TRADE AND MANUFACTURES OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW-FORK.

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ANSWER of THE COLLECTOR OF NEW YORK TO QUERIES OF THE BOARD OF TRADE,

- 1747 .

[ Load. Doe. XXVIII. ]

i?^ erreC ^ 9 ueries f rom the Lords of Trade and Plantations and the required Answer from theCollector of the Customs here as by direction of his Excellency the Governour of His Maj t y«Province, viz*.

THE QUERIES.

What is the trade of|

this Province, the!number of Shipping,their tonnage amithe Number of sea!faring men with therespective increaseor diminution withinlu years past?

What quantity and,sorts of British Man-ufactures do the In-habitants annuallytake from hence?

What trade has theProvince under yourGovern t with any)

THE ANSWER THEREUPON AS,

TRADING IN GENERAL

INWARDS.

First : From Great Bri-tain : European goodsand]those India with silkmanufactures chieflyFrom Ireland : linnenand]canvass as duly certifyed.From British Coloniesennumerated commodi-ities, Rum , Limejuice,snulf, piemento, sulphur,straw-plat, deer-skins,conch-shells, mahogany,ebony anil Negroes.

From Europe and bothEnglish ami Foreign settlements in America to-gether in Africa : Salt.

OUTWARDS.

-foreign Plantations From Africa , within the)or any part of Europe proper limits directed,,oesidesGreatBritain? Negroes now less than]n .ow is that tradecar-cf° |,mer ly bro’t hither.ri ed on? what com-T^ rom Madeira: Wines the]

modities do the peo-ple-under your Gov-ernt send or receivefrom Foreign Plan-tat’ns?

What is the naturalproduce of the Coun-try, staple commodi-ties and Manufac-tures? and what val*iue thereof in sterling'money may you annually export.

growth thereof.

From Northern & South-]ern parts of this Conti-nent: Cyder,OH,Blubber,|Whale-fins, Flax-seed,hops, Flax , Bricks, Seal-i

First: To London & out-ports thereof, the latterseldom, the enumeratedgoods 8t other Merchan-|dizc legally importedTo Ireland : Flax-seed,Rum, Sugar , being prizeeffects & staves.

To other parts of Europe ]grain, hides, Elk-skins,Decr-skins, Ox-horns,

logwood, Indico, cocoa-nutts, ettc., of foreignproduce, lumber also, Su-gar , Coife, wines & other)goods as prize effects be,brought & in the Vice,admiralty Court adjudi-cated upon proper cer-tifying.

To Madeira &. Azores :Grain and other provisi-ons, Bee-wax and staves.To English districts North&. South of this Continent&West Indies: pro-visions, chocolate, lum-ber, European & India ]

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Skins & certain Wrought goods with those species

Iron , Brasury Sc TinLastly from Plantations ]not under Ilis MajtiesDominions: small quan-tities of Molasses, Sugar!& Rum , since the Act im-|posing new duties there-on, Snuff , Ljgn’vitffi, In-]dico, Logwood & other]dying wood,cotfon woolcocoa nuts, ettc.

enumerated &, such oth-ers as brought here forexport regularlyLastly : to the neutralPorts: as St. Thomas, Cu-racoa& Surrenhaim: pro-|visions, Lumber A Hor-ses with provender.

First: The Country people herehave for many years, &. yet theirhome spun (so termed) of wool &flax to supply themselves some-what with the necessaries of cloth-ing ettc. <

From the year 1715 or thereabouts,have been raised Linseed & milledinto oil: hats made of Beaver-fur,the exporting whereof preventedby the Act, from Michelmas 1732,also Lamp-Black work’d up.

From the year 1730 Sugar baking &its refining have been for home con-sumption, & transportation henceto other districts on the ContinentSc to the West Indies by regularcertificates, Sc latterly the distil-ling of Rum & other Spirits, for755) there are three houses erected.

In this Province are mines of Iron&, Lead ore9, the manufacturing ofwhich have been of late proposedSc the raising of Hemp likewise.Lastly: of these several besides, ofgrain of all sorts & other provi-sions, with Tobacco a diminutivequantity naturally produced out ofthis soil, yet being with such likebrought hither from the Eastern ScWestern parts of this continent aresaleable & indeed abroad cannot bedistinguished as to ascertain theannual exporting of their value:neither practicable could it be fromthe imports thereof separated; be-cause their prices according to theMarkets currently vary in the re-spective species.

These on each column are particularized as to the quantities as qualities in the quarterly lists ofTrading Vessels: the transmitting whereof to their Lordshipps, is from the Naval Officer here, con-stituted by the Governour & also such Lists duly to their Honours the Commissioners of the Custom afrom their Officers, hence, thereby may appear, that within the queries mentioned, time, how the

incr ease or dim inution differenceth respectively. _

^uch as are prescribed in the principal Laws of trade & aptly used hereat, whereby to effect theintended preventing any what contrary to those Laws: & that upon any breach thereof carefullyinquired after by the deputed officers, process is issued against the same in the Vice Admiralty: orit happening sometimes in the Courts of records of this Province, for the Recovery of the subjectedpenalty on the fraud or abuse committed.

method* arethere used to prevent

illegal Trade,and are . . ,

same effectual? __ _ , r r> rnnr * ? n r..i pntries therein by

with th * B °° ARCH’D KENNEDY CoUctr.

Examined and compared at the Custom Hou5 January 1746-7.