2.- Currency. BANK OF ENGLAND. - Average Amount of Promissory Notes and Post

Bills in circulation, for the year preceding April 6, 1828.
Weekly average

£21,549,318 10 0

GOLD MONIES coined from 1817 to 1827.

Year. 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827

Denominations and Value of Gold Monies coined.
Double Sovereigns. Sovereigns. Half Sovereigns.

Total.
3,235,239 1,040,098 4,275,337
2,347,230 515,143 2,862,373
3,574

3,574 931,994 17,521 949,516 9,405,114 115,644 9,520,758 5,356,787

5,356,787
30,838 616,770 112,140 759,748
1,401 3,767,904 295,769 4,065,075

4,200,343 380,575 4,580,919
5,724,046 172,415 5,896,461

2,266,029 246,007 2,512,636
32,240 37,855,633 2,895,314 40,783,188

Silver Coin, coined in each Year since the commencement of the present

system of Silver Coinage.

462,476 3,432,528 4,148,694 990,594 1584 9,035,876 Note. — The following are the Weights of the English Coinage.

oz, dwt.
gr.

dwt.

gr. Sovereign 0 5 3.274 | Sixpence

I 19 7-11ths. Half Sovereign 0 2 13.637 Shilling

3. — Trade and Manufactures.

Official Value of British and Irish PRODUCE and MANUFACTURES,

Exported froin Great Britain, distinguishing the several Countries; together with the Imports into Great Britain from the same Countries.

11,646,967 20,333,698 8,262,596 28,596,295 Asia:-East Indies and China 8,002,786 4,240,424 636,700 4,877,125

N. Holland & S. Sea Islands 83,552 208,297 61,232 269,529 AFRICA:--Cape of Good Hope 151,342 171,823 22,792 194,615 Other parts of Africa

218,904 155,450 138,577 294,027 AMERICA: - British North

974,823 1,339,343 ern Colonies

310,975 1,650,318 British West Indies

7,782,135 3,538,651 253,756 3,792,408 Foreign West Indies

602,484
867,083

63,176 930,259 United States

4,984,647 5,114,608 147,583 5,262,191 Brazil

767,918 2,556,139 37,590 2,593,730 Mexico

101,380 610,155 58,259 668,415 Columbia

21,504 293,205 27,154 320,360 Peru

31,839 190,505 20,361 210,867 Chili

75,377
297,884

17,935 315,820 B. Ayres & Monte Video 265,629 415,582 6,317 421,900 The Whale Fisheries

327,656

1,489 1,489 Total

36,038,951 40,332,85410,066,502 50,399,356

.

Total of Imports and Export }| 1,420,027

Value of the IMPORTS into, and of the EXPORTS from the United King

dom of Great Britain and Ireland, during each of the three years ending the 5th January, 1828 ; calculated at the Official Rates of Valuation.

Value of Im-\Value of Exports from the United King-
ports into the

dom, calculated at the Official
United King.

Rates of Valuation. Years ending 5th dom, calcu

Produce and
lated at the
January.

Foreign and
Manufactures
Official

Total

Colonial
Rates of
of the United
Merchandise.

Exports.
Valuation.

Kingdom.

Value of the Produce and Manufactures of the Uniied Kingdom, Exported therefrom, according to the real or declared Value

thereof.

Number of VESSELS entered Inwards, and cleared Outwards, at the several

Ports of the United Kingdom, during the three years ending 5th Janu

ary, 1828.

Years
British and Irish Vessels. Foreign Vessels.

Total. ending 5th January. Vessels. Tons. Men. Vessels. Tons. Men. Vessels Tons. | Men.

1926 13,503 2,143,317 123,028 6,981 959,312 52,722 20,484 3,102,629 175,750 1827 12,473 1,950,630 113,093 5,729 694,116 39,838 13,202 2,644,746 152,931 1828 13,133 2,086,898 118,680 6,046 751,86 1 43,536 19,179 2,838,762 162,216

Cleared Entered
Outwards. Inwards.

1526 10,343 1,793,842 109,657 6,085 906,066 47,535 16,928 2,699,908 157,192 1827 10,814 1,737,425 105,198 5,410 692,440 37,305 16,254 2,429,965 142,503 1328 11,491 1,887,682, 112,385 5,714 1767,821 41,598 17,195 2,655,503 153,983

Number of VESSELS that belonged to the Ports of the British Empire, on

the 31st December, 1825, 1826, and 1827, respectively.

On the 31st Dec. 1825. On the 31st Dec. 1826. On the 31st Dec. 1827.

509

499

489

Vess. Tons. Men. Vess. Tons. Men. Vess. Tons. Men. U. Kingdom 20,087 2,298,836 146,703 20,469 2,382,069 149,894 19,035 2,150,605 130,494 Is. Guernsey } 28,505 3,773)

29,392 3,665 Jers. & Man

30,533 3,701 Brit. Planta. 3,579 214,875 15,059 3,657 224,183 14,077 3,675 279,362 17,220 Total

24,174 2,542,216 165,635 24,625 2,635,644 167,636/23,199 2,460,500 151,415

Tonnage and Number of Men employed in the Coasting TRADE of the

United Kingdom, for the years ending 5th January; including the Cross Channel Trade between Great Britain and Ireland.

Number of Ships, specifying their TONNAGE, which have entered the

Port of London, in the Years 1823, 1824, 1825, 1826, and 1827.

In the Year 1923

1324
1825

Foreign Trade.

Coasters.
British.
Foreign.

British.
Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage.

3,031 611,451 865 161,705 18,079 2,195,250 3,132 607,106 1,643 261,098 18,843 2,298,982 3,989 758,565 1,743 302,122 19,527 2,360,626 3,495 675,026 1,536 215,254 20,439 2,441,746 4,012 769,102 1,534 221,008 17,677 2,226,040

1826 1827

Number of Vessels Built and Registered in the British Empire, in the

Years ending 5th January, 1826, 1827, and 1828.

In the Years ending the 5th January, 1826.

1827.

1828. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. Tonnage. Vessels. | Tonnage. United Kingdom. 975 122,479

1,115 118,363 894 93,144 Is.Guerns. Jer. & Man 23 1,550 24 2,171 17 1,894 British Plantations 536 80,895 580

86,554

374 50,771

Total

1,539 204,924 1,719 207,088 1,285 145,809 NOTE. - From 1814 to 1827, 272 Steam Vessels were built and registered.

Number of Gallons of SPIRITS manufactured in the United Kingdom, for

Home Consumption, with the amount of duty thereon, for the three Years preceding the 5th January, 1923.

Total paid Amount
Duty for

of
H. Consump: Duty.
Imp. Galls. £.
3,443,554 2,055,027
7,407,204 2,592,521
6,671,562 2,335,046

66

Imp. Galls. Imp. Galls. Imp. Galls.
1,910,822 953,292 579,439
3,209,041 3,365,932 $32,178

5, 1327 5, 1823

GRAIN. — Average Prices per Quarter, in England and Wales, in each

Month of the Year 1827.

ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICES of WHEAT, from 1792 10 1827.