ISOj-] Miiithiy Agricultural Report. 9> 



Notwithftaiiding the inoft rigorous and mifchievoufly vigilant endeavours of the French, the 

 trade between Kngland and Holland, is ftill continued by the intcrmediattoci. I'm Dutch cannot 

 fubfilt without the advantages of this traffic. Nor is it to be doubted but many of the goods which 

 they take from us, mull find their way into the dcpartrnenis of France. 



In 1804, were imported into Sweden 11,71010ns of wheat, and I57i737 ""'^ of rye ; 243 

 tons of wheat, and lo^o t"ns of rye w; re exp naA the fame year. 



In the lalejen ral rile of the price of grain 111 Germany, (he bufhel of wh? i' tliat had been 

 ufually fold in Saxony for u dollar and a hilf, rofe 10 ten dollars. In LauffiiZ, she jn'ice became 

 as high as fiftcon dollars a bulhel. In Biuarwick, rye had advanced to between two and three 

 dollars a bufhel- 



Particular encouragement has been lately held out in RuITu to the importation of PortuguefJir 

 fait in RnfTnn and Ponuguele bottoms. 'Ihefe arc, by a late id.iX, exempted from paying nure 

 than half the former duty upon that ariicle. 



The exports from Rullia to Great iJritain have been, of lite, Icfs confiderable than in former 

 times This is owing, partly, to a diir.inuiioii 111 the Englilh carrying ira;ie between Ruliiaand 

 the Mt-diierra.'ie.iR ; partly, to t!ie increaling acVivityof the .Americans of the United States, iii 

 importing into Europe comm.idities wiiich are the produce of their territory aud of Ruffia, in 

 common; in part, alio, to the cxierilioa of our Jjiitilh iron works, and to the continual im- 

 provements in the qualities of our iron. 



The French 5 per Cents, are at 62. 



Owing 10 the fcarcity and dearnefs of provifions, the l.ift great fair at Vienna was ill-attended. 

 Goods either y/ent .it very low pric.s. or rcma^neJ unliald. 



Goods to the vjlue ol I,4t6, 51 dollars were exporte.-l, lad year, from Riga, in Danilli vef- 

 fels. More thano.ie half the o^uaniity was for confum.ptien in Dmmark. 



A Company 10 trade on ih.- ULick Sea was lately eftabli'hed at Cherfan, Is.s capital conhlls of 

 lono (hues, each 10^0 roubles. They have obtained iVo.n the Government the privilege to 

 export hne wool, at the low duty of fifty c»pecs per fiud, when the price does not exceed ten 

 roubles per/'.vi/. They are to have factories afTaganrok, OdelFa, Conftantinopie, and places 

 convenient for their trade. The RuHiin Government allows them the ule oi a par;icuiar flig, 

 of three ftripes, white, fky-blue, and red, wiih the arms of Kuliia m the midJie, and the in- 

 fcription " Black Sea Company." 



The prices ot wools are hign. At Harlow Bufli fair South Down wool of inferior quality 

 was fold for is. 2d. per pound. At Rofs fair the wool fheep of a crcis breed from the Spanilh 

 brought 443. per itune. The belt chcefe wjs fold at the ftrae fair at from 63s. to 70s. per 

 cwt. 



The ronrimercial advantages of the town of Portf.m'>uth are much increafed by the privi- 

 lege which it has lately obtained, of warehoufing and bjnding f. reign goods. Aiiumucrof 

 fiorehoufct are about to be buiU in (ituations contiguous to the Qjay. 



MOXTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPOR.T. 



QINCn our lad the feafon h.is continued unufually fine for the growing crops of wheat, bailer, 



and oats, which appear lull Oii the ground, and promile a gre.^t abundance. Fhtre has not 

 been rccolletted a more plentiful year for pease and beans, and p.itatoes are univerfilly a good 

 crop. The average puce 01 grain for England is — Wheat, 90s id. Kye, 57s. 1 id. Barley, 45s. Sd. 

 Oats, 29s. Ijcans, 46s. gd. to 343. lod, Peafe, 49s. 3d. to 34s. gd. Oatmeal, 41.S. lod. to 

 19s. ltd. 



From the late prevailing cold wlmls and clouded (kies, the corn harvefV, in the moll forward 

 fituations, will be fulltL-n days or a fortnignt later thin ufual. Kut we h-ive a pleafure in being 

 able to (tale, that there is a fufficicnt number of hands to be met with to expedite the bufinefs, 

 whea the gra n is ready, and on moderate terms, noiwithlla.iding tiie multitudes whoarcabfent 

 on military and naval duties. 



The hay, in molt of the Souihern diftriftj, is already fecured, and has proved an aSundant 

 crop From the (Vf cjuent (howers which tell d;ii ing the i peration ot making, the bufinefs was 

 fomewhat impeded ; but no mateiial djma^e has been lu(ta,ned. In the Northern diltritts, thr 

 grafs is neany ail cut, and yields a heavy fwath ; and as tUe wr^atbcr has been recently more 

 fettled, there is no doubt but the crops will be well m.ide, an! fecured. In Whitechapel mar- 

 ket, Hay fetches trom 3I. 10s. to 5I. los. Clover, 5I. to 61. and Straw, 2I. los. to 3I. Ss. 



So tat.il has bt'-n the blijjnt upon the fiops thrs year, that there :3 not now any expi-c. 

 ''•lonthat it can rec.ver, fo as to produce a crop. Tiie infeds, the fly and lice, follow' 

 tin; midfummer fhoot in fuch a way as to leave little hope that the duty (old duty) will cx- 

 crt-d 25 or ^o.iorA. U is, inietd, protiable, that it will be mitch fhor: of that amount. — 

 The Hereford, Worcellcr, and \Volverhainpton forts, wiiich, in i8or, piid about 65,0001. 

 will not, this year, exceed 1200I I Nor has any plantation efcapcd the bl.ill, which fecrns to 

 be fo generally fatal, that the ciop ni^y be fa'd to be in the woilt itate ever remembered. — 

 New hops, of courfe, are expefted to be very dear j and thof^ of fornier years (1^03 and 

 i'io^) mult advance confid(:r.ibly. At prcfent the giowth of 1805 are felling at fiom 5I. to 

 5I. 101. and that of i2o4 ftbtn CI. to vl. 7*. and both forcs^re i\Ua^ daily. 



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