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O04 Monthly Agricuitural Report. [April 1, 
The produce of the Eatt India Company’s trade with China in the year 1801-1802, was 
equal to 3,000,000]. fterlmg; that of the India trade during the fame fpace of time, 
amounted to 2,700,0001. The receipts for fales of the Company’s goods in England, 
amounted, during the fame time, to 6,630,000]. The total aflets of the company at home 
and in India, amounted on March 1, 1802, to nearly 29,000,0001. The total debts upon 
thefe affets, including the value of the fhares, as a debt to the proprietors of the capital, 
amounted to 29,997,215]. Thus, unlefs we take the territorial property of the Company 
jeto the account, it will be found to be, in its affairs, in fact, about 1,000,0001. fierlizg, worfe 
than nothing! Or if we fhould even avoid to charge the fhares of the capital as a debt upon 
the aflets, we fhall fill find thefe affets to be burthened with a debt, much too heavy. 
The whole tonnage of the fhipping employed in the year 1802 in both the Greenland and the 
Southern Whale-fifhery, was 34,701 tons in 118 veflels, navigated by 4,045 men. The ton- 
nage employed in the fame fifheries in-1790, exceeded 46,000 tons, aud gave employment 
to between 5000 and 6000 feamen. © A confiderable number of thips have already failed te 
the Whale-fithery in Davis’s Streights fro Hull, Whitby, Sunderland and Newcafile.. 
The total fum of the precious metals imported from the mines of America mto Eurepe, has 
been lately eftimated in France at a million of millions of livres. tiated 
The value of the exports from the United States of America was in 1800-1, 93,020,515 
dollars; the value of the fimilar exports in 1801-2, did not exceed 71,957,144 dollars: fuck 
have been the effects of the peace on the trade of America. 
The French government has lately reduced its duty on the importation of Norway fteck- 
fiih to eight livres per cwt. 
On the 27th of March, the French 5 per cent funds were at 543. The thares of 1000 
livres each, of the ftock of the Bank of France, were then at 1180 franks. The dividend 
upon the thares of the bank of France, is about 10 per cent. j 
P. S. The funds have again fallen. Omnium was on the 30th of March at a difcount of 
46 per cent. The 3 per cents confols at 61. Anxious uncertainty and Stock-jobbing artifices 
are the caufes of the flu¢tuation. There is no real reafon, why in confequence of the mef- 
fage, our funds fhould have fallen lower than 67 for the 3 per cents. 
MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. . 
INCE the difappearance of the frofts in the early part of the month, the feafon has been 
as favourable as poflible for the operations af hufbandry; and much land has been pre- 
pared for the feed, as well as fown in moft of the arable diftri¢lts of the kingdom. In the 
vale of Bedford, on all the light lands, and in moft of the ftrong foils, fewing has already 
begun, and in general the land works well; but there has been rather too much wet for 
the heavy bean lands at prefent. In the midland diftriéts the very fevere weather at the be- 
ginning of this month, has been fucceeded by one of the fineft feed times ever remembered. 
Ali the beans, hardy peafe, black oats, and fome barley, are fewed; the land works remarka~ 
bly well, and the farmer has buf little difficulty in arranging his bufinefs. The ewes have in 
general lambed, and the falls very good. On fome warm, well-theltered grounds, the rye- 
grafs and clovers are forward enough to bear being ftocked with ewes and lambs. 
The wheats in mof parts of the ifland have the moft promiling and healthy appearance. 
The froft appears indecd to have materially improved the early fown crops, by checking 
their remarkable luxuriancy. 
The turnips feem to have fuffered very little from the frof, and will laft Jong enough, 
efpecially with the help of the Swedith, which are now got into pretty general cultivation. 
Corn. in confequence of tlic threatened war, has had fome advance, but is now getting 
down to its former low price. The prices of grain have not fluctuated much fince our laft. 
the average prices are—wheat 56s. 6d. barley 23s. 10d. oats 18s. 6d. and beans 39s. 9d. 
Notwithftanding the promifing ftate of the grafs lands, and the depreciation in the price 
of cattle-food of moft kinds, fat ftock is ftill high; and even ftore ftock of ali forts keep wp. 
except hogs, which from the great quantity bred are getting lower. Pork too has fallen as 
much as 2d. per pound in fome of the midland difriéts. 
Ewes are beginning to lamb, the falls.are im general good, and but few cafualties. 
Beet is rather lower. Store cattle and milking cows keep their price. In Smithfield 
market beef yields 5s. 6d. mutton 5s. to 6s. veal 5s. to 6s. Gd. and pork 4s. tods. In 
Newgate and Leademhall markets beef yields from Ss. 4d. to 4s. 6d. mutton 3s. 8d. to 
4s. 8d. veal 3s. 6d. to 6s. and pork 4s.to5s.  ~ : 
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Hor fes—a brifk trade, and therefore higher; efpecially fuch as are fuitable for Government : 
fervice. 
Straw. In St. James’s market averages 2113s. 9d. and at Whitechapel 21. 9s. 
Jn the hay diftricts the finene!s of the feafon has been highly favowrable for getting the 
grats lands ‘into order, and in many places they have already had the manure well harrow- 
ed in and the furface rolled. Jay averages {rom 41. 4s. to 71. in St. James’s market, and 
trom 5]. 5s. to 71. 10s. at Whitechapel. 
Feps. Kent, Suiiex, and Effex hops, in pockets, yield from 81. 8s. to 101. 10s. ; Farn- 
bums 11L 11s. to 141 METEOROLOGICAL 
