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hemp, tobacco, &c. which are to be con- 

 veyed through these straits to a market 

 new and important to those countries ; 

 which articles will greatly interfere with 

 and cheapen the produce of our country. 

 The Banat is said to be by far the cheapest 

 country in Europe, in all necessary pro- 

 ductions, meat, bread, wine, fruits, &c. 

 The culture of Rice was introduced there 

 by the late Emperor with great and in- 

 creasing success. Prices in the vicinity 

 of Tybiscus river are in sterling, as follow : 

 wheat at 1 /^ an English bushel ; rye, 12^.; 

 barley, ld.~ ; hay in towns, IQs. a ton ; in 

 the country, 3s. ; a lean ox 40s. to 50.r. ; a 

 cow 30J*. to 45 s. (cattle are dearer than 

 grain, because they are readily driven to 

 market : they are driven by thousands an- 

 nually, from the Ukrain, through Poland 

 into Silesia and Germany J ; mutton, 1 d* a Ib. ; 

 beef, from \d. to 1^/4 ; pork, l'd.^ to 2^, ; 

 wine, 45 gallons new, in a good vintage, 

 Js* to 42s. according to quality ; rent, 

 2s. Qtf. to -I.T, the English acre j and all this 



