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induftry in the kingdom. Thus, inftead of purchafing a con-|

fiderable part of our fubfftence from foreign countries, we| may, by falutary regulations in the Corn Laws, be enabled,

| not only to fupply ourfelves, but to render our country one of|

the principal granaries of Europe. Itis neceffary to remark, that this inveftisgation includes only

| the Corn Laws, as far down as the year 1774, and the confidera-| tion of the fubjeét in general, to the year 1786. Since that| period, féveral ftatutes, particularly that of 1701, by which| all the former Corn Laws are repealed, have received the fanc-

tion of Parliament; the expediency of which, it is hoped,

may, in fome meafure, be alfo judged of from the principles

efted in the courfe of this Inquiry.

In order, however, to afford to the Public a continued chain of information, on a fubje& fo difficult, and fo important, the Editor-applied to Mr Mackie of Ormifton, in the county of Baft Lothian, à man of extenfive knowledge in this line, as well as in practical agriculture*, to furnifh him with a review of the Corn Laws that have been enacted fince this Inquiry

was written, and to bring down the confideration of the fubjeét

to the prefent times. This has been done by Mr Mackie in Two Letters, which the Editor hopes will be found to be an ufeful and able Supplement to the Work.

* Mr Mackie is the author of two fmall Traëts, the one entitled, Difquifitions on the Influence of Soil and Climate, in Improving the nourifhing quality of Vege. tables; the other, An Addrefs to the Landed Intereft in Great Britain, on the

Prefent State of the Difillery. Both printed for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1786.