Sect. XV.l 



STATISTICS. 



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whose notes are transmitted by post, as well as by the 



extended use of bills of exchange. 



The weights and measures in use should be stated, with 

 the proportions which they bear to those in this country, 

 or to other well known standards : and, connected with 

 this subject, it is well to know what articles of general 

 use are sold by weight and what by measure, and whether 

 different weights or measures, or different usages in re- 

 gard to them^ art adopted in different parts of the same 

 country, as was at one time the case in different parts of 



England. 



If any joint-stock associations are in operation for 

 trading purposes, their nature and the extent of their 

 capital ; the peculiar privileges, if any, that they enjoy, 

 and the effect they are judged to have upon the general 

 interests of the community, should be carefully gathered. 

 There may be other associations not strictly trading and 

 yet closely allied to trading interests, which should equally 

 be the objects of inquiry ; such as docks, insurance offices, 



and the like. 



The public revenue and expenditm-e of countrieSj when 

 published at all, are put forth by the government ; an( 

 statements of this kind should be made objects of enquiry 



d all 



with a view to obtaining the same. If the 



overnment 



should not think fit to publish information of this kind, it 

 will seldom be of any use to seek for it in any other 



quarter. 



In every country, havhig any claim to civili2;ation, it 

 will be possible to procure maps, and by conversation 

 with men of intelligence the visitor m.ay get to know the 

 degree of rehance that is to be placed upon their accuracy. 



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