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CHRONICLE. 



JANUARY. 



1st. A MIDST the warfare ill which 

 jfJL we are now engaged for our 

 preservation and existence as a Na- 

 tion, it is matter of exultation and 

 self-confidence to reflect, that the 

 most considerable and most import- 

 ant of our public works suffer, com- 

 paratively speaking, but little inter- 

 ruption. A scarcity of hands will 

 naturally rather retard the comple- 

 tion of them ; and such materials as 

 are wanted must be purchased at an 

 increased price, particularly the ar- 

 titles of timber and bricks. 



The West India Docks, occupy- 

 ing a surface of 30 acres for unload- 

 ing all vessels coming from the West 

 India Islands and Colonies, have 

 been completed, some time since, 

 and there is now sufficient accom- 

 modation in the substantial and 

 extensive stacks of warehouses for 

 sucli merchants as wish to bond or 

 to house their commodities within 

 the walls, unexposed to fire or plun- 

 der, as no lights are suffered at 

 any time, nor any person allowed 

 to remain on board, or within the 

 •walls after dark. The excavation of 

 the dock for loading, which is to oc- 

 cupy 21 acres, is proceeding in with 

 great spirit. In the mean while, it 

 is highly gratifying to the subscri- 

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bers, and encouraging to these grand 

 national undertakings, that the pro- 

 fits warrant a dividend of 10 per cerit. 

 on the sums already subscribed, aiid 

 which the subscribers have begun to 

 receive. 



The London Docks, forming in 

 Wapping, for the accommodation of 

 shipping, bringingwines, spirits, rice, 

 and tobacco, and for the uholc trade 

 of the port (West and East India 

 shipping excepted) of such as choose 

 to avail themselves thereof, are in a 

 very advanced state of forwardness ; 

 and there is every reason to believe 

 that the Dock for Imports will be 

 ready to receive vessels in the course 

 of the ensuing summer. Immense 

 warehouses are forming ; and, in par- 

 ticular, a most stupendous stack for 

 housing bonded tobaccos, which Go- 

 vernment arc to rent, besides giving 

 every encouragement in its power 

 to the concern, with a view to the 

 security and increase of the public 

 re venuc,and to the safety and dispatch 

 of the property of the merchant. 



The East India Dock, for the use 

 of the East India shipping exclusive- 

 ly, is as yet in a state of infancy. 

 The Dock Company have purchased 

 Mess. Perry 's and Wells's Wet Dock, 

 for the jmrpose of forming part of 

 the Dock for loading outwards ; and 

 the Dock for unloading is excavat- 



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