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Fre* to the Canada line, 1 



Add for loss, wastage and contingencies wh can- 

 not be foreseen, 1 7 



i^ll 0" 



The foregoing is copied from a document found among the Gil- 

 liland papers, and exhibits an estimate of the price of transporta- 

 tion, as it existed the latter part of the last century, The average 

 expense at this time of transporting a ton weight from New- York 

 to Eouse's Point, is about |3, while the present economy in time 

 contrasts equally with the reduction in the price. 



Note C. 

 The following exhibits the school returns of the county for 

 1850. The returns since that year are so imperfect that a tabular 

 exhibit cannot be compiled with accuracy. 



