122 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



expected to be drawn from abroad. 

 It is also to be observed, that, in 

 this mode of stating the account, 

 whatever part of the ^ast harvest 

 may have been consumed before tlie 

 beginning of October, is supposed 

 to be compensated by the propor- 

 tion of the next harvest which may 

 come into use before the corres- 

 ponding period of the ensuing year, 

 and that the estimate is formed 

 upon the consumption of twelve 

 months only. 



A considerable proportion of the 

 grain imported some time previous 

 to the 1st of October, must undoubt- 

 edly have contributed to the sub- 

 sistence of the country since that 

 period; but, in the point of view 

 in which your committee have con- 

 sidered the subject, credit is taken 

 only for the subsequent importation . 

 The accounts are complete to the 

 20th of December ; but adding 

 thereto what has been since re- 

 ceived in London and Hull, up to 

 the 5 1st of December inclusive, the 

 amount of wheat imported, exclu- 

 sive of flour, is near 170,000 quar- 

 ters, besides 60,000 quarters of bar- 

 ley, and 126,000 quarters of oats, 

 4,400 cwt. of rice, and between 

 14 and 15,000 quarters of other 

 grain and pulse. 



Setting aside, for the present, the 

 consideration of the farther supply 

 of grain which may be received 

 from Europe, the first object to 

 which your committee will advert 

 is, the importation from the United 

 States of America. There is a pe- 

 culiar advantage attending the 

 supply from this quarter, that some 

 part of it may be expected to arrive 

 during the next month, and will 

 continue during that period of the 

 year when the Importation from 

 Europe is usually interrupted by the 



frost. According to the latest in- 

 formation, the crop in the United 

 States has been uncommonly pro- 

 ductive, and has been nearly free 

 from the ravages occasioned in for- 

 mer years by the Hessian fly. The 

 greatest quantity ever exported 

 from that country (except in 1793, 

 when it is said to have amounted to 

 near 1,500,000 barrels) is stated 

 to be between 1,200,000 and 

 1,300,000 barrels of flour, each 

 Aveighiug 1961bs. and considered as 

 equal to about five bushels of wheat. 

 This exportation took place during 

 the time when that insect continued 

 to do considerable mischief: it may 

 therefore reasonably be expected 

 that the surplus of American pro- 

 duce may now be greater than it 

 was at that period; and that the 

 high price of flour in England, toge- 

 ther with the encouragement held 

 out by parliament, may bring to this 

 country much the greatest propor- 

 tion of that surplus. Supposing 

 however, the surplus to be no 

 greater than the quantity before 

 stated, and that only three-fourths 

 of it should be sent to the British 

 market, the supply derived from this 

 quarter would be about 940,000 

 barrels, which, according to the 

 usual estimate, is equal to about 

 580,000 quarters. 



The harvest in Canada is 

 stated to have been abundant, and 

 an importation may be expected 

 from that country amounting at 

 least to 30,000 quarters. 



In addition to this supply of 

 wheat and flour, a considerable 

 quantity of rice may be drawn 

 from different parts of the world. 



From the southern states of 

 north America, your committee are 

 informed that a supply may be ob- 

 tained of 70,000 barrels, (each 



