oF 
34. What is the difference obfervable 
between the manners and.the improve- 
mient of a village where vines are culti- 
vated, and one that produces corn? be- 
tween a mountain village, and one ieated 
ina plain? 
83. In what manner is the vine culti- 
vated ? 
89. What are the hips kinds of 
wines? how are they kept? what the 
quality? the {pecies of grape? the pro- 
euce of an acre? the price of any given 
quantity ? 
go. What are the trees cultivated? 
olives, mulberries, elms, cheinut, &c.? 
What are the particular modes of rear- 
ing them? What is the average produce 
of each? and of an acre? 
91. What are the other produéts of 
the country, either in cotton, indigo, 
coffee, fugar, tobacco, &c. and the me- 
thods ufed in cultivating them? 
92. What new and uwieful article can 
be introduced ? 
ART. Il. INDUSTRY. 
93. What are the arts moft prattifed 
an the country ? 
94. Which of thefe are the mof lu- 
erative ? 
95. What is remarkable in each, on 
the {core either of economy or effect 3 ? 
96. What arts and manufactures are 
‘mof cultivated ? 
97- Can any others be introduced 
and which? - 
98. Are there any mines? of what 
kind? 2 are they worked, efpecially 
thofe of iron? 
" ART. IV. COMMERCE. 
99. What are the articles imported 
and exported ? 
100. What is the balance of idde? 
tor. What kind of carriages are ufed 
for the traufii of goods? are there any 
waggons ? of what kind are they ? -how 
much do they carry? 
102. What weight ean a horfe, mule, 
afs, or camel carry? 
103. What is the rate of carriage? 
zo4. Of what kind is the internal and 
external navigation ? 
105. What are the navigable rivers? 
are there any canals? can any be cut? 
106. What is the ftate of the coaft in 
general? is it high or low? does the fea 
encroach on, or leave it? 
107. What are the ports, havens, and 
108) Is the expor 
mitted or denied ? 
#09. What is the intereft of money 
Ce cae” Sats 
among commerciai men: 
ation of grain per- 
Volney’s Statiftical Queries. 
GOVERNMENT AND ADMI¢ 
NISTRATION. 
ART..V-« 
-110. What is the form of the govern 
ment? 
111. What is the diftvabenion of pow-- 
ers,’ adminiftrative, civil, and judicial? - 
112. What are the imipofte : 
113. How are they laid on, affefied, 
and received ? 
11g. What is the expence of the ree 
ceipt ? 
115. What is the proportion between » 
the taxes and the revenue of the contri- 
butors? 
116. What is the amount of the im- 
pofts of a village,” in comparifon with its. 
revenue ? 
117. Is there a clear and precife eoide 
of civil laws, or only of cuftoms and 
ufages ? 
118. Are there many lawfuits? 
119. What is the principal caufe of 
contention in the towns and country? 
120. How is the right of property ve- 
rified? are the title-deeds in the verna-, 
cular tongue, and are they eafly read? 
121. Are there many lawyers? *¢ 
122. Do the fuitors plead in perfon ? 
123. By whom are the judges nomi- 
nated and paid? are they appointed) for 
life ? 
124. What is the order obferved in 
refpect to fucceflions and inheritances ? 
125. is theclaim of primogeniture al- 
lowed? are there any iubftitutions and 
teftaments ? 
126. Do the children all inherit alike 
any kind of property whatever? what’ 
is the refult in the country? _ 
127. Is there any property in mort. 
main; any legacies left to the church ;. 
any foundations? ~ 
128. What authority do the parents 
exerciie over their children? and huf- 
bands over their wives? 
- 129. Are the women very incacionsit 
in what does their juxury confit? 
130. Whast is the education beftowed 
on the children ? what books do they 
learn? 
131. Are there any printing-offices, 
newfpapers, libraries ? 
132. Do the citizéns affemble for con- 
verfation and reading ? Ss 
133. Is there a great circulation ok 
be fons and commwdities in the country? 
34. Are there any poft-houfes and: 
ae horfes ? 
135. What, in fhort,:are the eftablith- 
ments, no matter of what kind, peculiar 
to the country, which merit obfervation 
on account of their utility ? . 
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