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The Eaft India Company have declared for faJé, private trade ground rattans, walking canes, 
whanghees, mother of pearl beads, cornelian ftones, China ink, &c. on the 7th of OGober, prompt 
the 12th December next, Private trade drugs, coffee, elephants teeth, &c. gth O€tober, prompt 
r2th December. Saitpetre, including privileged, 30,000 bags, more or leds, 23d O&tober, prompt 
23d January, 1801 ;' and that they will fell no moré faltpetre until March fale, 3801, except fuch 
as may be damaged, uncleared, in private trade, privilege, or neutral property. re 


MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
OR the moft part during the beginning of the month the feafon continued favourable for the 
~~ harveft, and of courfe moft of the grain, evez inthe Northern parts of the kingdom, has 
been reaped and got into the barns or ftacks in’ good condition. In the northern diftriéts we find 
that the wheat crops, though in fome places rather thin upon the ground, have turned out re- 
markably full in the ear, and fine in the quality of the grain.. The barley and oats are alfo very 
heavy crops, except in fuch grounds as were cold and wet in the fpring months, where they are 
‘light, but much better than might have been expected under fuch circumftances. So great has 
been the crop of oats in the Fens, and that neighbourhood, that a tarmer of Ipfwich, has offered 
a bet, that his produce of that grain upon 38 acres of iand is 400 quarters, or upwards of 44 bufh- 
els per acre. On the 17th of this month 1279 quarters, and 34,942 bags of wheat ; together 
with 1582 barrels of flour, had been entered within the laft week at the Liverpool Cuftom-houfe, 
fromthe Balticand America, At Briftol, 15,361 bags of wheat were imported the fame week. The 
importation of corn at Newcaftle likewiie {till continues to fo great an extent, that many dwel- 
ling-houfes are converted into granaries. The fame at Hull, where fome of the public build. 
ings are alfo appropriated to the fame purpofe. In proof of the barley produce being great, Mr, 
Coke, is faid, has caufed an acre of barley, in his park at Holkham, to be meafured, cut and 
threfhed, the produce of which was 1g coombs, r bufhel :—and Mr. Farthing, of Biakeney, 
has cut, and is’ now malting, the produce of 5 acres of the fame grain, on which he grew 
nearly 120 coombs. Thefe’appearances and importations feem, however, to have yet had but 
a trifling effe@t in reducing the very extravagant prices of grain. The average prices of grain 
throughout England and Wales, at the Jaft returns, were, wheat Io7s.; barley 56s. 5d.; oats 
32s, 2d. At Mark-lane, wheat 64s. to 110s. average 97°.; barley 36s. to 745. 5 oats 28s. to 425, 
The turnip crops have in general-been greatly improved by the late rains, and are extremely 
valuable, efpecially cn the more northern parts of the :fland, on-account of the failure of-deii- 
ciency of the fog on aftergrafs crops. 
Potatoes, on the dry and gravelly foils, have been much confined in their growth by the late 
very hot weather; but on other kinds of foil they are in general good. 
The fallows have moftiy been well prepared, and in fome the wheat has been fown, and almoit 
every where the landis in a {tate of read:nefs forits being put into the foil. - 
At Worcefter, September 13, 68 pockets of new hops were weighed, prices from 17]. to1rgl per 
éwt. Yearling hops, of which 250 pockets were fold, wentfrom 14!. to 171. 10s. in Kentthey 
are now very far advanced in their picking, whi¢h will, probably, generally clofé in the courfe of 
next week. The continued fine weather keeps the plant in full condition, although the hot fun 
upon the dew has taken off the brightnefs of colour. It is computed that they average 5 cwt. 
peracre. Upon the whole, the prefent liberal prices certainly makes it ‘one of the mott: pro- 
fitable feafons for the planter upon record.’ We learn from a well-informed correfpondent, that 
Suffex will pay about the fame duty as laft year; Worcefter falls fhort of expetation ;- Farn- 
ham, the North Clays, and Fifex, are extremely fhort. The duty 1s now. doing at 72,000l. 
At Canterbury, Sept. 18,, the firft Hop-market for this feafon was held at the Fleece Inn, which 
was numeroufly attended, by both buyers and planters; many fine famples were produced, and 
very confiderable bufinefs done, the buyers being very inclinable to purchaie, and the fellers 
ready to accept the following liberal prices :—Bags 151. to 15], 15s. Pockets 16].—171. to 171. 
gs. In Southwark the prices are, bags 341. to 161. ; pockets 151. to 181; Farnhams 181. to 
221. and the market brifk. é 
Cartle.” Fat ftock ftill keeps to a high price, but lean cattle continue on the decline from the 
want of grafs in many places. At Smithfield market, on the 2gth, beef yielded from 3s. 4d. to 
4s. 8s. ; veal from 4s. gd. to 6s. 4d. to fink the offal. At Exeter lait fair, cattle were offered 30 
per cent. lower than they were 3 weeks before, get refufed. But at Carlifle Fair there wasa 
pretty good thew of cattle, and thofe which were fold went off at tolerable-prices. At Middleton 
Fair, Durham, fat cattle fold high; lean cattle low; but all were fold. wh < 
Sheep. Fat fheep till fell well, but lean ones in general experience a dull fale. Lambs go off 
pretty well. Mutton at Smithfield yielded from 3s. $d. to 4s. Sd. ; lamb from 4s. to 5s. 4d. 
At Newgate and Leadenhall markets, the prices of meat are, beef 3s. to 4s. 2d. 3 veal 4s. to 6s. 5 
mutton 3s. 8d. to 4s. 8d.; and pork §s. to 6s. 6d. 
Horfes, Good horfes continue to teil high, but thofe of the inferior kind have a dull fale. 
Alay, Inthe northern paits of the kingdom there has been but lite fog, or fecond crop cut 
this year, and that which was cut, has ia many places been {poiled by the wetnefs of the weather. 
