iv.
[11] Macpherson, Annals of Commerce, ii.

156.
[12] Ibid.ii.

85.
[13] Picton's Selections from the Municipal Archives and Records of Liverpool, p.90.

About a hundred years later, in 1757, the gross customs receipts of Liverpool had increased to 198,946L.; whilst those of Bristol were as much as 351,211L.

In 1883, the amount of tonnage of Liverpool, inwards and outwards, was 8,527,531 tons, and the total dock revenue for the year was 1,273,752L.! [14] There were not only Algerine but English pirates scouring the seas.