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the supply of the first wants, both of provision and construc- 

 tion ; and its settlement would complete an inland communi- 

 cation between all the English colonies in Guyana. 



The importation into Liverpool in 1796, of cotton, from 

 the Essequebo and Demerary, was six thousand bales, since 

 which time the quantity has gradually increased, and in 

 1804, amounted to twenty-four thousand, nine hundred, and 

 seventy bales. The increase also into the ports of London, 

 Glasgow, and Bristol, have been upon the same extensive 

 scale. 



