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four districts form the regulating price, the average 

 of Wheat throughout the whole kingdom must rise 

 to 6s. Sd. per bushel, before any foreign Wheat can 

 be introduced. 



The laws which regulate the Corn trade of 

 France, were passed in 1819 and 1821; and the 

 price of Corn has not, since the end of the year 

 1818, ever risen so high as to effect the opening of 

 their ports. Since that year the price has been fluc- 

 tuating, but declining at the following ratio. (See 

 Appendix, No. 30.) 



Average of the whole of France : 



O fji 



1820 - - - - 5 3J 



1821 - - 4 11 



1822 - - - - 4 31 



1823 - - - 4 11~ 



1824 - - 4 64 



1825 - - 4 3J 



Your Lordships have been pleased, in my Instruc- 

 tions, to direct me "to consider, with reference to 

 " the provinces communicating with the Baltic Sea 

 " by the Vistula, from the view I take of the 

 *' country, what increase of cultivation would be 

 " likely to take place in consequence of such a 

 " stimulus being constantly in action, as would be 

 " applied, if an alteration were made in our laws, so 

 " as to leave our markets at all times accessible to 

 " the Corn grown in Poland ;" and further, I have 

 been instructed, "that, as it may be necessary to 

 " assume some given price in this country, in forming 

 " such an estimate, it was thought desirable to pro- 

 " ceed upon a supposition of an average price of 

 " Wheat at home, of 60s. to 64s. per quarter." 



This question involves so many considerations, 

 depending not only on the present condition of the 



