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Of the wheat to which we have referred, as accu- 

 mulated in the several ports, I was assured nearly 

 one-fourth part is of so bad a quality, as to find no 

 market in this country, except in seasons of uncom- 

 mon dearth. If, then, out of the whole 741,473 

 quarters, 556,330 quarters were to be sent to England, 

 it would not be more than the consumption of ten 

 days. 



THE Provinces, forming, since the adjustment of 

 territory at the termination of the late war, a part of 

 the Prussian monarchy, which have access to the Bal- 

 tic Sea, comprehend East Prussia, West Prussia, and 

 Pomerania. They appear by the Official Accounts 

 (see Appendix, No. 10), to have exported 447,183 

 quarters of Wheat, and 1,218,916 quarters of -Rye, 

 Barley, and Oats, beyond their own growth, in the 

 last nine years, up to the end of 1824; exclusive of 

 the year 1818, the returns of which, for East Prussia, 

 are wanting, but which probably were 350,000 quar- 

 ters of Wheat, and 340,000 quarters of the other 

 Grains. 



It is possible that some portion of this quantity 

 may have been produced in the internal contiguous 

 provinces of Posen, Silesia, and Brandenburg. As 

 the trade in Corn, between one province and another, 

 is free in Prussia, there are no official accounts by 

 which we can ascertain whether what is exported by 

 sea, is the produce of the province from which it is 

 shipped, or of some inland district. 



As the special object of attention pointed out by 

 my instructions, was the state of the countries from 

 which Corn had been exported to England, I shall, 

 therefore, in representing the state of the Agriculture, 

 confine my observations chiefly to the three maritime 

 provinces before mentioned, but including, in some 

 degree, the province of Brandenburg. 



