Note 1173 — PART IV. From the Reformation to the present time. (continued 8)

We are told that by the report of the commissioners for auditing the public accounts in 1784, the annual duties of Lynn exceeded those of all the other English ports, except London, Bristol, Liverpool, and Hull.—They might then amount to about 40,000l. But they have since more than doubted that sum.—See Britton’s account if Lynn, p. 299, and the table here at page 1162.