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The Wealth Of Nations
APPENDIX
The two following accounts are subjoined in order to illustrate and confirm what is said in the Fifth Chapter of the Fourth Book, concerning the Tonnage bounty to the White Herring Fishery. The reader, I believe, may depend upon the accuracy of both accounts.
An Account of Busses fitted out in Scotland for Eleven Years, with the Number of Empty Barrels carried out, and the Number of Barrels of Herrings caught; also the Bounty at a Medium on each Barrel of Sea-sticks, and on each Barrel when fully packed.
| Years | Number of Busses |
Empty Barrels carried out |
Barrels of Herrings caught |
Bounty paid on the Busses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1771 | 29 | 5948 | 2832 | 2085 | 0 | 0 |
| 1772 | 168 | 41316 | 22237 | 11055 | 7 | 6 |
| 1773 | 190 | 42333 | 42055 | 12510 | 8 | 6 |
| 1774 | 248 | 59303 | 56365 | 16952 | 2 | 6 |
| 1775 | 275 | 69144 | 52879 | 19315 | 15 | 0 |
| 1776 | 294 | 76329 | 51863 | 21290 | 7 | 6 |
| 1777 | 240 | 62679 | 43313 | 17592 | 2 | 6 |
| 1778 | 220 | 56390 | 40958 | 16316 | 2 | 6 |
| 1779 | 206 | 55194 | 29367 | 15287 | 0 | 0 |
| 1780 | 181 | 48315 | 19885 | 13445 | 12 | 6 |
| 1781 | 135 | 33992 | 16593 | 9613 | 12 | 6 |
| Total, 2186 | 550943 | 378347 | 155463 | 11 | 0 | |
