jyeclination of the Magnetic Needle, ^ic. 



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DECLINATION OF THE MAGNETIC NEEDLE. 



The declination of the needle, which was found at 

 Thoulouse in 1770 to be 18° 59', and in 1 780, 20° 15', and 

 in 1790, 21° 5', was observed on the 1st of Germinal, year 

 12, to be 2 1** 43'. 



TRADE AND COMMERCE. 



The Russian minister of commerce at St. Petersburgh, 

 count Rumanzoff, has just caused to be published a col- 

 lection of twenty-one important tables, which give a cor- 

 rect and comprehensive view of the present state of the 

 Russian commerce with foreign nations. The count, in 

 the introduction, which is written by himself, says : " The 

 results of our trade have hitherto been kept secret ; but 

 where the sovereign is the father of his people, what has he to 

 conceal from them ? The emperor, therefore, has given or- 

 ders that the whole commercial system of the kingdom 

 should be communicated to the public." The nth and 

 19th tables, which give an account of the gain which Rus- 

 sia makes by the transit trade between Europe and Asia, are 

 particularly worthy of notice. The tables are divided into 

 five parts, which comprehend the trade on the Baltic, the 

 AVhite Sea, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the inland 

 trade. 



Rubles. 

 The provisions imported in the Baltic in the 



year 1802 amounted to - 11330595 



Exported _ - - 7041008 



Excess of the imports 



The principal articles imported were 

 Sugar 

 Wine 

 Salt 

 Coffee 

 Those exported 

 Rye 

 Wheat 

 Barley 

 The metals imported amounted to 

 The articles were 



Gold and silver in coin and in bars 

 The metals exported amounted to 

 Among which were 



Iron 

 The rest was copper. 

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