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to 88s. ; Eaft Endia, 45s. to 63s.—Seeds, Clover, foreign, 45s. to Sos.; Englifh, 56s. to 
gos ; Carraway, 6os. to 85s. ; Rape, 498. 'to 42s.+—Silk, Bengal, 9s. to 25s. 5 Novi, ‘4s. 
to 22s. 6d.—Goat Skins, 55s.—Spices, fame as flaft.—Spirits, Brandy, 17s to 18s. 44.3 
Hollands, 17s. 9d. to 18s.; Rum, 28. 9d. to 4s. 34 —Tar, 26s. to 36s.—Tobacco, 43d. te 
rod.——Bees’ Wax, 171. 10s.—Wool, Beaver, go to 598.; Vigonia, red, 13s. to r4s.; 
pale, 4s. 6d. to gs. 
The Eaft India Company have declared, in addition to their former intention of putting 
up for the prefent March fale, that they mean alfo to put up 20,000 bags of faltpetre. 
Stocks: Bank, 2c5 5 3 per cent. reduced, 612.3; Confols, 61.5 § per cent, Navy, &e, 
923.3 India Stock, 1852.5 Omnium, 93.; Exchequer Bills, 1s. 3d. prem. 
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MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
HE late mild and open weather has much recovered.the appearance of the youms wheats 
and winter tares, which are well {pread over the ground, and very thriving. The far- 
mers have alfo been enabled to plough in, drill, and fet beans, the lend working kind and 
mellow, Turnips every where look found, and afford plenty of keep to feeding beafts, 
fheep, and ewes with their early Lambs. Wheat averages throughout England and Wales, 
74s. 3d. per guarter; Barley, 35s. tod. ; and Oats, 25s. 
The meadows and paftures have lately much improved their looks, and for the feafon are 
in a fate of great forwardnefs. Hay fetches in St. James’s market from 21. to ql. 12s. 
Lean cattle, at the late fairs, have been in great requeft, there being’ many buyers, and 
at hizh prices. Cows and calves fell equally well. In Smithfield market, beef fetches 
from 3s. rod. to $s. 6d. per ftone of 8ib.; Mutton, from 3s. to 5s. 8d. ; Pork, 6s. 4d, 
Freth young horfes, either for the collar or the faddle, are much wanted, and obtain 
great prices. Inferior forts are dull of fale. : 
Porking pigs are very fcarce and dear. A fufficiency cannot be met with inthe breeding 
counties to fupply the great contraé&t now in hand, and to meet the confumption of the 
London markets. 
Cheefe in the dairy diftri€ts has fallen very confiderably. 
Hors have fluétuated confiderably fince Auguft laft, rifing as appearances were uns 
promifing to the coming crop, and falling as the crop appeared to improve juft at picking. 
‘Fhe refult, however, now that the duty is afcertained, is ne longer doubtful. The cro 
is found not ro be equal to a quarter of a year’s confumption; the deficiency muit therefore 
be fupplied by the ftock on hand of the growths of 1803 and 1204. And it is calculated, 
that after this year’s confumption there wiil not be more than half a year’s confumptioa 
left of all forts to meet the next year’s crop. It would be premature to hazard an opinion; 
but as it generally happens that a wet winter is fucceeded by a cold blithing fpring, it is 
not probable that the next crop will be a large one. The current prices, however, being 
mouch below the average, they are fafe to the confumers, who ought to buy before the 
prices are advanced by {peculation, the temptation to which is at this me very great. The 
growth of 1803 felis from 80s. to gos. ; of 18c4, ‘fiom Ioos. to Ifos.; and new, from 
156s. to 1608. , 
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METECROLOGICAL REPORT. ‘ 
Odjfervations on the State of the Weather from she 2 5tb of Fanuary, 1805, to the 24th of February, 
1806, inclufrve, two Miles N.W. of St..Paul’s. 
Barometer. Thermometer. 
Hizheft 30 10., Feb.20, Wind Eaft Highett 55°, Feb.24. | Wind S.W. 
* Loweft 29.05., Jap.27, Wind S. W.: Loweit 24°, Jan. 30. Wind N. . 
From the mid- The thermometer was 
dle of the, day on in the morning of the 
Greatett 37 bun- }the 25th, to the Greate # i3th as hizh as 33°, at - 
24 hours. aninch, £26th, thé mefcu- | 24 hours. 14th it was only at 26°, 
ry fell from 29 | and again onthe 15th at 
60.; to 29.23. the fame time itwas38°. 
The quantity of rain fallen this month is equal to 2.24 inches in height. “8 
The mo remarkable feature in the month has been the variablenefs of the: weather ; 
but the changes have not been Violent, either in the preffure or temperature of the at- 
mofphere. Once or twice the wind has again been very violent, but by no means equal to 
what was experienced the laft month. The number of fair and brilliant days have borne 
variation in \ dtedths Wy hour on the } variation in > 22°. < the fame hour on the 
a large proportion to thofe in which there has been much rain. The thermometer has beén — i 
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once as low as 3° below the freezing point, which was the only day in which the froft has a ny 
been fevere. The warmth of few of the latter days has brought vegetation apparently 
tauch tog forward for the feafon of the year. 
