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Statistics of Van Diemen’s Land. 
Having established a safe criterion by which to judge, the 
perusal of the list of imports suggests the reflection that much 
has yet to be done by the colonists themselves: for while it 
comprises many leading articles that must necessarily be derived 
from home and foreign sources for some time to come, yet there 
are many that might be produced to a much greater extent than 
heretofore, and others that might be advantageously enrolled 
amongst our colonial manufactures. 
In the list of those imports for which we must (for a time at 
least) be dependent upon external markets may be enumerated—. 
Woollen Cloths 
Carpets 
Sugar 
Silks 
Floor-cloths 
Rice 
Haberdashery 
Arms and Ammunition 
Currants 
Prints and Calicoes 
Medicines 
Raisins 
Hardware 
Brushes and Combs 
Spices 
Iron 
Paper and Books 
Maize 
Porcelain & Earthenw. 
Musical Instruments 
Oranges 
Glass 
Tea 
In the list of those domestic manufactures and productions 
which might be extended,—in fact, some of which should be 
wholly produced—may be mentioned— 
Ale and Beer 
Apparel and Slops 
Bacon and Hams 
Baskets 
Blacking 
Beef and Pork 
Boots and Shoes 
Butter and Cheese 
Candles and Tallow 
Carriages and Carts 
Casks 
Cedar (should be replaced 
by Pines & other woods) 
Furniture 
Glass and Earthenware 
Glue 
Harness 
Hats and Caps 
Hides, Skins, 6c Leather 
Hops 
Iron and brass work 
Machinery (partly) 
Millinery 
Mustard 
Parchment 
Pork 
Rope and Twine 
Soap 
Starch 
Vinegar 
In the list of those articles of manufacture which might be 
advantageously adopted in the colony may be named— 
Straw Hats & Bonnets Toys and Brushes Woollens 
Quills Sheep-skin Trowsers Mustard 
Gloves Blankets Salt 
Glass Turnery Pickles 
Paper Spirits Home-made Wines 
The chief obstacle to surmount in realizing these commercial 
reforms is the vis inertia of indifference in the first instance, as 
well as the positive disfavour and prejudice with which colonial 
experiments are regarded. It seems to be assumed that colonial 
taste and skill cannot stand the test of comparison with what is of 
British fabrication; just in the same way as our own countrymen 
at home were accustomed to view articles of foreign manufacture 
