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' reports in each of the principal matters relating to their refpective de- 



* partments. 



' All their arrets and orders fhall be figned by the chancellor and the 

 ' other great officers. 



* Reports fliall be made to the king of any branch of commerce, either 

 ' inland or foreign, that may require his confideration and proteclion ; 

 ' together with the prefent ftate of any manufacture, in order to perfedl 



• the fame.' 



The fuburbs of London ftill farther increafing on every fide, two 

 other new parifhes were in this year eredied, viz. one called St. George 

 in Bloomfbury, near the market, of that name; and the other in the 

 hamlet of Limehoufe, and called St. Anne at Limehoufe. Another 

 new parilh, named St. Paul's, was this fame year erected in the town of 

 Deptford, near, and almoll joining to, the fuburbs of London, the great 

 increafe of that town, by means of the dock, dock-yard, ftorehoufes, &c. 

 of the navy, occafioning fo great anacceflionof workmen, trades-people, 

 &c. that the old parifh-church was too fmall to contain the inhabitants 

 of fo large a town. 



The great benefit of light-houfes to navigation is allowed by uU men; 

 and many fuch are in Great Britain of long fianding. This year, a 

 ftatute was made, for confirming a patent granted by her late majefty 

 Queen Anne, to William Trench Efq. deceafed, for ere6ling a light- 

 houfe upon the ifland or rock called Skerries, (near Holyhead, at theifle 

 of Anglefea, &c.) whereby the duties granted for maintaining it are 

 made perpetual, it being a very great benefit to all fliips and velTels na- 

 vigating the Irifli or St. George's channel. 



The czarina of Ruilia refumed the monopoly of tar, which had been 

 a confiderable branch of the revenue of Peter the Great. It was ufu- 

 ally fliipped at Archangel, to the amount of about 40,000 lafis (of ip 

 barrels each) annually, being moftly taken off by the Dutch and Ham- 

 burghers : and this trade fiill brought many foreign fhips to Archangel, 

 after it was eclipfed by the new city of Peterfburgh, and though confi- 

 derable quantities of tar are fhipped at that city, and alfo,fince thecon- 

 quefl of Livonia, at Riga, Revel, and Narva. 



Ten Dutch Eafi-India fhips arriving at one time this year in Holland, 

 it may be worth the noting how much fpice of all kinds they brought: 

 home, viz. of 



Brown pepper, - . - 3,145-392"] 



White pepper, - _ _ 3,904 | 



Nutmegs, _ _ _ 94,918 }> pound weight. 



Mace, _ _ _ _ 65,604 



Cinnamon, - _ _ 640,000 J 



Befide 20,000 lb. weight of long pepper, 4623 ib of cubebs or pepper 

 duft, and 6500 lb. of cardamums from Ceylon ;uid Java. 



