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propriety of devoting fome pages to the particular pur- 
fuits of a few, provided a much larger proportion be 
fuited to the whole. 
We fcarcely find it neceflary to fuggeft to our Corre- 
fpondents any peculiar topic, concerning which we are 
defirous of more copious aid than we already habitually 
receive, unlefs it be the prefent ftate of this and other cout 
tries, with refpe& to the population, manufatiures, agri- 
culture, and all the great objeéts of civil and domeftic 
polity : information of this kind, from authentic fources, 
will always be fingularly acceptable to us. Nothing, in 
fa&t, can be more conducive towards the progrefs of ° 
univerfal improvement, than mutually making known 
‘to the different members of fociety, the advantages 
poffefied by each, the defeéts they labour under, and the 
temedies by which they have been relieved. Solicitous 
as we are to procure entertainment for our Readers, we 
are {till more anxious to contribute to their u#zity. 
Where we can unite both objects, our higheft withes 
are gratified. 
Lonpon, Juty, 
1797: 
GENERAL 
