42 September 



reckoned from the twenty-fifth of March of that 

 year, to the t wen ty- fifth of March of the next. 



The Year. Ships arrived. Ships failed. 



1735 199 212. 



1740 307 208. 



1741 292 309. 



1744 229 271. 



1745 280 301. 



1746 273 293. 



BUT it is much to be feared that the trade of 

 Philadelphia, and of all the Engli/h colonies, will 

 rather decreafe than encreafe, in cafe no provi- 

 lion is made to prevent it. I fhall . hereafter 

 plainly (hew upon what foundation this de- 

 creafe of trade is likely to take place. 



The town not only furnifhes moft of the inha- 

 bitants of Penfyhania with the goods which they 

 want, but numbers of the inhabitants of New 

 y?rfey come every day and carry on a great trade. 



THE town has two great fairs every year; one 

 in May, and the other in f$Min$?r 9 both on the 

 Jixteenth days of thofe two months. But befides 

 thefe fairs, there are every week two market days, 

 viz. Wednefday and Saturday. On thofe days the 

 country people in Penfyhania and New Jerfey 

 bring to town a quantity of victuals, and other 

 productions of the country, and this is a great ad- 

 vantage to the town. It is therefore to be wifhed 

 that the like regulation might be made in our 

 Swedifh towns. You are fure to meet with every 

 produce of the feafon, which the country affords, 



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