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October lyth. accompanied Lord Tyrone 

 to Waterford ; made fome enquiries into the 

 flate of their trade, but found it difficult, from 

 the method in which the Cuflom-houfe books 

 are kept, to get the details I wiihed ; but in 

 the year following, having the pleafure of a 

 long vifit at Baliycanvan, the feat of Cornelius 

 Bolton, Efq; his fon, the member for the city, 

 procured me every information I could wifh, 

 and that in fo liberal and polite a manner, 

 that it would not be eafy to exprefs the obli- 

 gations I am under to both. In general I was 

 informed that the trade of the place had in- 

 creafed cpnfiderably in ten years, both the ex- 

 ports and imports. The exports of the pro- 

 duels of pafturage, full ope-third in twelve 

 years. That the ftaple trade of the place is 

 the Newfoundland trade ; this is very much 

 increafed, there is more of it here than any 

 where,. The number of people who go paf- 

 fengers in the Newfoundland (hips is amaz- 

 ing ; from fixty t6 eighty fbips, and from, 

 three thouland to five thqufand annually. 

 They come from moft parts of Ireland, from 

 Corke, Kerry, 6cc. Experienced men will get 

 1 8 to 25!. for the fealbn, from March to No- 

 vember j a man who never went will have five 

 to feven pounds, and his pafTage, and others 

 rife to 20!. the paflage out they get, but pay 

 home two pounds. An induftrious man in a 

 year will bring home twelve to fixteen pounds 

 with him, arid fome more. A great point for 

 them is to be 'able to carry out all their (lops, 

 for every thing there is exceedingly dear, one 

 ;t or 



