4 
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1903. ] ( 995"9) 
MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 
HE premia of infurance, raifed to the rates of war—the new duties of cuftoms and - 
excife for the difcharge of the expenditure which thewar in particular occafions—the ad- 
ded cofts of shipping—andfthe neceility there is that merchants and manufacturers flould in 
part compenfate themfelves by new charges on thofe who buy and confume their commo-= 
dities, have lately occafioned a general rife in the prices of almoft all goeds of which there 
is any confiderable fale in the London markets, 
To India, and again home, the infurance is now 12 guineas per cent. On a voyage to 
Jamaica, and the return, the infurance, on account ol the greater danger m thefe feas, is 
not lefs than 15 guineas. To the Mediterranean, in which the French power is the greateft, 
the infurance on the going-voyage is 20 guineas; to which 10 guineas muft be added for the 
return. To theflave-coaft of Africa, and thence to the place of fale in America or the Weft 
Indies, 20 guineas isthe infurance. 4 Guineas per cent. ig the infurance to the Baltic and 
to St..Peterfburgh. 2 Guineas per cent. is paid on the coafting-trade between London and 
the Eaftern ports of Scotland. Snipe ! Ue | 
Sugars and teas have rifen confiderably in price. Tobacco isalfe higher. . Britifh iron has 
become dearer within thefe laft ten days : in pigs it is now at 5]. 12s. per ton ; in. bars, at , 
19l. aton. Winesare, ingeneral, dearer, more than in a due proportion to the additional 
duties impofed upon them. Several forts of timber, and moft articles of thip-ftores, and of 
materials for fhip-building, continue to rife in price. The natural effect of the feafon,” 
opening the Baltic, has, however filled the kingdom with an abundance of the goods ufually 
imported from it ; by which the prices are kept down from that enormous rife which the pre- 
fent demand for many of them might otherwife have occafioned. apes 
Our 3 per Cent. Stocks now fluétuate from 51 to 53. The advantages of intereft which 
they, at this price, afford, are fuch, that, without an alarm fer the utter ruin of the Con- 
{titution and Government, it is not likely that they can fall mueh lower. Thofe who took 
the loan for the prefent year have not been fortunate in the bargain, Omnium was, on the 
27th of July, ata difcount of 9} per cent. 
The Eaft India Company have found it neceffary o procure an Act of Parliament to au- 
thorize an additional allowance to thofe with whom they had entered into contracts for the 
fupply of Shipping. By the increafe in the prices of fhip-fteres, the fhip-owners had be- 
come unable to fulfil their contracts without exceflive lofs. 
Since the meafures of Parliament for raifing an, Army of Referve, and for arming the 
country in its own defence,. have become public, a new confidence, the moft favourable to 
trade, appears to haye been univerfally infpired. ) 
It is calculated that the extraordinary advantages of crop held out by the prefent feafon, 
are confiderably more than fufficient to compenfate to the country for all the extraordinary 
expenditure of the war. 
Englifh patent, or loom-woven lace, has been lately preferred at Paris to the beft of that 
which the French themfelves work in the old accultomed way. 
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MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
SINCE our lat the feafon has continued unufually fine for the Hay, and alfo the Corn- 
harveftt. In moft of the fouthern diftri¢ts the greateft part’of the Hay is already fecured 
in the moft perfect manner ; and in fome of the more northern ones it is in an unufual fate 
of forwardnefs, The crops, in mof places, are both good and abundant. The average 
price of Hay, in St. James’s Market, is 5]. 15s, 6d. and at Whitechapel a trifie more.— 
Straw, in both markets, averages 2. 15s. 
The Grain crops almoft every where appear. full on the ground, and well-fed. In fome 
places the wheat is now ready tor the fickle. The average price of Wheat is 59s. Of Bar- 
ley, 25s. Of Oats, 22s. and of Beans, 34s, 
The fhowers that have lately fallen have been of great ufe in bringing forward the After- 
Graffes, and in refrefhing the Pafture-Grounds. But notwithftanding thefe effects, the 
prices of both fat and lean-ftock ftill keep up. Beef in Smithfield-market yields from 
4s.4d. to 5s. 6d. Mutton from 5s. to 5s. 8d. Veal from 4s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. 5 and Lamb 
- from 5s. to 6s. 4d. In Newgate and Leadenhall Markets Beef yields from 3s. 8d. to 4s.8& 
Mutton from 4s..6d. to 5s. 2d. Veal and Pork from 4s. to 5s. ; and Lamb trom 4s. 8d. 
to 6s. 
Hops.—The coming crep continues to improve; and the growth is now eftimated at 170 
to 200,000 Bags. It may exceed that quantity if we have fuitable weather till they are 
gathered. It muft he kept in mind, that in 1799 the crop promifed well up to September, 
when an over-fweeping wind, by fome called the Expedition-wind, as it carried our troops 
_ tothe Helder, deftroyed half of the Crops: ‘the prefent weather, however, is much more 
promifing, and caufes a very dul] market. Prices are merely nominal ; for there are 
fcarcely any fales effected on any terms. Thofe of 1801, from 80s. to 95s. and 1802, from 
100s. to 120s. Price im Bags 41, lds. to SJ. 12. im Pockets, 41. 15s..to 6]. Some tew 
, Farnhauis yield 71. 
