THROUGH FINLAND. 
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pitch, deals, joifts, &c. to the annual amount of feven thouland 
one hundred and eighty-feven rix dollars feven {hillings. The 
fame year there arrived at Abo fixteen fhips, nine of which be¬ 
longed to the citizens of the fame place, and the whole value of 
imports from abroad amounted to one hundred and four thoufand 
nine hundred fixty-feven rix dollars and fixteen {killings. The 
articles imported were, two hundred and three thoufand one hun¬ 
dred and forty-three pounds of tobacco, twenty-one thoufand five 
hundred and twenty-three pounds of coffee, ninety-feven calks 
of wine, one hundred and feventy-nine thoufand and forty-fix 
pounds of raw fugar, eighteen thoufand three hundred and fix 
and a half barrels of fait, fix thoufand four hundred fifty-feven 
barrels of rye and wheat, four thoufand eight hundred and twenty 
hundred weight of hemp, a quantity of fpiceries, drugs, &c. 
amounting in all to eighteen thoufand one hundred and twenty- 
two rix dollars. 
Abo has various manufactories: two of tobacco, one of lugar, 
three of filk-ribbands, twx> of cloth and fuftian, one of fail-cloth, 
fix tan-works, fix of tile-kilns, two watch and clock manufac¬ 
tories, one paper-mill. The plantations of tobacco are an objed 
of very great confequcnce ; they produce not lefs than one hun¬ 
dred and fifty-two thoufand hundred weight annually. 
In the year l/Ol, the revenue arifing to the crown from this 
city amounted to lour thouland fix hundred and leventy-five rix 
dollars. The number of its inhabitants in the year 17 Q 1 was 
eight thoufand five hundred and four. 
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