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LINEN IMPORTS, 



Tards. 



In the year 1767 16,500,755 



1768 15.249,248 



1769 16,496,271 



1770 18,195,087 



1771 20,622,217 



87, 063,578 or per annum 



In the year 1772 

 '773 



19,171,771- 

 17,896,994. 



The following table will fhew the importation of the raw ma- 

 terial for this fabric. 



IMPORT of FLAX, HEMP, and FLAX- 

 SEED, into I RE LAND. 



Tliis account is favourable to the ftate of the manufacture ; 

 for the increafcd import of flax-feed in the fccond period, im- 

 plies that the country fupplied herfelf with more Hax of her 

 own producing, which accounts for the falling off in the im- 

 port of undreffed flax : the perfons who have ftudied the ma- 

 nufacture, 



f Al 3/. IOJ. a logfiead from 28*. to 61. At 481. from 

 45 1 19 $zl. per ton. 4> At 32*. from 24!. to 40! . per ton, ave- 

 rage 32/. || From the plantathnt oj this 123441. * Ditto, 



