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No. LXII.—TRADE. 
Trade is one of those developments of culture which, when 
carried to its height, promotes the greatest prosperity of 
nations, and which is rarely found wanting, in some form, 
even among the rudest tribes ; but the mode in which it is 
to be recognized, and the degree to which its progress is 
arrested, have seldom received attention ; and it will repay 
observation to trace, in an obscure form, the real institutions 
from which, in earliest times, the commerce of the world had 
its beginning. 
Produce. —The exchange of commodities is one step towards 
augmenting the individual enjoyment of each individual, by 
enabling him to profit from the labour of many, instead of 
being solely dependent on his own exertions. 1. What articles 
of home production are there ? 2. Of what raw materials are 
they made ? 3. What articles of foreign manufacture are 
used ? 4. What raw materials are introduced ? 5. What 
articles are sent abroad ? 6. What raw materials are sent 
abroad ? 7. Is any article prohibited ? 
Home Production. —8. Does each household supply itself ? 
9. Do the people interchange any articles of produce or 
manufacture ? 10. What are the trades carried on by the 
men? 11. What are the trades carried on by the women ? 
12. Do the people merely work as slaves for the chiefs, or 
do they supply the produce of their labour for a consider¬ 
ation ? 
Division of Labour. —13. Do particular individuals carry on 
particular trades or occupations, as husbandry, fishing, &c. ? 
14. Is the occupation hereditary or that of a caste ? 15. Is 
there any superintendence of labour ? 16. Are trades re¬ 
stricted to any nationality ? Is any trade prohibited ? 
Labour. —17. Do all classes labour ? 18. Do men labour as 
well as women? 19, Do warriors labour, or labourers take 
part in war ? 20. Is there any pre-eminence assigned to skill 
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