CITY OF LONDONDERRY. 
This head also embraces the fairs and markets at which the usual articles are exposed for sale, 
such as horses, cattle, butchers’ meat, hardware, and soft goods, farming implements,&c. Customs 
are paid for the above only when they are exposed for sale at their respective stations, and there¬ 
fore commodities sold in the open street are not chargeable. The general supply of horses is about 
250, but about one-third are of bad quality. 
The city is in general well supplied from the counties of Londonderry, Doneg'al, Tyrone, 
Fermanagh, and Cavan. The supply of fish is frequently scanty, owing to the difficulty of en¬ 
countering a rough sea in the indifferent boats employed. However, the market often abounds in 
turbot, soles, haddock, cod, and oysters. The turbot are taken near Innistrahull, and on Hemp- 
ton’s Bank, about 18 Irish miles N. of Inishowen Head. To the latter place, however, the 
fishermen do not resort before March. The soles and haddock are taken in Lough Swilly and 
elsewhere ; the cod mostly off the entrance of Lough Foyle ; and the oysters in Lough Swilly, 
from the island of Inch up to Fort Stewart, and in Lough Foyle from Quigley’s Point down to 
Greencastle. 
For horses, which are but rarely exposed for sale, there is no separate market-place, but 
they are walked through the streets with a tape or ribbon round the neck. 
The supply of meat and vegetables depends, of course, on the quantity of grazing and vegetable 
ground in the vicinity. A few gentlemen have grazing fields close to the city, but the majority of 
the inhabitants are obliged to stall-feed their cattle. Grazing for milch cows costs £2 10s. for the 
six summer months. Good clover is sold at from £4 10s. to £6 an acre, and good meadow grass 
let at £5 an acre. 
Ground for vegetable gardening, situated near the city, brings from £4 to £6 an acre—the 
tenantproviding manure, and generally from the stables in the city. 
In connexion with the rates of labour, as given above in Porter’s “ Tables,” some notice 
of the ordinary building materials, &c. may be appropriately introduced. 
American pine, which is mostly used in building ordinary houses, is sold at the average price 
of £2 15s. a ton. Memel pine, being of superior quality, is preferred for important structures, 
in which it is used for roofing, joisting - , door and window-casing, and ornamental work. It is 
imported from Prussia, and sold in the city at from £4 10s. to £5 5s. a ton, which is ,£1 a ton lower 
than in 1832. American timber has also fallen proportionally. This depression arises from the 
extent of the supply consequent on the great demand. 
Stone is procured from Bogstown and Shantallow, 2 miles N. of the city—and from Glashagh 
and Creggan, on the W. The landlord is paid Id. a load for trespass, and the stone sold at the 
building ground for Is. 4d. a ton. 
Bricks are procured from the neighbourhood of St. Johnstown, and cost from 14s. to 16s. a 
thousand at the building ground. Many proprietors of brick-kilns beside the Sooly, have lighters 
and carts for conveyance. When unprovided with such, they pay 3s. a thousand for water-carriage 
to the city, a distance of 8 miles. 
Lime is sold at kilns in the city, at Is. 8d. a barrel for roche, and Is. a barrel for slaked 
lime. 
Welch Queen Ton Slates are those most in use. The supply is abundant, and the average 
price is £2 17s. 6 d. a ton. 
Flooring Flags are supplied from Prehen, distant 2 miles, and sold in the city at 2d. a square 
foot. 
Conveyances .—The consideration next in order, after alluding to the supplies of the people’s 
wants, seems to be the conveyance of them. This subject, however, in the majority of its bearings, 
immediately belongs to the Port, to which head the present notice, which is confined to an enu¬ 
meration of public vehicles, must be deemed supplementary. This head necessarily implies 
some consideration of the artificial wants of the people, if recreation be indeed an element of that 
catagory. 
