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PROVISIONS, &c. 



Bread — barley. 



Cheefe, 3^. 



Batter, 8 d. 18 to 24 oz. 



Beef, 2 ; d. 



Mutton, 3 I d. 



Veal, 3 j d. 



Pork, i\d. 



Bacon, 6 d. 



Potatoes, 4. { d. per peck. 



Candles, 7 d. 



Soap, 6 d. 



Labourers houfe-rent, 20 s. to 35/. 



firing, 2 1 s. 



BUILDING. 



Bricks, 1 is. per thoufand. 

 Oak timber, 2 s. 

 Am ditto, 9 d. to 1 s. 2 ^/. 

 Maibn, /vr day, n. 6 */. 

 Carpenter ditto, is. 6 d. 



I forgot to remark, that all the horfes I 

 have feen in C/jifoire, are of a very bad 

 breed, and worth but little for real ufe. 



From NewcaJile-under-Hne I had the 

 pleafure of viewing the Staffordshire potte- 

 ries at Burjlem, and the neighbouring vil- 

 lages, which have of late been carried on 

 with fuch amazing fuccefs. There are three 

 hundred houfes, which are calculated to 

 employ, upon an average, twenty hands 



each, 



