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248 »- SRAVELS
one merchants, three hundred and twenty-eight families, eight
hundred and twenty- even perfons paying taxes; and the whole
number of inhabitants was one thoufand three hundred and fixty-
feven. The town has a church built of wood for the ‘ufe jo lagatse
own TNA eee. and the burying ground is on the outfide of the
town. Ea EY Me
The harbour, on account of a fand bank which blecks up its
entrance, 1s inacceflible to fhips heavy laden and. drawing. much
water, its depth being only from twelve to thirteen feet, fo that
large veffels are compelled to lie in the road while they | load and
unload: itis to be hoped, however, that this incony enience will
foon be remedied. The town has alfo a place for loading i in, the
parifh Kalajoki, with a dock, and carries on a confidera able trade i in
fhips built for caPergtion: in tanning, deals, butter, tallow, aad
hops. It had in the year 1794 fourteen fhips (amounting ; alto-
gether to one choneuad five hundred and thirty-fix tons), of hich
thirteen were for foreign. wtiade.: thefe exported | about one thou-
fand eight hundred barrels of tar, one. thoufand five hundred bar-
rels of pitch, from three to four hundred dozens of planks, two
_ thoufand pounds of butter, two hundred and feventy-three hun
dred weight of tallow, nine hundred barrels of corn, &c. The: in-
land cuftoms for the year 1781 produced about two thoufand one
hundred and twenty- -five, and thofe of the maritime department
two thoufand and twenty- -feyen rx. dollars. i ;
| The inhabitants of Gamla Carleby plant tobacco, 208 prepare
it for ule; they are, engaged. an, hes pr aeay of induttry ; ; they
agate
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