The principal imports from Denmark, are hides, bar iron, kelp, furs, tar, and timber and boards of different kinds : the principal exports to this country are, hard ware goods, lead, tin, coals, earthen-ware, glass, salt, cotton goods, woollen goods, hats, tanned leather, refined sugar, drugs and dye stuffs, tobacco, Scc. The real va lue of the exports to Denmark, from 1798 to 1803, was on an average about half a•million; from 1803 to 1807, when the attack ou Copenhagen took place, the value of the exports varied from 2,000,000/. to 6,000,0001. The number of vessels employed in the trade to Denmark, in times of peace, was generally (including their repeated voyages) of English vessels 200, of foreign vessels 800.
The principal articles of import from Russia are, pearl and potash, bristles, cordage, flax, hemp, iron, linens, pitch, tar, tallow, timber, &c. ; the principal arti cles of export are coals, salt, sal ammoniac, lead, tin, hard-ware, earthen-ware, glass ; woollen, cotton, and silk goods; refined sugar, dye stuffs, Scc. The official value of the imports from Russia is generally ahout 2,000,0001.: of the exports to Russia, about half that amount. The number of vessels employed in the trade to this country in times of peace, was generally (including their repeat ed voyages) of English vessels about 500, and of foreign about 100.
The principal articles of import from Sweden are flax, iron, pitch, tar, timber, &cc. of export to Sweden, coals, lead, tin, hardware, earthen-ware, salt, cotton and woollen goods, sugar, coffee, tobacco, &c. The official value of the imports from Sweden is generally under 500,0001. ; of the exports to Sweden under 100,0001. The number of English vessels employed in this trade is generally about 50 ; and of foreign about 250.
The principal articles of import from Poland are born, particularly wheat, pearl and potashes, timber, &c. ; of exports, hardware, cotton goods, sugar, coffee, drugs, spices, &c. The official value of the imports are gene rally about 300,0001.; of the exports tinder 50.000/. The English vessels employed in this trade are about 30, and the foreign vessels about 20.
The principal articles of import from Prussia are born, particularly wheat and oats, flax, hemp, pearl and pot ashes, timber, Sr. C ; of export, salt, woollen and cot ton goods, hardware, earthen-ware, glass, sugar, coffee, and various articles of East India produce. The official value of the imports is frequently near a million; of the exports rather less. The number of English ves
sels employed in this trade are about 100, and of foreign vessels, generally about the same number.
The imports from Germany, as well as the exports from that country, are very numerous ; the principal articles of the former are corn, flax, hemp, linens, rags, skins, wines, timber, Stc. ; of the exports, hardware, pla ted goods, salt, earthen-ware, tanned and wrought leather, gloves, hats, cotton and woollen goods, silk goods, watch es, cabinetware, coaches, 4c. besides colonial and East India produce to a large amount. The official value of the imports from Germany and the exports to it, has varied very much, at different periods of the war ; and the average value of each, during the war, was greater than before its commencement, as much of the trade between England and the continent was carried on through Germany. This will be sufficiently apparent from the following statement: In the year 1791, the of ficial value of the imports from Germany was about 600,000/. ; of the exports rather under 2,000,0001.; where as, in the year 1800, the imports were upwards of 2,000,000/, and the exports rather more than 12,000,000/. From this instance, which, however, it must be confess ed, is an extraordinary one, the extreme difficulty may be conceived of giving any thing like an accurate state ment of the average value of the exports and imports of England to and from any particular country, as they existed during the strange and unparalleled war from which we have just emerged ; though there is no diffi culty in giving an average statement of the whole amount of the imports and exports, from and to all parts of the world, during that war. The number of English ves sels employed in the trade to Germany is generally about 200, and of foreign vessels rather more.
The principal articles of import from Holland are, geneva, cheese, butter, rags, flax, hemp, madder, and other seeds, corn, bacon, &c.; of export, cotton and woollen goods, hardware, sugar, coffee, and other arti cles of colonial and East India produce, frequently to a very large amount : the value of the imports is general ly under 1,000,000/. ; of the exports, from 1,500,000/. to 3,000,000/. Before the commencement of the war, the number of English vessels engaged in this trade (inclu ding their repeated voyages), was nearly 900, of foreign vessels about 400.