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northern division of the Duchy, that the Wheat finds 

 a vent through its o\vri ports. 



Although not within the Baltic, nor within the 

 limits of my late journey, yet the Wheat which 

 descends by the rivers Weser and Elbe has too 

 much influence on the general Corn trade to be 

 overlooked in this estimate of the stocks on hand. 



The Wheat stored at Bremen comes by the Weser, 

 chiefly out of the Duchy of Brunswick, though some 

 of it is grown in Hanover ; and when the prices are 

 very high, supplies are conveyed from Hesse Cassel, 

 and even from some of the western districts of the 

 Saxon duchies through Mu'nden. That from Bruns- 

 wick is of a moderate quality, but much of the other 

 is very bad, and only fit for the English market in 

 times of very great scarcity. 



The stock in the granaries at Bremen, in the latter 

 end of December last, co&isted of 27,972 quarters of 

 Wheat and other Corn, as is shown in Appendix, 

 Xo. 34. 



Hamburgh is an important depot for Corn, of 

 some that is brought from Russian and other ports 

 in the Baltic, as well as for the surplus of the several 

 countries through which the Elbe in its long course 

 is directed. Prussia, especially near Magdeburg, is 

 a great Corn country ; but the chief Grain cultivated 

 in that division is Rye. In the kingdom of Saxony, 

 as well as in the Prussian province of that name, the 

 quantity of Rye very far exceeds the Wheat, both in 

 quality and quantity. In the years when prices are 

 very high, the Wheat of Bohemia comes down the 

 river to Hamburgh ; but the expense of conveyance, 

 the length of the navigation, and the loss to which it 

 is subject, act as a prohibition, except in seasons of 

 great scarcity. The freight from Prague to Ham- 

 burgh is 12s. per quarter, and the tolls to the several 

 sovereigns through whose dominions the river runs, 

 is 3*. 6d. The commissions, and other charges, 

 amount to near Is. Qd. more. 



