WOOLLEN EXPORTS. ijf 



ing table it is rated by the pack ; the colt at market is only no- 

 ticed, the necejfary charges on (hipping amount to full two 

 per cent, exclusive of commiffion which is two per cent. more. 

 Wool, woollen, and bay yarn, are exported, by the great 

 done, containing eighteen pounds weight. A licence for ex- 

 porting mufl be procured from the lord lieutenant, the coft of 

 which is nearly fourpence halfpenny per ftone$. From com- 

 paring the prices at different periods, exported woollen yarn 

 may pretty fafely be rated at feventen fnillings and fixpence 

 per ilone, of which five fhillings a ftone is labour. 



Exported value in the firfl period, 307,662 



Ditto in the laft, 200,413 



Decreafe, 106,049 



Whoever recurs to the minutes of the journey, in the coun- 

 ties of Carlow, Tipperary, and Rofcomuion, the great fheep- 

 walks of Ireland, will have no reafon to be furprized at this lofs 

 of one hundred thoufand pounds a year. There are yet other 

 iubjects fo connedled with the prefent enquiry, that in brder to 

 have a clear and diftinel idea of it, we muft include in the 

 account. I think it fair to give tillage credit for any increafc 

 there may be in pork, bacon, lard, hogs, and bread ; it is true 

 they do not entirely belong to it, for dairies yield much ; but to 

 obviate objections, I will fuppofe them totally connected with 

 tillage. The following table includes all thefe articles. 



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