 400 and 500. The 
planters are faid to owe about twenty millions fterling to merchants m this country. By the 
late re-capture of that fettlement, the confignments irom it are reftored to London. 
The cotton manufa€ures of France are in a rapid progrefs of improvement. Twenty 
thoufand bags of cetton-wool were lately parchafed at Lifbon, for French manulaéturers Jn 
one week. The French have, of late, alfo made large purchafes of American upland-cot- 
ton at Charletown, at about 6d. per lib.—The Britifh manufaéturer attually pays to Go- 
yernment a tax of,:'34 per.Cent. on the prime cof of his cotton-wool. 
The coft and chargé of the Eat India Company’s imports from India, for the prefent 
year, have been 1,943,927, ; the produce of the fales, 2,256,396/. The coft and charges 
ot the imports from China, in the fame year, have been 2,950,060/.; the produce by fale, 
3,629 677/.—The prices of Eaft India, and efpecially of China goods have of late rifen 
conliderably in London. The caufe is in the delay of the arrival of the China fleet. But, 
by the lateit accounts, we are informed that the ficet has actually beaten off the attack of 
ihe French fquadron under Admiral Linois. 
Mefirs. Henfley contraéted for the fir Lottery of this year at the price cf14/. 15s. 6d. 
for every one of 25,000 tickets. ‘The drawing is to begin on the 24th of September. ‘The 
Zickets are juft now fold to the public for feventeen guineas each. 
The following is a ftatement of the quantity of table-beer brewed by the fir twelve 
®oufes in London, for the laft two years, ending the 5th of July each year :-—~ 
1803. Rarrels. 1804. . Barrels.. « 
Honk 3S 6 oa. oe2S Gok Kirkinanesee Le 265569 
Manetord.s fo 8S i OLR Sa: ‘ sandford ee. job asda 1.9,4 10. 
Monponds 4) os ee 17,101 Edmonds... ....+.:. 18,776 
: LCi So ee Re SSR 16,996 Poullaineres oleae wh 7,955 
Charrington 222... - - 16,648 Charrmeton-) co eek AT73 
Gomoruve: 2. 2 ib Ls 13,798 Caperieeiets sor SS ouat eho do 
: LE EL Yo 13,020 Coinbrones 22 See 13,306 
: LGUECR as fr ee i ake 9,741 Satelwell ? 25) s oe ps 12,052. . 
Soc a | a ae ee . 9,031 Samal epee TA Tee 9,132. 
SB Le pie ae i sem A  3B7 1 Halen/2 305. eee e890 0a: 
HMotman 21 5 Se A OD) Stretton cae) bute eos « 85498 
Poy atc een ed A at 7,765 Park eee sha ee eam 
dhe following is the number of barrels brewed Ly the fix principal Ale Browers :—= 
1803. Barrels. 1804, . . Barrels. 
Stretton ...JlG. peed 7 418 RAUB AUD, | eat Se vb Stn ok 9,028 
Whyrrineton’ is. eos 12,716 Hale 3. ose 5 LN aetna TAN Ta 
Webbe es) les) 28 Pa) LOsoth wae Hagben isk 2h. «-.5,699 
The quantity of the filver money imported into the Mint from March 18, 1797, to Dee 
ceinher 51, 1805, was 2,895ibs. 7ozs. Ydwts. Y3ers.; equal in value to 30,675/. 7s. 10d 
fterling. During that period, the coinage was to the value of 278/. 8s. in penny, two» 
penny, three-penny, and four-penny pieces. 
-_’ A number of the Greenland ‘hips have returned from the Whale-fihery with eood fuccefs. 
The 3 per Cent. Confols are at 562; Omnium, ata premium of 62; India Stock, at 175. 
The French 5 per Ceuts. are at 574.0 | . 
~ Monruiy Mac, No. 118, ‘ Naa An: 
