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THROUGH FINLAND. 214
pitch, deals, joifts, &c. to the anol amount of feven thoufand
one hundred and eighty-feven rix dollars feven fkillings. ‘The
- fame year there arrived at Abo fixteen fhips, nine of which be-
longed to the citizens of the fame place, and the whole value of
imports from abroad amounted to one hundred and four thoufand
nine hundred fixty-feven nix dollars and fixteen fkillings. The
articles imported were, two hundred and three thoufand one hun-
dred and forty-three pounds of tobacco, twenty-one thoufand five
hundred and twenty-three pounds of coffee, ninety-feven catks
of wine, one hundred and feventy-nine thoufand and forty-fix
pounds of raw fugar, eighteen thoufand three hundred and fix
and a half barrels of falt, fix thoufand four hundred fifty-feven
barrels of rye and wheat, four thoufand eight hundred and twenty
hundred weight of hemp, a quantity of fpiceries, drugs, &c.
amounting in all to eighteen thoufand one hundred and twenty-
two rx dollars.
Abo has various manufactories: two of tobacco, one of fugar,
three of filk-ribbands, two of cloth and fuftian, one of fail-cloth,
fix tan-works, fix of tile-kilns, two watch and clock manufac-
tories, one paper-mill. The plantations of tobacco are an object
of very great confequence; they produce not lefs than. one hun-
dred and fifty-two thoufand hundred weight annually,
In the year 1761, the revenue arifing to the crown from this
city amounted to four thoufand fix hundred and feventy-five rix
dollars. The number of its inhabitants in the year 1791 was
eight thoufand five hundred and four. |
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