An estimate of the comparative strength of Britain during the present and four preceding reigns; and of the losses of her trade from every war since the Revolution ... To which is added an essay on population / by the Lord Chief Justice Hale.

  • George Chalmers
Date:
1782
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An estimate of the comparative strength of Britain during the present and four preceding reigns; and of the losses of her trade from every war since the Revolution ... To which is added an essay on population / by the Lord Chief Justice Hale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 3° ] If we take the average of the tonaage -during the years 1702, 1709, and 1714, we fhall difcover the tonnage of- the reign of r. Anne, — ' '— ^ — 312,939 tons. Add one-third for the: real.tohnage, ^— 104,313 416,252 which muft have been navigated, if-^we al- low twelve men to every two hundred tons',^ : j . 1 _ by .— — '24*975 tnariners, I The enumeration, in January 1701, of the fliipping of England, gave_the tonnage — 261,222 tons, and the men — — 16,591 Tailors. If we take, however, the average of the years 1688, 1697, and 1701, we fliall difcover the tonnage of the reign of William, — . 172,831 tons. Add one-third for the real tonnage, — 57,610 230,441 which mull have been navigated, if we al- low twelve men to every two hundred^ tons, by — ; ,— ^ 13,826 Tailors. If we take the average of the years 1688 and 1660, we fhall fee the tonnage of the period between the Reftoration and the Revolution, 142,899 tons. Add one-third for the real tonnage „ —• r 47*633 ' 189,532 tonsi which muft have been navigated, if we al- low twelve men to every two hundred tons. 11/372 mariners. The