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History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce, Volume 2 (of 4)

Note 343 — Chapter XII

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Specification of the Trades. Vessels. Tonnage, including their repeated Voyages. Value of Imports and Exports. Estimate of the Amount of Packages Out and Home. Estimate of the Amount of Plunder.

Foreign. British.

£ £

East Indies 3 50 41,466 10,502,000 300,000 25,000

West Indies 11 335 101,484 11,013,000 400,000 232,000

British American Colonies 0 68 13,986 1,638,000 65,000 10,000

Africa and Cape of Good Hope 0 17 4,336 531,000 20,000 2,500

Whale Fisheries, North and South 0 45 12,230 314,000 20,000 2,000

United States of America 140 0 32,213 5,416,000 260,000 30,000

Mediterranean and Turkey 29 43 14,757 509,000 70,000 7,000

Spain and the Canaries 119 2 16,509 947,000 60,000 10,000

France and Austrian Netherlands 121 1 10,677 1,015,000 20,000 10,000

Portugal and Madeira 55 125 27,670 853,000 50,000 8,000

Holland 329 0 19,166 2,211,000 60,000 10,000

Germany 172 63 37,647 10,672,000 240,000 25,000

Prussia 527 81 56,955 432,000 60,000 10,000

Poland 31 38 17,210 242,000 70,000 5,000

Sweden 100 9 14,252 322,000 50,000 3,000

Denmark 194 8 48,469 806,000 60,000 5,000

Russia 5 225 56,131 2,017,000 150,000 20,000

Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Man 4 42 5,344 302,000 15,000 2,000

Ireland 3 273 32,824 2,539,000 160,000 5,000

Coasting Trade 0 6,500 560,000 6,600,000 900,000 20,000

Coal Trade 0 3,676 656,000 1,710,000 ... 20,000

1,843 11,601 1,776,326 60,591,000 3,030 000 461,500

Annual loss in tackle, apparel, and stores, of 13,444 vessels 45,000

Total depredations, estimated at 506,500

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