[43] Page 6.
[44] Page 9.
| Total imports from the West Indies in 1764 | £2,909,411 |
| Exports to ditto in ditto | 896,511 |
| ———— | |
| Excess of imports | £2,012,900 |
In this, which is the common way of stating the balance, it will appear upwards of two millions against us, which is ridiculous.
[46] Page 6.
| 1754. | £ | s. | d. |
| Total export of British goods | value, 8,317,506 | 15 | 3 |
| Ditto of foreign goods in time | 2,910,836 | 14 | 9 |
| Ditto of ditto out of time | 559,485 | 2 | 10 |
| ———— | —— | —— | |
| Total exports of all kinds | 11,787,828 | 12 | 10 |
| Total imports | 8,093,479 | 15 | 0 |
| ———— | —— | —— | |
| Balance in favor of England | £3,094,355 | 17 | 10 |
| ———— | —— | —— | |
| 1761. | £ | s. | d. |
| Total export of British goods | 10,649,581 | 12 | 6 |
| Ditto of foreign goods in time | 3,553,692 | 7 | 1 |
| Ditto of ditto out of time | 355,015 | 0 | 2 |
| ———— | —— | —— | |
| Total exports of all kinds | 14,558,288 | 19 | 9 |
| Total imports | 9,294,915 | 1 | 6 |
| ———— | —— | —— | |
| Balance in favor of England | £5,263,373 | 18 | 3 |
| ———— | —— | —— |
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.
[48] Page 7. See also page 13.