USEFUL PROJECTS. 
the money would be paid in France, 
and brought to England in ume to 
satisfy these bills,which has not been 
the case, are on this account in the 
greatest distress. ‘The quantity of 
wheat for exportationin the United 
States is estimated at about a mil- 
lion of bushels of flour, 1,100,000 
barrels. 
The divisions and their weight 
were stated, also the price of flour 
made of wheat and barley in several 
proportions, and their produce per 
bushel. 
Mr, Wm. Malcolm, who drew up 
the reports of the counties of Surrey 
and Bucks, is the only person who 
suggests a combinativn of opulent 
farmersgiwho play with and feed the 
markets at their own prices; which 
demand the interference of parlia- 
ment, to keep open the ports, offer 
bounties, prevent smuggling, com- 
pel the pitching of grain in the 
markets, enforce laws against en- 
grossing, furestalling, and regrating, 
and prevent combinations to raise 
the price of Jabour. He ascribes 
the high price of grain to the great 
increase of population, the emi- 
grants, the very great proportion of 
land converted from arable to pas- 
ture,increase of buildingsand people 
in manufacturing towns,villages les- 
sened, and great towns, particularly 
London, increased nearly 1-8th. The 
great quantity of potatoes grown 
this season bas lessened the quantity 
of grain. He recommends num- 
bering the people by the assessors of 
the taxes, to ascertain the average 
produce sufficient for them compar- 
ed with the number of-acres. 
Mr, Malcolm suggests the follow- 
ing hints ;—‘ The immense quan- 
tity of meal used in the kitchens 
et large families, to supply a pint 
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or two of soup for the table, must 
contribute to the great consumption 
of wheat; and the vast number of 
small pigs,weighi ng from to 101b. 
per quarter,called Sibi and sold 
from 7d. to 8d. the lb. which would, 
if kept a few weeks longer, weigh 
from 15 to 20lb. the quarter, is 
Yanother cause of the dearness of 
meat. In these times economy 
should be set on foot in all families. 
The vast number of horses kept for 
pleasure and useless parade, must, 
by consumption of oats and hay, 
prevent the growth of human food 
on the same ground. House-Jambs 
are another delicate that might be 
done without; and, -if suffered to 
live a few months longer, would 
weigh more, and be of more use. 
We seem now to set in for a wet 
autumn, and of course a wet seed- 
time for wheat, which will be a 
cause of raising the price by men 
who speculate in it. The difference 
in the price between the brown and 
white loaf is not sufficient to tempt 
the poor to eat it. The brown 
should be made of the whole pro- 
duce of the wheat, with only a re- 
duction of one-ninth of the weight 
for bran, &c.; and a bushel of 
wheat, weighing 43lb. should send 
home to the owner 36lb. of meal, 
Olb, of bran, and 11b, loss or waste.” 
Nov. 2, a bill was ordered.to be 
prepared, to prevent obstructions to 
the free passage of grain and other 
provisions throughout the kingdom. 
Recommended to the lord-mayor 
and aldermen, to take measures for 
preparing Correcter assize-tables, to 
extend to bread made of white or 
household wheaten flour, with one- 
third, one-fourth, or one-fifth of rye, 
barley, oats, and Indian-corn flour, 
that the baker might have such a 
profit 
