SIS 



Staiiilical Vkts of the Pruffiaii Dominions, [Nov. ! , 



ins. The miraber of births confiderably 

 exceeds every ye/M- that of t!i*^ deatlis. 

 In the vcar IKOl,. ti;e fuiplus was 

 l():},0OO;"iu 1802, 154,000; and in 1803, 

 l.')8,000. The lealL popiihnis provinces 

 are l'omc:riiniii, whore tiioy reckon CJSO, 

 and iNew Eaft Prutiia, wiicre there are 

 enly 9A1 [iLilous oi) the Ei)j;hlh Iquare 

 mile. The moll jior;uious is JiSaireulh, 

 Avliere tlicre are 920 perlous on the I'lii^- 

 lilh fquure mile. 



With if'L'urd to the pojiuhition of the 

 large towns, the principal are 



Inhah. 



1. Berlin in Brandciihi!r2,with 1(30,000 



2. Warfuvv, iu tlie ue«lY ac- 

 quired part of Poland - - 6.5,()0<) 



;5. Brcllan, ia Sclifia - - 62,000 



4. Kijaigluerg, in Prurfia - 57,000 



5. Dantzjo;, in PruP.ia - 48,000 

 C. ?«]agde:iari;, in the duchy 



of tiie fame name - - - . 33,000 

 7. Stettin, in Pomerania - IR.COO 

 'Ilions^h agriculture be the principal 

 eroployniPiit of the nutiou, it is only of 

 late that it lias experienced extenli* c im- 

 provements : but, compared with KngUlh 

 farmin;;, it is yet in it^ infancy. 



The principal tnanuiiu-torics are thofe 

 of glaCs, lookms: ulalfes, earthenware, 

 china, tobacco and fnulf, ftarcli, PruOiaii 

 lilue, paper, linen, woollen cIdiIi, cotton 

 and iilk ItiiiB, <S:c. ; chiefly at Berlin, 

 Brcllan, KoniglLerg, Potfilain, Halle, 

 JJasdehnrg. 



Trade is little undcrflood. It is cramp- 

 ed by many prohibitions, refiriiiions, and 

 nioniipolicsof the crown, under the mif- 

 takcn idea that the obfiruclions which 

 foreign cominerce encoinucrs, contri- 

 bute to render the inland trade more 

 ilonrilhiuL'. Some manufactures are ab- 

 fohiteiy foiced ;in(l fnptiortcd by bounties. 

 The Utuatioii of the Prnnian dominions 

 is, however, extremely faxourable for 

 comiiicrce, as they coinniiinicate both 

 villi the Baltic and the North Sea. 'I'he 

 principal lica-ports are Danizii;, Kbnigs- 

 bci-!.', I'',iliinp,, i\IeiT)cl, .'^tettin, Colbcrg 

 and Emdcn. 



Prnifia exports ammally ^. ftrrling 

 Tinilicr, to the auKUint of - C'00,000 

 \Vheat, rye, mid oats - - 1,700,000 



Linciih -" 1,200,(*I00 



Woolirn cloth . - . . 7t)0,(;00 



Ltlido- orhti- arii! ie.> of Uf^ importance. 



Us I r.iicipai inij-m'tation coiilills of 



±. Iiertu}g 

 TLaw.'>wgars, So rlie amount of C00,0u0 



Co'.Vee "-- 500,000 



\S ine ------- .'x-)0,000 



Raw Cotton and bilk - - - 700,000 



But it is impodlble to afccrtaia tlie h;v 

 lance of its trade, as one jirovincc exports 

 articles v>hich the other imports; and 

 little reliance is to be placed on the cuf- 

 tom houfe liils, which often iuclude ar- 

 ticles previoully imported. 



Were it not for the many injudicious 

 excife regulations, which tluow numer- 

 ous obftaclcs in its way, the tranUt trade 

 might be very coniiderablc. There is a 

 good inland navigation on the iMcmel, 

 Pregel, Vilhila, Uder, Spree, Havel, 

 Elbe, A^'efer, and iMns ; belides the great 

 and little Frederick's Canal in ]^a(l Pruf- 

 ha, the former fourteen, the latter nearly 

 fne Engli 111 miles in length ; the lohan- 

 ni/bnrg Canal, fifty-live miles long; the 

 Brombcrg Canal ; the Frederick William's 

 Canal, fourteen miles long ; the Fiiiow 

 Canal, of twenty-three miles ; the Klod- 

 nitz Canal in Silefia, twenty-three miles 

 long ; the new Oder Canal, and the 

 (^anal of Phiuen. But the roads are rather 

 bad : it is only within the hill tvventy 

 years that they have atliactcd the at- 

 tention of siovernment. A few good turn- 

 pike roads lead from Berlin to Potfdaui, 

 to Frankfort, and in part to Hamburg. 



Prulfia's productive capital may be cf- 

 tiuiattd, 



£. fin-ling 



1. In arable land, at about 211,000,01)0 



2. Meadows and grafs land 32,000,000 



3. Foreds 27,000,000 



4. Gardens, orchards, vine- 



yards ----- 15,200,000 



.S. Mines 1,200,000 



(i. Fiduries - - - 6,100,000 

 7. Game '2,500,000 



315,000,000 



Its improduclivc capital 



1. In gold and lilver plate, at 5,000,000 



2. Cattle ----- 30,000,000 



3. Buildings 120,000,000 



4. Iloulhold furniture - - 60,000,000 



Total, 215,000,000 



The circulating medium, 

 or current coin, at - - 10,000,000 



The annual income deriv- 

 ed from the productive ca- 

 pital may be taken at - - 42,QOO,0uO 

 To which mult be added, 

 the produce of the national 

 indullrv, or manufactured 

 goods exported - - - - 3,000,000 



Total, 41,000,000 

 But 



