[from History of IoM, 1900]

CHAPTER II

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY, (1660—1765)

APPENDIX A.

RECEIPTS FROM IMPORT AND EXPORT DUTIES.*.

Year.

Imports.

Exports.

Total

 

£

£

£

1661

18

55

73

1663

-

-

62

1666

-

-

38

1673

-

-

104

1682

-

-

69

1693

-

-

102

1699

41

54

95

 

 

Average

78

1702

110

23

133

1703

85

28

113

1704

72

25

97

1705

144

20

164

1706

175

25

200

1708

414

31

445

1710

231

-

231

1711

400

34

434

1712

183

-

183

1713

225

23

248

Average

204

21

225

1714

248

24

272

1715

412

42

454

1716

664

30

694

1718

1,241

18

1,259

1719

1,940

16

1,956

1720

2,065

11

2,076

Average

1,095

23

1,118

1728

579,

19

598

1729

596

11

607

1730

943

5

948

1731

1,272

9

1,281

1732

968

8

976

1733

1,233

7

1,240

1734

985

4

989

Average

939

9

948

(No duties on exports after 1737.)

1738

1,730

-

1,730

1739

1,544

-

1,544

1741

2,238

-

2,238

1744

2,391

-

2,391

1745

2,470

-

2,470

1746

2,950 -

 

2,950

Average

2,291

 

2,291

1747

2,783 -

 

2,783

1748

4,553 -

 

4,553

1749

2,210 --

 

2,210

1750

4,334 -

 

4,334

1751

3,592 -

 

3,592

1752

4,677 -

 

4,677

Average

3,691

 

3,691

1754

5,944 -

 

5,944

1755

4,968 -

 

4,968

1756

4,794 -

 

4,794

1757

5,234 -

 

5,234

1758

5,180 -

 

5,180

1759

8,083 -

 

8,083

1760

7,094 -

 

7,094

1761

9,544 -

 

9,544

1762

6,391 -

 

6,391

1763

7,029 -

 

7,029

Average

6,422

 

6,422

*Shillings and pence omitted.


The following graph may make interpretation easier

Import Duties 1700/1765

1721-1728 During these years the customs duties were leased for £1,050.

 


 

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