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at Dungarvon, but the quantity of herrings 

 barrelled is not confiderable. 



The butter trade of Waterford has increaf- 

 ed greatly for 7 years paftj it comes from 

 Waterford principally, but much from Car- 

 low j for it conies from 20 miles beyond Gar- 

 low, for 6d. per cwt. From the firft of Janu- 

 ary, 1774, to the firft of January, 1775, 

 there were exported 59,856 calks of butter 

 each on an average, one hundred weight at the 

 mean price of 503. Revenue of Waterford, 

 3751, 17,000!. 1776, 52,000!. The {laugh- 

 ter trade has increased, but not fo much as 

 the butter. Price of butter now at Water- 

 ford, 585. twenty years average, 42$. Beef 

 now to 255. average, twenty years, los. to i8s. 

 Pork now 305. average, twenty years, 165. to 

 22S. Eighty fail of ihips now belonging to 

 the port, twenty years ago not 30. They 

 pay to the captains of fhips of 200 tons, 5!. a 

 month ; the mate 3!. los. Ten 'men, at 408. 

 five years ago only 273. Building (hips, jol. 

 a ton* Wear and tear of fuch a fhip, 20!. a 

 month. Ship provifions, 2os. a month. 



The hew church in this city is a very beau- 

 tiful one ; the body of it is in the fame itile 

 exactly as that of Belfaft already defcribed : 

 the total length 170 feet, the breadth 58. 

 The length of the body of the church 92, the 

 height 40 ; breadth between the pillars 26. 

 The ifle (which I do not remember at Belfaft) 

 is 58 by 45. A room on one fide the fteeple, 



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