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rich in mines of coal ami calcimine ; and great quanti- 

 tiesof zinc, made from the latter, have been beneficially 

 exported to England, since the passing of the late 

 law, by which the duty on it was reduced. 



This tract of country, which appeared to me so fer- 

 tile, and in which I remarked more of the outward 

 signs of comfort, does not, including the territory of 

 the republic, in extent amount to one sixtieth part of 

 the present kingdom of Poland. There is in it the 

 same suffering from the low prices of produce, and a 

 disposition to invest any capital that can be found, in 

 mining, rather than in cultivating the soil. 



The province of Gallicia, a part of the ancient 

 kingdom of Poland, but now added to the dominions 

 of the Austrian empire, which stretches along the 

 right bank of the Vistula, is, I believe, nearly as fer- 

 tile as the southern part of the present kingdom of 

 Poland, or the territory of the republic of Cracow. I 

 passed through only that portion which lies between 

 the salt mines of Wieliezka, and the frontiers of Mo- 

 ravia. I found by the Accounts I obtained at Thorn 

 (see Appendix, Xo. 19)? that very little Wheat from 

 that rich and extensive province had been conveyed 

 down the Vistula to the Baltic, though the access to 

 the sea is as easy as from the south parts of the king- 

 dom of Poland, or from Cracow ; yet the trade in 

 Corn is impeded by transit duties both in Poland and 

 in Prussia. Xo transit duty is charged in Poland, 

 oil the Corn of its own growth ; and by a Treaty of 

 Commerce, concluded in the month of March last, 

 with Prussia, the duty at Thorn is reduced to a rate 

 that is almost nominal. There is no such treaty with 

 Austria ; and the Corn from Gallicia thus continues 

 loaded with the duty, on entering the Prussian boun- 

 daries, from which that of Poland is now exempt. 



I believe some of the surplus Corn of Gallicia finds 

 a vent by land carriage into the Prussian province of 

 Silesia. It must however be but in small quantities, 



