Note 47 — 1769.
Reading edition
1754.£ s. d.
Total export of British goodsvalue, 8,317,506153
Ditto of foreign goods in time2,910,836149
Ditto of ditto out of time559,485210
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Total exports of all kinds11,787,8281210
Total imports8,093,479150
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Balance in favor of England£3,094,3551710
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1761.£ s. d.
Total export of British goods10,649,581126
Ditto of foreign goods in time3,553,69271
Ditto of ditto out of time355,01502
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Total exports of all kinds14,558,288199
Total imports9,294,91516
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Balance in favor of England£5,263,373183
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Here is the state of our trade in 1761, compared with a very good year of profound peace: both are taken from the authentic entries at the custom-house. How the author can contrive to make this increase of the export of English produce agree with his account of the dreadful want of hands in England, page 9, unless he supposes manufactures to be made without hands, I really do not see. It is painful to be so frequently obliged to set this author right in matters of fact. This state will fully refute all that he has said or insinuated upon the difficulties and decay of our trade, pages 6, 7, and 9.