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fhe ground mnft be undoubtedly too Imail. 

 Yet the eftimated produce of all the trade, 

 manufactures, fifheries, &c. amounts fcarce 

 to one half of that from agriculture. 



In the account alluded to, this produce is 

 calculated at fifty-one millions fterling; al- 

 though there is ground to believe, that this 

 calculation is too little ; But the produce of 

 the foil muft certainly be much greater, as 

 may eafily be demonftratexl in the following 

 manner : 



Let us fuppofe, that the number of inha- 

 bitants in Great Britain amount, according 

 to the common calculation, to eight or ten 

 millions ; all thefe muft ultimately be fub- 

 lifted and clothed by the produce of the foil, 

 excepting fome little affiftance from the fiih- 

 eries, in moft cafes too trifling to deferve any 

 notice. Let us next fuppofe, that the ex- 

 pence of maintaining each inhabitant of 

 Great Britain amounts to /. 15 per annum; 

 and we fhall find the whole amount to the 

 prodigious fum of 120 or 150 millions. 



An objection may no doubt arife, that this 

 calculation is rated by far too high ; as it is 

 well known, that whole families make a iliift 

 to fubfift upon lefs than the fum here allotted 



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