| Weight in Pounds. | |
|---|---|
| Sugar imported into France | 171.932,972 |
| Indigo | 2.134,247 |
| Rocou | 169,831 |
| Coffee | 58.545,000 |
| [125]232.782,050 |
Value of the above commodities re-exported from France, taken upon the average price.
| Livres. | Sterling. | |
|---|---|---|
| In 1774 | 75.901,373 | 3.373,000 |
| In 1775 | 74.961,318 | 3.331,000 |
The whole importation from the West Indies into Britain is about three millions per ann.
But I have gone much beyond the views with which I begun this section. The facts which have been stated, and the reflections which they have occasioned, are intended principally to shew that we ought not to suffer ourselves to be drawn into security by any assurances of the weakness of France.—May she, however, find herself the weakest of kingdoms whenever, from motives of interest or ambition, she shall attempt to injure any of her neighbours.—May Britain, hitherto the most favoured spot under heaven, always preserve her distinguished happiness, and escape the danger which now threatens her. And may the time soon come, when all mankind, sensible of the value of the blessings of peace and equal liberty, shall suffer one another to enjoy them, and learn war no more.
SECT. IV.
Containing an Account of the National Income and Expenditure; the Surplus of the Revenue; and the Money drawn from the Public by the Taxes; with Remarks on Lord Stair’s Account.
Appropriated Revenue at Midsummer, 1775.
| £. | |
|---|---|
| Interest of the national debt | 4.440,821 |
| Civil list revenue. See the note in [page 163] | 800,000 |
| Expences of management attending the national debt; of which 71,432 l. is the expence of management at the Bank, South-Sea House, and India House; and 5.900 l. salaries to Exchequer Officers. See [Page 119, &c.] | 77,332 |
| Annuities payable out of the Aggregate Fund to the Duke of Gloucester, 8000 l.—Duke of Cumberland, 8000 l.—the Representatives of Arthur Onslow, Esq; 3000 l.—And the Sheriffs of England and Wales, 4000 l.—In all | 23,000 |
| Clerk of the Hanaper in Chancery—Coinage[126] expence—Tenths and first-fruits of the Clergy appropriated to the augmentation of small livings—Extra revenues of the crown, consisting of American quit-rents; duty of 4½ per cent. in the Leeward Islands; revenues of Gibraltar and dutchy of Cornwall, &c.—Fees for warrants and orders, for auditing and engrossing accounts of dividend warrants, and other charges at the Exchequer and Treasury[127] | 100,000 |
| Total of the Appropriated Revenue | £. 5.441,153 |