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engroB-3a by the high-born and wealtliy. It is desirable 

 to kn y whether any, and what, braiiche- of manufkcturfi 

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workmen : also, if women and children find einplo^Tiient 



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live, is greater or otherwise than the comiort enjoyed b\ 

 those who follow other occupations. It is of importanci. 

 to learn whether any manufactories are mainfr":ied ^j. 

 assisted by the government, ana in what form that assist- 

 ance is given ; whether by direct money-payment or by 

 the grant of privileges or monopolies ; and in case any 

 such system is followed, then whether in the branches 

 thus favoured there is found a greater amount of success 

 than ordinarily attends the employment of capital r ' I skill 

 in the country. The seats of the several manufactures 

 should be indi^mted ; and where any mechanical power is 

 employed, the nature of the sam.e should be explained : 

 and also the degree of proficiency attained in the produc- 

 tion of machinery, when it is made in the country, and 

 if it is brought from abroad, then the places whence 

 such raachinery is r*-^riyed. 



The foreign commerce of a country is matter of especial 

 interest to every other country, and more particularly to 

 England, so much of whose prosperity depends upon it; 





commercial relations. Among the earliest inquiries to be 

 made on this head will be the .amount and description of 

 the shipping under the national flag, and whether the ^ a^'ie 



be increasing or otherwise ; whether any, and what, nrivi- 



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