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still it requires two tides for vessels, after passing 

 the bar, to reach the quay. To remedy this 

 inconvenience, it has been proposed to make a 

 canal in a straight line to the sea, and by the 

 assistance of sluices a greater depth of water is 

 expected to be obtained. At present, vessels 

 of a small draft of water only can reach the 

 quay at Drogheda. 



In consequence of the distilleries having been 

 at work a few days, barley in great quantities 

 was arriving from all quarters. The roads were 

 crowded in all directions with Irish cars, laden 

 with this material for the supply of the manu- 

 factories, the importance of which to the state 

 will appear from the following statement.* It 



* " The following stills are all at work in this kingdom : 

 Thirty-three, producing every twenty-eight days, 893,873 

 gallons, at 5s. lie?, per gallon, duty 266,299/. 13*. 3d. 

 per day, 9,510/. 14-5. 0d. per 'hour. 396/. 5s. Id. yielding 

 a revenue to Government of (supposing them to work eight 

 months in the year) 2,130,397/. 6s. Id. Grain required, at 

 the rate of six gallons of spirits for every barrel, amounts to 

 148,979 barrels, one-third of which must be malt, yielding a 

 revenue of 34-,968/. every month, and 



On the eight working months in the year 19,145 14 



Which added to the whiskey duty 2,130,397 6 4 



Make* a total of .2,410,143 4 



" The benefits of such a stimulus to agriculture are evident, 

 and would be still more valuable if they were not purchased at 

 the expense of the morals and industry of the lower classes." 

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