V 
PLAN 
FOR REPRINTING THE 
AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS, 
BY THE 
PRESIDENT of the BOARD of AGRICULTURE. 
A Board established for the purpose of making 
every essential inquiry into the agricultural state, and 
the means of promoting the internal improvement, of a 
powerful empire, will necessarily have it in view, to 
examine the sources of public prosperity, in regard to 
various important particulars. Perhaps the following 
is the most natural order for carrying on such impor¬ 
tant investigations; namely, to ascertain, 
]. The riches to be obtained from the surface of the 
national territory. 
2. The mineral or subterraneous treasures of which 
the country is possessed. 
S. The wealth to be derived from its streams, rivers, 
canals, inland navigations, coasts, and fisheries: And, 
4. The means of promoting the improvement of the 
people, in regard to their health, industry, and morals, 
founded on a statistical survey, or minute and careful 
inquiry, into the actual state of every parochial district 
in the kingdom, and the circumstances of its inhabi¬ 
tants. 
Under one or other of these heads, every point of 
real importance, that can tend to promote the general 
happiness of a great nation, seems to be included. 
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