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Commercial Report. 



[May 



duties on the import of agricultural produc- 

 tious, equivalent to the difference of expeuce 

 between tiiis country and poorer ones, wiiere 

 labour is so mucli cheaper, can ever restore 

 our agriculture. They propose the following 

 rate of duties : 

 Wheat, a permanent duty, 



of 



Heal, the like 

 Flour 

 Rye 

 Oa(s 

 Pease 

 Beans 



Barley, Beer or Big 

 Wool 

 Flax 

 Hemp 

 Hides 

 Tallovtr 



40s. per qr. 

 10s. per cwt. 

 14s. per cwt. 

 26s. 6d. per qr. 

 13s. 6d. per qr. 

 26s. 6d. per qr. 

 26s. 6d. per qr. 

 ZOs. per qr. 

 Is. per ]h. 

 20s. per cwt. 

 15s. per cwt. 



2d. per lb. 

 20s. per cwt. 



Seeds - - 28s. per cwt. 



Butter - - 56s. per cwt. 



Cheese ■ - 37s. 4d. per cwt. 



All things not enumerated 



331, per cent, ad valorem. 



The petitioners pray a permanent duty on 

 grain, instead of any graduated scale of du- 

 ties, which must refer to the system of ave- 

 rages ; of which they say, they have had 

 sufficient experience, to renounce all refer- 

 ence to them for ever. 



It grieves u.< to state that some doubts are 

 entertained whether the paltry grant of 

 30001. per annum will be continued to the 

 Board of Agriculture. This is beginning 

 with economy in tlie wrong place, and we 

 as economists, should rather propose that in 

 this instance the 30001. should be increased 

 to 10,000). The services of the Board aro 

 worth thoseof a dozen regiments of soldiery. 



MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



PRICES OF MERCHANDIZE. 



Cocoa, W. I. common 4 



Coffee, Jamaica, ordinary 5 5 



,flne .600 



^, Mocha • .000 



Cotton, W. I. common .009 



, Demerara . . 10 



Currants . . .000 



Figs, Turkey . .00 



Flax, Riga . . . 58 



Hemp, Riga Rhine . . 42 10 

 Hops, new. Pockets - . 3 3 



, Sussex, do. . 2 10 



Iron, British, Bars . . 10 



, Pigs . • 6 10 



Oil, Lucca . . 10 



— , Galipoli . . 70 



Rags . . .00 



Raisins, bloom or jar, new 



Rice, Patna kind . .00 



, East India . .08 



Silk, China, raw . .11 



, Bengal, skein . 14 



Spices, Cinnamon . .08 



, Cloves . . 



■, Nutmegs . . 



■ , Pepper, black . 



, , white . 



Spirits, Brandy, Cogniac . 

 — — , Geneva Hollands 1 



— - — , Rum, Jamaica . 



Sugar, brown . .216 



——•, Jamaica, fine . ,0 

 , East India, brown 



, lump, fine . . } 



Tallow, town-melted . 2 



, Russia, yellow . 2 



Tea, Bohea . . 



, Hyson, best . . 



Wine, Madeira, old . 35 



, Port, old . . 35 



. , Sherry . . 30 



Premiums oj Inmrance... 



March 27. 

 to 5 



18 

 18 

 10 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 6 

 1 

 1 

 1 



3 8 



4 4 

 

 12 

 3 



9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3 





















 59 







3 



3 8 

 10 10 



7 10 











JO 

 

 16 



8 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 3 

 

 1 

 5 

 

 

 

 

 40 

 48 

 65 



3 

 

 



12] 

 3 4 



April 28. 



£3 15 to 4 5 per cwt 



5 16 ditto. 



7 ditto. 



9 10 per cwt 

 10 per lb. 

 1 ] ditto. 

 per ew. 

 3 ditto. 

 per ton. 

 ditto. 



3 15 per cwt. 



4 10 ditto. 

 per ton. 

 ditto. 



10 per jar 

 69 per ton. 



per cwt. 



4 ditto. 



ditto. 



12 ditto. 



1 1 6 per lb 

 16 2 ditto. 

 OH 6 per lb. 

 3 10 ditto. 

 4 9 ditto. 

 7^ ditto. 



11^.. 12 ditto. 



3 .. 3 6 per gal. 



ditto. 



3 6 ditto. 



3 per cwt. 



3 15 per cwt. 



5 8 



6 10 

 9 

 8^ 

 10 



5 12 

 2 S 



57 



43 



2 8 



2 12 







6 

 9 



68 



1 18 6 

 4 

 

 10 

 |8 1 

 14 2 

 8 6 

 3 9 

 3 8 

 74 



1 8i 

 022' 



2 16 



3 10 

 18 



4 14 

 

 2 8 

 2 3 



3 8 



5 ditto. 

 5 5 per cwt. 

 per cwt. 

 2 8 6 ditto. 

 2 31 per lb. 

 4 8 ditto. 

 40 per pipe 

 52 ditto, 

 60 per but. 

 Guernsey or Jersey, 12s. Od. — Cork or Dublin, 1 2s. 8d. Bel- 

 fast, 







28 



45 



30 



