PE AEN FOR RE-PRINTING THE

Agricultural Surveys.

By the PRESIDENT of the BoaRD of AGRICULTURE,

BOARD eſtabliſhed for the purpoſe of making every eſſential enguiry, into the Agricultural Stäte, and the

means of promoting the internal improvement öf a powerful Empire, will necefſfarily have it in view, to examine the ſources of public proſperity, in regard to various important particulars, Perhaps the following is the moſt natural order for carrying on

fuch important inveſtigations; namely, to aſcertain,

x, The riches to bé obtained from the ſurface of the national

territory.

2. The mineral or fſubterraneous treafures of which the

country is poſleſled.

3. The wealth to be derived from its ſtreams, rivers, ca-

nals, inland navigations, coaſts, and hſheries:

4. The means of promoting the improvement of the people in regard to their health, induſtry, and morals, founded on a ftatiftical ſarvey, or a minute and careful enquiry into the aQual ſtate of every parochial diſtrict in the kingdom, and the circumſtances of its inhabitants.

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Under