INLAND BOUNTY. 141 



The principal mills of Ireland, from June 1773 to June 1/74. 



Cwt. 



Marlefield, Stephen Moore, Efq; 15*382 



Slane, D. Jebb, Efq; and Co. 11,070 



Anner, Mr. J. Grub, IO >39$ 



Rathnally, J. Nicholibn, Efq; 91870 



Lodge, Richard Mercer, Efq; 9,826 



Kilkarn, Wade and Williams, 9>49^ 



Carrick, D. Tighie, Efq; 6,996 



Archer's Grove, Mr. W. Ratican, 5-53 



Lock, Mr. H. Bready, 5,446 



Ballykilcavan, Doyle and Hofkius, 5>39^ 



Tyrone, H. O'Brien, Efq; 4^7 



Newtown Barry, Hon. B. Barry, 4574 



The rnofl diflant miH from Dublin is that of Barnahely, 

 Corke, one hundred and thirty miles. A prodigious number 

 of men and horfes would be thrown at once out of employ- 

 ment, which would have bad effects ; and a fudden diverfion 

 of that fupply, which has now flowed to Dublin for fo many 

 years, would certainly have very ill ccnfequences. The policy 

 therefore to be embraced is this ; lower the prefent bounty to 

 the iimple expence cf the carriage, and no more ; and coun- 

 teract it by railing the bounty on the carriage of Corn coaft- 

 \vife, until it rivalled and gradually put down the land car- 

 riage. Perhaps it might be neceffary to accompany this mea- 

 fure with a land carriage bounty from the mill to the nearetl 

 exporting port, the Dublin bounty would therefore ftand in 

 order to prevent the evil of a fudden change, but when the 

 other bounties had got fo far into effecl:, as to leffen the old 

 one confiderably, then it fliould be totally difcontinued ; and 

 it would then certainly be proper for the other bounties (hav- 

 ing performed their office) to be difcontinued alfo. The pre- 

 fent fyflem is fo undoubtedly abfurd, that the rival bounties 

 fhould be raifed higher and higher until they had turned the 

 commerce into the natural channel ; an expreffion I am fcn- 

 fible implies an apparent abfurdity, for a natural channel of 

 commerce docs not want fuch bounties, but a bad proceeding 

 has made it fo exceedingly crooked, that a mere repeal, leav- 

 ing the trade to itfelf, moll certainly would not do. You 

 muft undo by art the mifchiewhich art has done ; and the 

 commercial capital in Ireland is too fmall to bear any vio- 

 lence. 



United with the conduft I have ventured to recommend, 

 in cafe the tillage fyilem was perlilled in, it would be very 

 well worth the attention of parliament, to annex fuch conditi- 

 ons to the payment of any new bounties, as might have the 

 cffeft of fccuring a good tillage initead of a bud one. If it 



