_List of Vessels in different Classes despoiled by France._[258] Whole number 2,290 From which deduct as follows:-- 1. Vessels paid for by special decrees of France 14 2. Vessels paid for under the Convention of 1803, viz.:-- For embargoes 103 For contracts 270 For prize causes under order of restitution 6 ---- 379 3. Vessels rejected under Convention of 1803, viz.:-- For contracts or supplies 102 For prize causes 26 ---- 128 4. Vessels paid for by Spain under the Florida treaty of 1819 173 5. Vessels rejected under Florida treaty 191 6. Vessels paid for under Convention with France of July 4, 1831, being for captures between the signing and ratification of the Convention of 1800 4 7. Vessels rejected for want of merit, neglect of claimants, loss of proof, and other contingencies, reckoned at 503 ---- 1,392 ------ 898 Thus we are brought to the number of _eight hundred and ninety-eight vessels_ bartered to France. To arrive at the value of these vessels, the Committee have been led to look at the estimate of vessels under conventions with other powers for the payment of similar claims. Here is a list allowed by different powers, with the average of each vessel:-- Vessels. Averages. Great Britain 217 $47,672.81 Spain 40 8,136.49 France 357 10,504.20 Spain 320 15,625.00 Denmark 112 5,987.17 France 361 12,984.71 Naples 51 37,745.00 Spain 20 30,000.00 Mexico 64 31,658.43 Colombia 5 21,474.53 ------ ---------- 1,547 $221,788.34 From this list it appears that Mexico has paid as high an average as $31,000 for each vessel; Naples, $37,000; and Great Britain, $47,000. The general average of the whole list is $19,000. If the vessels despoiled by France were estimated according to the highest average, namely, that of vessels despoiled by Great Britain, the sum-total would swell to no less than $42,206,000; estimated according to the general average, the amount is $17,062,000.