New York 



carry on an extensive trade, and there are said to be 

 cleared out annually from New York,* tons of ship- 

 ping. They export chiefly grain, flour, pork, skins, 

 furs, pig iron, lumber, and staves. Their manu- 

 factures, indeed, are not extensive, nor by any means 

 to be compared with those of Pennsylvania; they 

 make a small quantity of cloth, some linen, hats, 

 shoes, and other articles for wearing apparel. They 

 make glass also, and wampum; refine sugars, which 

 they import from the West Indies; and distill con- 

 siderable quantities of rum. They also, as well as 

 the Pennsylvanians, till both were restrained by act 

 of Parliament, had erected several slitting mills, to 

 make nails, etc. But this is now prohibited, and 

 they are exceedingly dissatisfied at it. They have 

 several other branches of manufactures, but, in 

 general, so inconsiderable, that I shall not take 

 notice of them: one thing it may be necessary to 

 mention, I mean the article of shipbuilding; about 

 which, in different parts of the province, they em- 

 ploy many hands. f 



The government of this colony is lodged in the 

 hands of a governor appointed by the crown; a coun- 

 cil consisting of twelve members, named by the same 

 authority; and a house of twenty-seven representa- 

 tives, elected by the people: four for the city and 

 county of New York; two for the city and county 



* See Appendix, No. 2. 



f See Appendix, No. 2. 



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