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It may therefore be taken for granted, an equal quality can be grown, with immediate convenience of shipment upon navigable rivers; whereas the cultivator in the Ukraine and distant parts of Siberia, Russian Poland, &c. must deliver his produce at Archangel, St. Petersburg, or Riga, partly by land carriage and partly by navigation, at different seasons. A view of the map of Russia will show how great a proportion of the value of the article must be expended in its transport.
The present price of hemp at St. Petersburg
| is about . . . . . . . | £32 | 0 | per ton |
| English Duty . . . . . . | 3 | 10 | |
| Freight . . . . . . . | 3 | 0 | |
| London Charges . . . . . . | 3 | 0 | |
| £41 | 10 | ||
| which is about the present value in England.
Suppose hemp of Australia the | |||
| same value . . . . . . . | 41 | 10 | |
It is presumed the Government will allow its importation nearly duty free, merely to mark the quantity imported. Allowing an average of four months for voyages to the Baltic and White Sea, and ten months for an Australian voyage, an in-
