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years together. And the poffible efFeft which fu- 

 ture regulations may have with refpeft to the impor- 

 tation and exportation of corn, which it is impofhble 

 at this time to forefee, is an additional reafon why 

 no conclufion can be drawn, that the different kinds 

 of grain will hereafter bear the farne relative prices 

 as they now do; and confequently, that no ratio de- 

 duced from the price of one kind of grain, can be 

 infallible with refpeft to the other kinds. 



So far, there appears to be no great difficulty in 

 finding a proper ftandard with refpeft to the common 

 productions of arable land ; and with refpeft to the 

 more valuable articles, fuch as hops, hemp, flax, &c. 

 of which the production is local, it would not be 

 difficult to afcertain their value, and fix a local ratio 

 by which to regulate the tithes thereof. And per- 

 haps it may not be difficult to prove, that even thofe 

 articles which are local, are afFefted by the prices of 

 the more indifpenfable articles of confumption, viz. 

 corn, and if fo, a ratio taken from the prices of the 

 latter, would hold good with refpeft to the former. 

 But thefe articles are not of general confequence 

 enough to enlarge upon here. 



From a due confideration of the foregoing obfer- 

 vations, it is evident that no great difficulty will oc- 

 cur in finding proper llandards for afcertaining the 

 value of the tithes of arable land. 



But 



