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ty much, as has been mentioned with refpect 

 to the deanery of Down. The trade has, how- 

 ever, been upon the increafe for about 4 years ; 

 from the nth of September, 1775, to J u ty 

 the 1 ft, 1776, there were 100 cargoes of wheat 

 and barley, about 50 tons each on an aver- 

 age, to Liverpool, Whitehaven, Lifbon, &c. 

 and to Dublin. Two-thirds to Dublin, and 

 one-third foreign, which export received the 

 bounty. The export both foreign and coaft- 

 ing, in 1774, nearly the fame as 1775. In 

 1773 about 75 cargoes: in 1772, 60 to 70. 

 The trade in general of Strangford, export, 

 import, fhips and feamen, has been in general 

 Increaftng for 10 years laft paft j but the year 

 ending the 25th of laft March higher than 

 ever it was before, having every year been in 

 a regular gradation. The decline of 1772 

 and 1773, in the linen manufacture, &c. not 

 felt in the trade of this place. 



To the port of Strangford, which includes 

 Downpatrick, Dundrum, Killilea, Killoch, 

 Portaferry, Comber, and Newtown, there be- 

 long 30 vefels, from 35 to 1 50 tons burthen, 

 befidesfifhing vefTels, of which 27 fail receiv- 

 ed the bounty in 1775: the fame number in 

 1774, in 1772 twenty-three. The burthen 

 of the veffels in 1775 from 28 to 75 tons, and 

 the bounty about 700I. All up the channel, 

 to Strangford and Killilea, and into the Loch, 

 there is 30 feet water, and on the bar there is 

 as much in the loweft fprings. A fhip of 100 

 guns might lie within 15 yards of thei'hore. 



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