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qualities, 1/. and 1/. 9^s, per cwt., the duty on all 

 sorts, from British colonies, is only lO^. per cwt*. 



By a published account, it appears that the 

 duty paid upon raisins imported into England 

 during 1827, amounted to 163,513/.*; and by a 

 return of the exports from Malaga for 18218, 

 the earliest period for which the writer could 

 procure it, it appears that 83,410 boxes, contain- 

 ing 18,617 cwt. of Muscatel raisins, paying the 

 highest duty, were in that year seift; from Malaga 

 alone. 



It is believed by the writer, that by far the 

 greatest proportion of raisins, paying the highest 

 duty, is imported into England from Malaga; 

 and he therefore thinks, that the whole quantity 

 of raisins, paying the highest import duty in 

 England, may be fairly taken at 30,000 cwt., and 

 the quantity of inferior sorts will accordingly be 

 about 80,000 cwt. 



From these statements some idea may be 

 formed of the importance of such a branch of 

 Agriculture to the Colony, should it be found to 

 succeed. From what he has heard of the soil 

 and situation of the district of lllawarra, the 

 writer has great hopes that the Vine yielding the 



* Companion to the British Almanac for 1830. 



