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In the year 1612, according to Missenden, in his Circle of Commerce, the exports to all the world amounted to 2,090,640l., and the imports to 2,141,151l.; on the latter, however, the custom duties are charged; the custom duties on the exports were 86,794l.; the impost paid outwards on woollen goods, tin, lead, pewter, &c. 10,000l.; and the merchants' gains, freight, and other charges, to 300,000l.: if these be added to the value of the exports, the total amount will be 2,487,435l, from which the imports, including custom duty on them, being deducted, leaves 346,283l., which Missenden regards as the balance gained that year by the nation.
The revenue and expenditure of the past five years have averaged, respectively, 63,869l. and 59,283l., leaving a surplus of 4,586l., which might profitably be expended upon roads. But the liabilities of the colony early in 1881 still amounted to 50,637l., being the balance of a debt resulting principally from the harbour-works.
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