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to think that the strain markets wi'llbeconfiderably hi^^ler, particnlnrlv for 

 barley. The property tax at this time engages the atteiuion ot e^ery 

 man of bufinefs, particularly farmers ; but it has not yet bee /»fhered ; 

 fo that we are one year in arrear. It has ahoti^etlier been aflVlled very 

 fairly where pariHies have lately been valued, a. id t'le r:«tf*s eq allv adjnft- 

 cd. It is taken generally by the rate, ^nd in <>thtr cafes left to the decifion 

 of the afTeffors, which has been fatisfadory to the country and c^imif- 

 fioners, as few returns or appeals have been made. The landlord's lax 

 is paid, not always according to the rent, but by the affeftinent of the 

 tenant. It is thought, but it is impoflible to decid^', that this tar will 

 be more produdive than the old income tax. Apnl \'jth. 



Letter from the Eajl Riding of TorhJJnrey April i']th, 



* Our markets for grain have been very fteady through the winter, 

 and continue fo, the prices In general for wheat (which is cultivated as 

 much as poffible) from 42s. to 52s. per quarter of 8 bulhrls of ^3 quarts 

 each ; the great difference in price owing to the injury fuftaintd by 

 the mildew. Gats 17s. to 22s. per ditto, the former price beii.g for 

 long feed, the latter for Potato, Poland, and Friefland of good quality. 

 Beans 3CS. to 33s. per do. ; Barley 20s. to 22s. per do. ; the laft arti- 

 cle very little grown here Beef yd. to 8d. per lib. ; Mutton yd. ; 

 Pork 6d. ; Veal 8d. to Qd. About a month ago, we had every ap- 

 pearance of the feed time being a fine one ; but after a few patches of 

 beans had been fown, and thtfe before the land was fuiiiciently dry, the 

 weather changed to very wet ; and the beans fown iince, fay from the 

 7th to the I Fth inftant, are gone into a very cold bed indeed, and the 

 few fown fooner are fairly embodied in a folid mafs of earth. The feed- 

 time f«r oats is but lately begun ; and as the weather continues wet, we 

 may expeft they will be fown before the land be fo dry as it ought to 

 be for their reception. The wheat, wherever I go, has a fickly appear- 

 ance, owing, I fuppofe, to the abundance of moifture fallen, and the 

 continuation of wet cold weather, efpeciaily upon fallowed land where 

 lime has been ufed. 



* Lean cattle and fheep markets are on an average one third lower than 

 this time twelvemonths ; and the reducflion in the price of pigs exceed^ 

 that. In rural oeconomics can fay but little ; for I think your coun- 

 trymen exceed us very much in agricultural ourfuits 5 owing, in all pro- 

 bability, to the almoft univerfal want of leafes, ar.d confidence, or both ; 

 which is a great public lofs. I don't, however, know any diftrift more 

 fufceptible of improvement, or that has greater advantages than tliis 

 one, fo far as a navigable river (perhaps as fine a one aB any h^ the 

 world) can contribute to that end, by conveying lime or manure, 

 which may be had in any quantity, the former at los. to 123. per chal- 

 dron of 32 bufhels Winehetler, and the latter at 7s. to 12s. per cart-load 

 of i^ ton, carried to the diftance of 40 miles, freight included ; or by 

 flooding the low lands, which are very extenlive, in order to raife and 

 enrich their foil with the mud, or what we cdl wa'-.', vhich is profit- 

 able beyond defcription upon peat earili, or light fpongy earth that ap- 



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