Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne.

  • Chamberlayne, Edward, 1616-1703.
Date:
1737
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Credit: Magnae Britanniae notitia: or, the present state of Great Britain. With diverse remarks upon the ancient state thereof / by John Chamberlayne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Prodigious, and almoft incredible, is the Value likewife of other Goods from hence exported? viz. Hops, Flax, Hemp, Han, Shoes, Ale, Beer, Red-Herrings, Pilchards, Salmon, Ol¬ liers, Saffron, Liquorice, Wat does. Ribbands, Toys, &c. The Veftments, Hats, Shoes, HouQiold-ftufF, carried from hence yearly to America, are computed at ioo,coo /. 1 men¬ tion not Wool and Fullers-Earth, becaufe they are prohibited. England produces yearly 5,000,000 Chaldrons of Sea-coal, 1,200,000 Pounds of Tin, 800 Fodders of Lead, 800 Fur¬ naces of Iron, 800 Tuns of Allom.j of all v, hich great Quan¬ tities are exported to foreign Parts, to the Value, at teait, of 500,000/. per Annum. Secondly, Our Tranfport ation, or Re-exportation: For the Wool, Butter, Hides, Tallow, Beef, Herrings, Pilchards, and Salmon, which we tranfport from Ireland, being the Con¬ cerns of our Merchants, and paying Duties to his Majefty, have been reckoned at 300,000/. per Annum. We tranfport from our Plantations in America, befides what we confume our felves, of Sugar, [Our Exportations of Sugar are come to nothing; the French have almoft work’d us out of that Trade] Indico, Tobacco, Cocoa-Nuts, <&c. befides the Fifh, Pipe-Staves, Mafts, Bever, eye. from New-England, and the Northern Parts of America, to 400,000l. per Annum. ’Twould be tedious to enumerate the Value of our Trans¬ portations from Denmark and Sweden, [We are great Lofers by our Trade with Denmark, Sweden, and the reft of the Countries on the Baltick at prefent, the Balance being very much againft us] Spain, Portugal, the Streights, Turkey, Guinea, &c. The moft confiderable of all is that from the Eaji-lndies> from the firft Beginning of that Trade till now. In its Infancy, viz. Anno 1613, of Pepper only, befides what we con fumed at home, we tranfported in one Year to other Countries, after it had paid Duty here, to the Value of 200,00c /. and now of late Years, our Exportation, of which we bring from thence, after we have fufficieiytly fupplied our felves, is computed at 400,000 /. per Annum, in Pepper, Salt-petre, Callicoes, Silks, Drugs, Diamonds, Pearls, c?c. The third Article of Trade is Importation, the bringing hither fuch Goods from beyond Sea, which we confume among our felves. The ingenious Mr. Samuel Fortrey, in his excellent Difcourfe of Trade, hath made appear, that we yearly imported from France, almoft 1,600,0001. worth of Goods more than the Value of what we exported thi¬ ther? viz. of Silk, Sattins, Taffaties, Stuffs, Armoifins, Paduafoys, Tabbies, Cloth of Gold and Silver, Velvets, Ribbands, Galloons, Laces, Silk Buttons, to the Value of 4Soo,ooo/, per Annum, Linnen 400,000 /. per Annum, Wines 600,000/. peer Annum, Serges and Calons 150,000 /. per An¬ num, Hats 120,000l. per Annum, Hatbands, Feathers, Fans, D 4 . Girdles,