CIS Monthly Commercial R< port. [Jan. I, 



thcym-.ide of hemp. Siilifeqiient events hiive augmented tlie flpmnnd. Tlio fcafon for 

 iinpartation trdiii the' Ball ic is over. It will be, iur a tiiiii;, difliciilt to fupply the ,mcc- 

 chaiits' dock-jards ; in ihofe ot' Government there arc always in hdiid ftores of this com- 

 jnodity for thr«;e years. 



Upon fu^portions originafin!; with the Earl of Dundonald, confiderabie improvements 

 liave been made in the nianMlai'hiie of fiill-cloth for the royal navy. Tlie hemp and flax 

 vcrc formerly ufed in weaving canvas, without due preiious tleanfnii.'. I iie necefiiiy 

 tliat the yani thoiild be fteeped, bucked, and boiled, before it be ufcd iji the loom, hai 

 been clearly difccrned. (iovemment have required this condition to be obferved in the 

 pTep,iration of all the canvas Ihey contract for • it ij done at an addilional e.\penee of ts. 

 per cwt. The caMvas made of yarn tluib freed from mod of the exti active, matter of the 

 hemp and flax, is not liable to" that decay which is named ;;.'i'Wfu>. InlSOi, 'J.omann- 

 tartnrersof canvas in England, and }.'3 in Scotland, conlrafted to manufacture for govern- 

 ment 147, '.'i!0 bolls of canvas per annuui, each bolr being from 40 to 1.1 yards. The royal 

 navy was, before that time, fupplied chiefly from The towns of Dundee, Aberdeen, 

 Arbroath, MoiUrofe, and Brechin, on llie north-eaft coaft of Scotland. 'I'he feats of tl;e 

 Ivnglifli manufartiireof eainas are, \\'arringlon, Kirkhani, Lancalter, Whitehaven, Stock- 

 ton, AVhilby, and Hull. i he aUeiition of Coveinment to this objeiit hai tended, of 

 couifc, to improve the article lor the ufe alfo of the merchant fliip-owners. 



'llie iron and copper works of Great Britain continue flourifliing. We im))ort flill lefs 

 and lefs iron from the Baliic. The calt iron manufaetnres of Canon, and other parts in 

 this countiy, exceed all fjieign conipelilioii. Britidi iron is now employed a< a malcrial 

 for anchors, an life for which its quality was three or four years fince reckoned unfit 'llie 

 Eaft India Company taking olf ev.Ty year large iiuantilies of Kngli(h copiie. , greatly cor\- 

 trihnte to the continued ami profitable working of our copper niMies 'he iuanu.''afturer3 

 of Birmingham and Shellield have, of late, liad large orders tor the South Auierieati 

 market. I heir manul'aeturcs ftill find their way, alfo, to Paris, and over the C'oniiiient. 

 It is however remarkable that jult now, fueh is the alledgcd inferiority of Shelli' Id ciit- 

 Jery to lliat of London, that in the (hops any article of wdiat is called town-m.ide cutlery 

 is fold for twice the price which would be afiicd for it, if it were avowedly from Slwtiield. 

 The manufatlurcrs of Sheflfield ought carefully (o m.d^e tlieir goods of every variety, in- 

 deed, of price and ufeful (juahties y but always in the ruit equal to wodt they are m the 

 0^fartnt qualities. 



Notliing is yet publi.-ly known of the fcheme of taxes for the fuiiplies of 1807. It is 

 faid, that no very large loan will be vuantcd iinmeilialely- 



By our pofleffion of Malta, a brillc trade, yielding quick returns, is now c.irricd on to 

 the ports of Italy. Malta is the emporium, the ftore-huule. From Malta we lupply Leg- 

 horn, and other places under the power of the French. But the Eui;U(h goods are foldj 

 even before they are landed, for ready money ; and fcarcely a pound's-«orlli of Uritiftl 

 property is at any moment hazarded where the French might fejze it. 



i'or the relief of the planters and their configiiees pcrmiflion will, it is faid, be this 

 year given for the free ufe of raw fugars in the diltilleiies. Grain is not now high, but it 

 does not fall in price. Our imporls from Germany and the Baltic arc inff rrupted ; we 

 may, therefore, expeift corn of all forts rather to rife than decline iii price as the feafon 

 advances. 



By the mildnefs of the feafon, and by the abundance of hay, clover, ftraw, and other 

 dry forsofe, butcher's meat of all forts continues at reafonable prices. 



The exchinge with Ireland is at 12 per cent — only 'i\ |>er cent, aga^ift tliat country. 

 Horfes and cattle to the value of abor.t l(i,OOOI. iterlnig, were lull year exported from 

 Ireland to Great Britain. 



Stocks raiher decline, the 3 per cents, vary between .S9 and 60. 



Coals are at reafonable prices. Cargo< s are fold, in the river, at from ?ioi. to 49s. per 

 chaldron ; 12s. more per chaldron is charged by the retailers who deliver them for the ufe 

 of families. 



The average price of Sugar, for tlie feven days ending Dee. 10, was II. 163. 9jd. 



The average prices of Navigable Canal and Dock Shares, for Dccemher 1806, at the 

 office of Mr. Scott, 2.5, New I5ridge-ftreet, London : — Ihe Trent and Merfey, or Grand 

 Trunk Canal, 8401. to 8801 per lliare, dividing 101. per Ihare per annum — I'he Stafford- 

 fliirc and Woreerterfliire Canal, 6101. per lliarc, dividing .'>6l. per fliare net per annul. i.—.- 

 Grand .function, 871. p-er fliare, including a dividen.i of 11. 10s. — Alhton and Oldham, 

 1001 — 'Worcefter and Birmingham, 391. per (hare, including all new calls paid — Lan- 

 cafter, 181. 10s. — Scotch Mines Company, 2041 to 2061. percent., dividing 111. percent, 

 net per annum. — Weft India Dock Stock, 1501. per cent., dividing 101. percent.net per 

 annum. — Eaft India Dock, 1'2.11., bearing intcrcft at prefent of .il. per ce;it. — London 

 Dock, 1031., dividing ol. per cent — Globe Infuranee, lOill., dividing 61. per cent.— . 

 Imperial AlTurance, li.'l. per cent, premium.— Weft iMiddlefex Water Works, 4!. iO» per 

 Ihare premium. 



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