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ftridt for the laft fix years, it is here fubjoiaed, and 

 may be depended upon as corredt. 



AVERAGE price, per Bufhel of Wheat, Barley, 

 Oats, and Beans, from the year 1787 to 1792 in- 

 clufive. 



Gene- 

 ral ave. 



rage. 



Wheat, 

 Barley, 

 Oats, 

 Beans, 



d. 



6 o4: 

 2 II 



2 2 



3 9 



ROADS and BRIDGES. 



There ave few diftridts which can boaft of a 

 greater number of handfome, well built ftone- 

 bridges ; every brook and rivulet is made paflable 

 by means of a flone arch ; and the bridges on the 

 larger rivers do credit to the public fpirit of the 

 inhabitants. 



It is to be regretted, that as much cannot be faid 

 in refpedl to the roads. Thefe, it mud be acknow- 

 ledged, difplay no great ingenuity either in the en- 

 gineer who planned, or in the undertakers or over- 

 feers who executed the work. The great roads 

 leading through the county are all turnpike, and 

 are fupported, partly by the money coUefted at the 

 different toll-bars, and partly by the ftatute-labour 

 impofed by adl of Parliament. Each tenant who 

 occupies a farm of L. 50 of rent being bound to 

 perform 3 days labour of a cart with 3 horfes, and 

 2 men yearly, on the turnpike-roads within the pa- 

 ri(h, and the fame on the private or parochial 

 roads ; and where there are no turnpike-roads with- 

 in 



