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COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS.
ARTICLES. | Quantity. | Price in Dollars. | Amount in Dollars. |
Tobacco, | 55,000 hhds. of 1,000 ℔. | at 30 d. per hhd. | $1,650,000 |
Wheat, | 800,000 bushels. | at 56 d. per bushel. | 666,666⅔ |
Indian corn, | 600,000 bushels. | at ⅓. d. per bushel. | 200,000 |
Shipping, | ——— | —— | 100,000 |
Masts, planks, scantling, shingles, staves, | ——— | —— | 66,666⅔ |
Tar, pitch, turpentine, | 30,000 barrels. | at 1⅓ d. per barrel. | 40,000 |
Peltry,[1] | 180 hhds. of 600 ℔. | at 512 d. per ℔. | 42,000 |
Pork, | 4,000 barrels. | at 10 d. per barrel. | 40,000 |
Flax seed, hemp, cotton, | ——— | —— | 8,000 |
Pit coal, Pig iron, | ——— | —— | 6,666⅔ |
Peas, | 5,000 bushels. | at ⅔ d. per bushel. | 3,333⅓ |
Beef, | 1,000 barrels. | at 3⅓ d. per barrel. | 3,333⅓ |
Sturgeon, white shad, herring, | ——— | —— | 3,333⅓ |
Brandy[2] and whiskey, | ——— | —— | 1,666⅔ |
Horses, | ——— | —— | 1,666⅔ |
This sum is equal to £850,000 Virginia money, 607,142 guineas. | $2,833,333⅓ |