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Essex Agricultural Society.

At a ſpecial Meeting of this Society, convened by the authority of the Preſident, the Right Hon. Lord Braybrooke, and held at the Shire Hall, at Chelusford, on-Saturday the 2 5th February, 1804, for rhe purpoſe of taking into conſideration the effe& of the high Duties on Barley, the preſent opera- tion of the Corn A& ot the ziſt of his Majeſty, and other matters 1elative thereto;

CHARLES C. WESTERN, Eſq. in the Chair, It was reſolved,

"That rhe late returns of Mark-Jlane and other Markets, exhibit an aver

age price of the ſeveral ſorts of grain, wnich, conſidering the z7creaſed wages of labour, tradeſmen"s bills, public and parochial taxes, rents, and!ythess will not afford to the grower the expence of cultivation, and intereſt for his capital employed, . Reſolved, That although the abundant harveſts of the two laſt years ob- viouſly preſent ſufficient reaſon for the reduttion of the price of all grain to 2. moderate.and deſirable rate, yet the exceſſive depreſſion of the markets has ariſen from other cauſes, which it is hoped the legiſlature will, upon proper application, in its wiſdom, remove, as well from regard to the intereſts of the community at large, as to thoſe of the land proprietor and ocCupier.

Reſolved, That the heavy duties upon Malt and Beer, wnich have been recently impoſed, havs material]y contributed to the exceſlive reduttion of the price ot Barley.

Reſolved, That the advantage which the Iriſh diſtillers enjoy, from dimi-

niſhed duties allowed in certain caſes,(now become almoſt general) and the conſequent importation of raw-ſpirits from Ireland, for the uſe ot the En- gliſh retifying diſtiller, has to an infinite degree reduced the demand of the Engliſh Malt Diſtiller, for malt; the growth of this country, and propor tionably diminiſhed the price of barley.: ; Reſolved, That the export and import prices of the Corn Atof the 31 of his Majeſty, compared with the increaſed expences of cultivation ſince that period, are evident]y unſuited to the preſent times, and require to be reviſed and altered. The Society does not venture to offer its opinion upon the great queſtion of free export and import, but preſuming the lame ſyſtem of regulated export and import to be continued, it is decidedly of opinion the lame rates cannot now apply.,

Reſolved, That it appears upon authentic documents, that, antecedent to the year 1765, the balance of Exports and Imports was conſiderably in fa- vour of this country, 4nd afford a very profitable trade. That ſoon after that time, and particularly ſince the period of the Ad&of the 13th of kis Majeſty, up to the preient moment, the exportation trade was loſt, and the balance on the average has been very materially againſt chis kingdom.

Reſolved, That in order to prevent the return of ſcarcity in future years, and to promote effectually the permanet intereſts of the community, it!s neceſſary to dire& the national efforts to the acquilition again of a jurplus produce and an export trade; and thät this can alone be done by-ſecurpg to