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Translation qf Appendix, No. 11. (A.) 



WITH PRUSSIA* MEASURES AND MONIES CALCULATED IN 

 DENOMINATION. 



MR. ROTHE. PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT OF 

 DANTZIC. 



1. \\~Jiat are the prices of the different descriptions of 

 Grain which verejixed by the Landschaft, and in zzhat year 

 were they so fixed ? 



The prices of Corn regulated by the Landschaft were fixed 

 on the 22nd July, in the year 1 794, at the following rates : Wheat, 

 2*. Qd. to 3*. 6rf. per lf bushel ; Rye, from Is. 6rf. to 2*. 9eL ; 

 Barley, from Is. 3d. to Is. 9d. ; Oats, from 9d. to If. 3d. ; and 

 Pease, from Is. fid. to 2*. 6d. 



It was ordained, that the higher or lower prices between 

 these limits should be determined according to the greater or 

 less distance of the several estates from the sea ports, which 

 were considered as the chief markets for Corn. It must be 

 observed, that at the time these prices were taken as a guide, the 

 duty-work system was still in existence, and could be made 

 available in the management of the estates. The estates valued 

 in conformity with these prices of Grain, were then in a prosperous 

 state ; and they were enabled, without difficulty, to fulfil the 

 engagements that might be contracted, as long as the market 

 prices were obviously higher than the valuations assumed. As 

 the prices began and continued to decline, embarrassment and 

 insolvency have been produced, where no peculiar circumstances 

 favourable to the proprietors interposed to assist them. 



In this distressing state of affairs, the Government has resolved, 

 in a constitutional way, with the concurrence of the Deputies of 

 the Landschaft, to reform the principles of the valuation, the 

 result of which may be shortly expected. 



2. What proportion did the amount to be advanced upon 

 the estates, bear to the valuation ? 



The sum advanced upon the estates was determined to be half 

 the amount of their valuations ; however, under peculiar circum- 

 stances, a tenth part more than half their value might be borrowed, 

 with the consent of the Landschaft. 



8. On what class of estates, and on what number, in the 

 province of West Prussia, ha* money been borrowed by 



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