1769. 1770*
From Virginia, 25457 hogiheads. 29815
Maryland, 9641 8242
Carolina, 460 913
Total, 35558 38970
So that it appears the increafe of importation from
1770, was 4358 hogih. and from Carolina, 453, and that it decreafa
in Maryland, 1399. But what is remarkable, that in the fameya
not any part o f this vaft ftock remained unfold; the whole beiij
dilpofed of in the following proportions ;
hogih. hogih.
T o Ireland, 3310 Bremen, 1303
France, 15706 Spain, See. 88 5
Holland, 10637 Norway, 557
Dunkirk, 2907 Denmark, 200
Hamburgh, 2416 America, 16
Total exported - - 37938
Which, with 1032, fold inland, balances the account.
In the laft year 1771, the commerce ftill improved, for from
hogih.
Virginia, 35493
Maryland, 12530
Carolina, 993
Total, 49015
lT he exports alfo increafed, but not in the fame proportion with
thofe of laft year :
I Ireland took 3509 hogih. Bremen, 1 176
I France, 16098 Norway, 665
I Holland, I4546 Denmark, 390
| Dunkirk, 5309 Spain, Sec. 297
Hamburg, 2788 Barbadoes, 21
Total, 44799
Sold inland, 1 142
45941
I So that, this year it appears that there is unfold, 3°75
P To balance the great firm of,. 49016
I But this encouraging inference may be drawn-: that, notwith-
ftanding. all. our fquabbles with the colonies,,thofe of the firft importance
improve in their commerce with their mother country:
receive alfo an.equal return in the manufactures o f Great-Britain,
which they wifely difpenfe to thofe whom unavailing afiociations o f
prohibition bind from an open traffick with us.
K The origin o f foreign trade in this great city is extremely worthy
of attention. A merchant, of the name of Walter Gibfon, by
an adventure firft laid, the foundation o f its wealth : about the
year 166:8 he cured and exported in a Butch veflel, 300 lafts of
¡herrings, each containing fix barrels, which he feret to St. Marvin’s,
in France, where he got a barrel of brandy and a crown
for each ■. the Ihip returning, laden with brandy and fait, the cargo
wah