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the domeftic animal":, or the cultivated crops that are peculiar to this 

 country, or more generally attended to here than elfewhere. 



4. Is the cultivator of the ground at full liberty to difpofe of its pro- 

 duce to the bed advantage ? or is he under a neceflity of giving the 

 pre-emption of it to the prince, or to any other man or body of men ? 

 If fo, is the price invariably fixed; or is it variable? If it be variable, 

 Who has the power to fix the rate ? What, in fliort, are the obftruc- 

 tions to a free fale ; and how do they operate ? Are duties exadled on 

 internal fales ? Are duties levied, efpecially on the produce of the fields, 

 on their being carried from one province of the kingdom into another ? 

 Do the laws prohibit any of the natural produ<5lions of the fields, or 

 any of the native live animals, or their produce, or cured meat of any 

 lort, from being carried out of the country? What are the prohibited 

 articles ? Are duties demanded, or other reftrainfs thrown in the way, 

 on exporting other article,-> that are not prohibited ? Are thefe duties {o 

 confiderable as to operate as a prohibition ? What is the nature of the 

 contraband trade that thefe reftraints produce ? If the duties are mode- 

 rate in themfelves. Are they fixed and known ; or are they levied in a 

 loofe and arbitrary manner? What reftraints do the levying of thefe 

 duties inipofe upon tiie merchant in the ordinary courfe of his bufinefs? 

 Is an inland excife here known ? 



5. Art the people in general maintained by the produce of their own 

 fields ? What is the general food of the common people ? Are there any 

 articles in common ufe as food that can only be bought from the officers 

 of the crown, or from any other body of n^en who pofftfs exciufive 

 privileges ? What are they; and what are the evils that fpring from 

 this abufe ? Arc any articles of food ufed in this country that are not in 

 common ufe elfewhere ? Arc any articles common as food elft where 

 that arc either neglected here, or are held in abhorrence by the people, 

 from religious, fupetftitious, or other motives ? Are certain kinds of 

 food prohibited at ccrfam feaions of the year only ? What are all thefe, 

 and the peculiar ciicumftanccs relpeifting each ? Are any articles gene- 

 rally ufed as food which are brought from afar ? What are they, and 

 •whence are they obtained ? 



6. Are the culcivators of the ground in general a diftinA and fepa- 

 rate clafs of people from the nianufa>5)urers and artifans ; or are they 

 often united in the fame perlbns ? Do the manufadlurers live chiefly in 

 towns ? Are they affociated into communities, corporations, or guilds, 

 having exciufive privileges ? W^hat are the obftruiilions in the way of 

 being admitted as members of thefe guilds, the terms of admiffion into 

 thcin, &c. ? What are the benefits and the inconvenicncies that have 

 been obfervcd from exper»ence to have refulted from thefe co.imiuni- 

 ties, corporations, or guilds ? Have any devices been adopted in this 

 country', diredtly or indireftly, to fap the foundations of this ancient 

 fyftcm of political economy ? What are they ? 



7. What i-i the Hate of the country with regard to metals, mines, 

 and minerals ? Arc there any faflil produ61ions found here that are 

 ufeful in arts or maiiufaflurcs ? Is pit coal worked here ? How are the 

 aatives fupplicJ with fuel ? Arc any duties impoi'cd by the ftate on 



