1799.] Monthly Agricultural Report. eadayee 
The Court of Directors of the Eaft India Company have taken up the followi 
ng fhips fo 
the feafon 1799. 4 : ae 
Bombay and China. Tons Confi and China. Tons Bigal and Bombay. Tons 
Canton, - - 4198 New Ship - $co ©New Ship Aaa) A 
Cirencefter, - i200 Ditto - + = $60 Phenix u ia Soo 
Ganges, - - - ' 1200, ‘Ditte a5 - S00 New Ship ve! Bion 
Earl Talbot, - izoe Ditto = nal 800 Ditto ui a goog 
St. Helena, Bencoslen and China. St. Helena and China. Ching. 
Arnifton - - 1200 New Ship - 800 Neptune - - 4200 
Coaft and China. Bengal. . Coutts - 4 1200 
Ceres - - 3200 New Ship 4 800 New Ship 2 1200 
Brun{wick - 200. Ditto ~ ~ 800 Bombay Caftle a 
Queen - - 800 Bengal and Bencoolen. © Exeter = - =. 1209 
New Ship - $00 New Ship Sse o16 Mh 
The thips Canton, Cirencefter, Earl Tatbot.and Ganges, for Bombay and China, and the 
Arniiton, were afloat the 28th October, fail to Gravefend-zath November, ftay there 
30 days, and be in the Downs 18th December. 
We hawe received but few particulars re[peGing the fiate ap the Woollen manufactory, a deficiency 
which we hope fome of our. friends in the Weft will endeavour to fupply. We feould alfo be. glad ta 
receive fome account of the Staffordhire manufactory, as well as further particulars of thofe of 
Manchefler, Sheffield, Oc. Every iatelligent manufacturer or trader has it in bis power to TOE v2 
rough fketch of the af&ual flate of the trade he is engaged in, aud it is prefumed the CM picatiang 
would be attended with general advantage. i 

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
*T HERE has been fo little of any advantageous change in the ftate of the feafon fince our 
lat, that the neceflary operations of the hufbandman muft have remained in pretty much 
the fame fituation. We fear, indeed, that but a fmall proportion of the ufual quantity of 
wheat has yet, even on the drier forts of foil, been put into the ground; and on fuch as are 
ef the more wet and tenacious kinds it cannot moft probably be fown until the fpring. The 
fame caufe that has prevented the wheat crop from being committed to the earth, has. alfo 
generally retarded, and, in many inftances, totally prevented the farmers from getting | 
their manures upon the lands. 
In fome of the more northern counties much oats were ftill in the fields, and part uncut 
about the 17th; but the crops of both oats and barley are better than there was reafon to 
apprehend. noi 
Peas bave in common been too luxuriant in their growth to be produétive under the flaif. 
Potatocsy on being taken up, prove rather a better crop than was expected on the drier forts 
of foil; but on the wet ones they are in many cafes rotten. : 
Turnips, from their not having been kept in a fufficiently clean ftate of cultivation, and 
from the coldnefs of the feafon, are fmall in the bulb; which, added to their great failure an 
many cafes, renders them extremely f{carce for the purpofes of feeding. 
Grain. Weare fearful that fuch as is proper for the ufes of the baker, though uncommonly 
high in price at prefent, is ftill looking upwards. Wheat averages throughout England and 
Wales 89s. 2d. ; from Weftmoreland the returns are 114s. 2d.; from Worcefter, rots. 4d. 3 
and from Mark-lane, 89s. 103d. Barley averages 41s. rod. and Oats 315. 7d. 
Cattle. The great number of half-fed cattle that have lately been hurried into the markets, 
have had the effect of giving a temporary cheapnefs to the article of butchers? meat} but 
from the ftate of the fales in the laft week, it would feem to be on the rife. Beef fells in 
Smithfield marlzet from 3s. 4d. to 4s.6d. per ftone of 8ib. finking the offal. 
Sheep. Inthe price of mutton there has-been alfo an advance within thefefewdays. The 
Smithfield prices of mutton are from 3s. 6d. to 4s. 3d. per ftone. 
Hogs, notwithftanding the high price of their food, keepup. Pork fetches in Smithfield 
from 3s. 8d. to 4s. 3d. per ftone. 
After this ftatement of the advance of different articles that conftitute the food of mankind, 
it cannot be improper in us to point out fuch means as may. appear calculated to leffen its ef- - 
feéts. In doing this we muft, however, obferve, that whatever may zozu he the deficiency in 
the corn produce of this kingdom, it has proceeded from caufes which no human wifdom 
could alter or controul; on which account we ought to be not only more contented and pa- 
tient under the preflure of thofe inconveniences which it muft produce, but more eagerly 
difpofed toa proper economy and retrenchment in the fupplics, as well as the cookery,.of our 
families, in order to have the folid and pleafing fatisfaction of contributing to relieve the 
fufferings' and diftrefs of the poor, which, under the prefent circumftances, is unqueftion- 
ably great.. 
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