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1º-. Russia
2º-. France
3º-. Germany
4º-. Netherlands
5º-. Prussia
6º-. Spain
7º-. Italy
8º-. Denmark
9º-. Turkey
10º-. Portugal
11º-. Sweden
12º-. Norway
13º-. Canaries
14º-. Madeira
15º-. Azores
16º-. Greece
but, in the amount paid by their productions into the English Treasury, their order is,
1º-. France
2º-. Russia
3º-. Prussia
4º-. Portugal
5º-. Spain
6º-. Netherlands
7º-. Germany
8º-. Italy
9º-. Norway
10º-. Denmark
11º-. Sweden
12º-. Turkey
13º-. Canaries
14º-. Madeira
15º-. Azores
16º-. Greece
We have subjoined (Appendix ) an Official Return from the
English Customhouse, showing the amount of Duties received under the
head of each European country, from which Importation takes place,
in evidence of the importance of the Trade with France, in financial
considerations. The average Duty recovered is Cent perCent, – On
some articles, and those composing a considerable part of the Import,
(Brandy, for example,) it is 500 pr Cent on the value of the article.
The manufactures imported from France, are those on which the
highest duties are levied. In fine, the French Trade, limited and
restricted as it is, produces above one ninth of the whole of the
Customhouse Revenues of Great Britain.
The great majority of French Writers attribute the prosperity
of England directly to her prohibitory system: – but, it must be
confessed, the extent of her Importations, and the proportion they
bear
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