A. D. 1765. 429 



come, owing to the fcarcity of the fifh, which keeps the boats longer 

 out, whereby the fifh arc fpoiled, and the price advanced. 



From 3,000 to 4,000 ftraws of fprats come every year from Aldburgh 

 and Southwold. 



In the year 1764 there arrived from Ireland 26,612 cafks of butter, 

 (of which nearly one half from Cork) each weighing on an average 

 150 pounds, and valued at about 38/'fterling. 



Alfo 474 hoglhcads of tallow, each about 1,300 lb. at 27/'(lerlingper cwt. 

 445 cafl':s of lard, each about 150 lb. at 4iy'fterling per cafk. 

 118 bags of feathers, weighing each 270 lb. froni Limerick. 

 30 tuns of kelp, at 18/, from Waterford. 

 30 cafks pork, at 42/, from ditto. 

 2,693 falted hides, at 42/, and 

 171,000 ox bones, at 6()/per thoufand. 



in time of war from 10,000 to 14,000 barrels of beef ufcd to come 

 from Ireland, but in time of peace only 3,000 or 4,000, being enterablc 

 only for exportation, unlefs there is a fcarcity. 



Of alum about 260 tuns were imported annually. 



Grindftones from Newcaftle to the value of /^i, 500. 



Hardware was a confiderable branch of trade, and^dayly increafmg. 



Felt and ftraw hats, woollen and filk ftockings, and filk fluffs, were 

 alfo very confiderable articles. 



Englifli printed linens and calicoes, being the common fummer drefs 

 in Holland, were in every fliop in the country. No attempts to imi- 

 tate them have hitherto fucceeded. 



From 1 ,000 to i ,500 tuns of Honduras logwood ufed to be brought 

 annually in time of peace from New-York, Bofton, and Rhode ifland ; 

 and from 500 to 1,000 tuns of other dying woods from the coaft of 

 Guinea. 



Sugar, ginger, cotton, and other produce of the Britiili Weft-Indies, 

 were occafionally imported, and fometimes in large quantities, chiefly 

 from London. 



Bottles ufed to be imported in large quantities ; but the erection of 

 a number of glafs-houfes in thefe provinces, had now reduced the de- 

 mand for that article. 



Stafl'ord-fliire earthen ware had lately come into requeft here, and in 

 the neighbouring countries. The increafe of this trade fmce about the 

 year 1760 was furprillngly great. 



Horfes were frecpicntly brought from London. 



Birmingham and Sheffield wares of all kinds ufed to come in great 

 abundance, and fell well. * 



Roierdam ulually exported to Great Britain and Ireland, in the courfe 

 gf the year, about 2,400 ca/ks of madder, valued at about £2$ per calk. 



Of flax from 900,000 to 1,000,000 ftones (6 pounds each) from Ro- 



