་ The imports into Ireland from all the world at £29,075,176 4,153,596 The average of each year amounts to Seven years average import from the reft of the 2,901,850 £1,251,749 This account fhews that Ireland imports from Great- Seven years exports from Ireland to Britain, £27,369,627 By this account we fee the balance in favour of Ireland. Thus we see that there is yearly a balance against the colonies of 116,005/. in favour of Ireland. Seven years exports from Ireland to, Britain and her colonies, £29,643,878 Seven years imports from Eritain and her colonies into Ireland, Balance in favour of Ireland, Seven years average exports from Ireland to Britain and her colonies, Seven years average imports from Britain and her colonies into Ireland, Yearly balance in favour of Ireland, 21,771,271 £7,872,607 £4,234,839 3,110,181 £1,124,658 From this account it appears, that upon a comparison of the trade between Ireland and Great Britain and her colonies, the balance is annually 1,124,558/. in favour of Ire land. Seven years average export from Ireland to the Seven years average export from Ireland to Seven years average export from Ireland to the Seven years average import into Ireland from Seven years average import into Ireland from Seven years average import into Ireland from Seven years average export to all the world Yearly balance against Ireland, £4,913,557 4,234,839 £678,718 £4,153,596 3,110, ISI 1,043,415 678,718 €364,697 Upon the whole of these accounts it appears, that of the British imports, comes from Ireland; that of the British exports, only goes to Ireland; that of the total export trade of Ireland, is with Great Britain and her colonies; and that the balance of trade with each is in favour of Ire land; whereas in the other feventh the balance is against Ireland. And that in the import trade of Ireland, of it is with Great Britain and her colonies; and with each the balance is in favour of Ireland; whereas in the other fourth the balance is against her. This being the ftate of the general trade of Ireland with all the world, it must trike every man who reads it, that her profperity and her wealth depend entirely upon her, intercourfe and connexion with Great Britain. But it is peculiarly neceffary, in times like the prefent, that all the people of this country thould know this great truth, and that they should be made acquainted, and properly impreffed, with the liberality of the British legislature to them, both in their commerce and manufactures, and with the great and important advantages which they have derived therefrom. This, I, think cannot be done in ftronger words than thofe uted by Mr. Fofter, in 1785. In page 110 of Woodfail's debates, he fays, "Britain imports annually from us, 2,500,000l. of "our products, all, or very nearly all, duty free, and cove"nants never to lay a duty on them. on them. We import about 1,000.000l. of her's, and raife a revenue on almost every "article of it, and referve the power of continuing that reve She exports to us falt for our fisheries and provifions; "Hops, which we cannot grow; Coals, which we cannot raife; Tin, which we have not ; and Bark, which we can"not get elsewhere; and all these without referving any duty, or a power to impofe any on them; though her own fubjects pay 25. 35 or 45. a chaldrin for her own Coals fent coaftways, and in London 7s." r 66 65 пие. Again, page 193, he ftates thus: "The gentleman (viz. "Mr. Grattan,) fays, England is as dependant on Ireland, 65 as Ireland is on England; he inftances the cotton and other yarn of Ireland. What! call cotton yarn a fabrick of Ire"land, and an export to Britain. It is a mistake of his ex"preffion, he cannot be fo ignorant of our manufactures. Let "us look into the wants Britain fupplies. I will take coals " first." " Do you think it an object of no confequence to receive "coals from England for ever, duty free. while the duty on "coal in England, brought from one of her own ports to "another, is very high. I remember when I propofed a fil"ling a ton on the importation of coals into Dublin only, in "order to raise a fund for extending and beautifying the city, "it met with great oppofition, I was abused in all the newspapers; yet, now England may raife four times that fum upon the export of her coals, which will fall upon the con " fumer, 66 "fumer, and raise a revenue for her advantage; nay, were She even to raise the revenue on them to you, that fhe "does on her own coaft carriage, what would become of you? You have not Irish coals. If the prefent bounty of 25. "a ton to Dublin, added to 1s. 8d. duty on British, which 66 operates as 3s. 8d. in favor of Irish coal, will not bring "them, what will you do? because no carriage can be fo "cheap to you as that across the channel." "Rock-falt is the next,-where will you get it?" "As to the tanner's trade, where will you get bark? from no place in the world except England; we know that it "would not bear the freight from any other; and if England was to prohibit the export of it, that trade must be at an "end; and we must not forget that the British manufacturers of leather have already complained, that by getting bark "from Wales, we are enabled to work on as good terms as "England." "Let him look to Hops; will this country grow them? "On the other hand, what wants do we fupply for England? "Wool and linen yarn, to our own great advantage; but it is "in vain to proceed; the Houfe muft fee that we are talking of a fubject not yet underflood; when known, and Ireland "unprejudiced, and in her calm reason, will never reject the "many bleffings it holds out to her trade; it gives wealth "and fecurity, which, I truft, will never be refused, from a "wild imagination of Utopian republics, commonwealths, "monarchies,-God knows what." I now refer the reader to the account marked No. 15 in Mr. Irving's returns, and annexed to this work, No. 8, it will appear from this account, that on an average of four years to 1799, we exported from Ireland to Britain of our products and manufactures to the amount of 5,510,825/ annually, and that we imported into Ireland, upon the fame average of the products and manufactures of Britain, 2,087,6727. leaving a balance in favour of this country of 3,425,1531. It appears further from the account No. 2, that of the fum of 2,087,6721. fo exported to Ireland, no lefs a fum than 447,000l. confifted of articles of the na ture of raw materials, fuch as Allum, Tanner's Bark, Coals, Hops, Rock-falt, &c. many of which are effential to the manufactures of Ireland. From the account No. 9, it further appears, that the total value of the exports from Ireland into Britain amounted to 5,612,000 and that the imports from Britain into Ireland An Account of the Valuin, on an Average of the last three Years, diftinguifbing i, Ireland from thofe Ar the Products and Manufactures of Linen, plain shirting1,324, THOMAS IRVING, and fheeting Other Linens neral of Imports and Exports of Great Britain. 19bruary, 1799. 61 31 33 Skins, calf raw Tallow Yain, linen raw woollen or bay Mifcellaneous articles Total of foreign ma 3as, in obedience to their Lordships commands, ith as much accuracy as in his power, the real 1ed from Ireland, on an average of the three at their Lordships may be enabled to judge 2 juftly formed, he has inferted the rate or h of the principal articles, 2,82 nufactures brought 49 down |