applied to the advancement of agriculture and the 

 increase of its productions. 



It will lye important to ascertain the prices of the 

 several descriptions of Corn at the places of their 

 growth, as well as the expenses of conveying it to 

 Dantzic ; or to Eib'nig, when it is carried to that 

 port. This should not onli/ comprehend the past and 

 present period, but should be viewed prospectively, 

 so as to estimate what would be the effect, if a con- 

 stant sale could be found for the surplus Corn of the 

 country in the English markets. 



You will endeavour to learn what the actual sur- 

 plus of Gram has been in a series of years, by ascer- 

 taining, with all possible accuracy, what quantities 

 of each kind of Corn have been sent out of the 

 country by land, and what quantities have been 

 brought in from the neighbouring territories of 

 Silesia,, Bohemia, and Moravia, on one side, and 

 from the Russian dominions on the other. 



Besides acquiring information on the present 

 condition of Poland, including the dominions of the 

 three great Powers, their Lordships tcould wish 

 your attention to be turned towards all facts that 

 bear on the subject of the changes that might be 

 produced in that country, if such an alteration were 

 made in our laws as would leave our markets at all 

 times accessible to the Corn grown in Poland. 



You will consider, from the view you take of the 

 country, what increase of cidtivation would be likely 

 to take place in consequence of such a stimulus being 

 constantly in action ; what effect the extension of 

 cultivation to poorer lands would have on the general 



