From the above statement it will be seen, that the average im- 

 portation of the above five years, and on all the different sorts of 

 grain, differs very little. The average, calculated in the Report 

 of the Committee, for each year is 700,000 quarters. From 

 this it would apj-ear that there is no such progressive increase 

 of imports into this country as some people imagine. The 

 whole amount is very trifling in comparison with our home 

 produce, and, I should suppose, does not nearly equal the super- 

 fluous consumption of average years. Were we, therefore, to be 

 wholly deprived of foreign supplies for next, or any future sea- 

 son, we should probably feel it very little. But it appears, that 

 during the whole of 1807, we have received our usual quantity, 

 chiefly from Holland, Germany, and America, and partly even 

 from France. 



The different nations who have supplied us, and the proportion! 

 of their supply, during 1807, are exhibited in the following Table, 

 taken from the Report as above. 



The summation is not perfectly accurate, as I have neglected 

 the odd bushels. 



The above, however, are the gross imports, from which must 

 be deducted the exports from this country during the relative 

 years, to give the actual balance of import. 



