A. D. 1767. 



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fivers ; for they ftill adhered fo much to the old ideas, as to think a 

 river, that could be made navigable, preferable to a canal. 



An ad was paflcdfor building a pier at, and otherwife improving the 

 harbour of, St. Ives in Cornwall, which, if the accefs to it vyele eafy, 

 would afford great protedion to fhips on that coafl. [7 Geo. Ill, c. 52.] 



For the eflablifhment of a fund of /^ 15,000 a-year, to encourage the 

 cultivation and drelTing of hemp and flax, additional duties were laid 

 upon foreign canvafs and lawns, to be repaid on fuch as fliould be ex- 

 ported. [7 Geo. III., c. 58.] 



Mr. Buckland, Britilli conful at Nice, who had formerly recommend- 

 ed a direcl: intercourfe between the dominions of Piedmont and Britain, 

 this fummer fent home notice, that the trade, begun in confequence of 

 his advice, was now confiderably increafed ; and that in the years 1765 

 and 1766 fix rich cargoes of filk, oil, &c. had arrived at London, and 

 two at Exeter, from Nice and Villa-Franca : and in the fame two years 

 ten valuable cargoes from London, fix from other ports in England, 

 and two from Britifli America, had arrived at thofe ports. 



Mr. Frafer, Britifli conful at Tripoli, fent home a very full and cir- 

 (Sumfl:antial ' General ftate of the commerce of Tripoli' by fea with the 

 nations bordering on the Mediterranean, and by land with the natives 

 of the interior parts of Africa, of which the following is a fummary. 



Tripoli exports to Zcchms*. 



Leghorn, goods to the value 



of - - 1493=5 



VemcCy - - 6,025 



Con/lantimple , Smyrna, Alexan- 

 dria, CancLa, and the other 

 iflandsand portsofthe Lf i^- 

 rt«/, chiefly in negro flaves, 50,485 

 'Tunis, - - 000 



Malta J - - 1,815 



Tripoli fends annually by the 

 inland caravans to 



Fezzan, chiefly in foreign 



goods, - - 26,475 



The traders remain four or 

 five months at Fezzan, 

 where they meet with the 

 caravans from Bornou, 

 Zaufara, Agdes, which is 



Tripoli imports from Zcchins. 



Leghorn, goods to the value 



of - - 21,459 



Fenice^ - - iO'795 



Conjldutimple, Smyrna, is'r. 46,390 



Tunis, _ - _ 2.300 



Malta, - - 1,480 



Tripoli receives from 



Fezzan, negro flaves, fena, 

 dates, oft;rich feathers, 

 gum-arabic, &c. to the 

 value of - - 37,j8o 



• The zcdiin at Tripoli it worth 8/5 ftcrling ncarcH. 



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