Star.
London, England, 1828-05-06 00:00:00

POST OFFICE.

Remits of the Sum expended in providing a Sire for the New
Post Office, end in Building the same; distinguishing. how much
thereof bas been or is to be defrayed by the City of London
Also, an Estimate of the Expense for Completing the New Post

Office.
Amount expended ender the provisions of the Act •
55 Geo. 111. e. 91, for providing a Site fora New X s. a.
Post Office
Amount expended under the Authority of the
Lords of his Majesty% Treasury, fur the same
purpose

... .52.036 0 0

X 292,056 0 0

Of which one-third, 0r,5i'97,552 was defrayed by I.
, the City of London.
Amount since expended in minor purchases for the
purposes of the Site, under the Aut:.ority of the
Lords of his Majesty's Treasury --

.- 7.303 6 6

Total Amount expeided in providing the Site...k29fr 3.9 6 6
Eitilniate of the Expense for Completing the New
Post Office

Amount of Sums hosed to the Cashier of the Board
of Works, under Warrant of the Lords of his
Majesty's Treasury,on account of the Building £118,647 15
F. Fit KILLING, Secretary.
Genefal Post °Ake, 234 April, 18ES.

THE WOOL.TAX.

The petitions against the propo.ed Measure.. tor its-
.posing a large additional dirty sport the imprecation of
Foreign Wool. are proceeding with great spirit in Y at;
sh re, and will be very extensively signed in tke niann-
factoring dist' icts. No measure more injuti ius to o e
of the stap'e trades of this kingdom could have been
well imagined, and the 'selfish poliCv of the landed
interest in obtaining Acts of Parli renew, first to oblige
the manufacturers to eat dear bread ; and, second, to
compel them to use dear wool, can scarcely he sum;
ciently deprecated. Should they succeed in this rrea-
' sore, so fotetgn to every sound pr nople of national
policy, the consequences will he to banish Br, ish wool.
leo fabrics from the continents of Eurove and America,
and to hold out to our foreign rival-in trade a premium
to enable them to triumph over
The appointment, howeier, of a Committee, under
any circumstances, is a measure to be sincerely dept.
cater!, as it will paralyse almost the whole of the
woollen trade during the time 'hat the invei:l,:ati-n is
goirig on. and will, we fear, have the disastrous effect of
throwing the greater pit of our m roof act ti• int.; poptda.
tion out of employment. We cannot help t.sillking that
the wool-growers we acting a most incon•istent Dart in
thus attempting to injure their hest customer., the coil.,
sumer: both of their wool and mutton. We must also be
Allowed to say that their complaints are uithoot faun-
dation ; for, in judging of the remuneration to be de-
rived from their farms, they should take cousi
deration both the price of the carcass and the fltece,
and, it we are not 'much mistaken, e result of such
consideration will be that their sheep taken as a whole
are now producing them' more money than they have
yielded for some years past. In 1826, the price of South
Dawn Wool was probably 6J. per lb. hi.,het th .n at
present, and the price of mutton was at Id. per llr. less ;
n:rw, supposing the fleece of each s!,eep to weigh 31hu
And the carcass; to weigh 721bs. it well follow that, *hill
the farmer loses Is. 6d. by the former, he gain, 6s. by
the latter, leaving a balance in his favour of 45.6.1.
upon each sheep.—Leeds Paper.
The duty on Wool was tssice altered in 1824. Up
to the 10th of September the duty of sixt.ence per omens!,
which is sought to be re imposed, remaine.'. From the
10th Septembil to the 10th of Demob, r ti e duty was
'torn one penny to three pence. according to the fine-
ness of the staple; sub.equerat to the 10th December
the duty has been one penny per round. It istheietore
in the years 182.5, 1826, and 1827, that the operation
of the new duty is to be sought, since thet afford all the
experience that we possess; aod although the deduc-
ti ,n on eitiier side is not agilely free hoot crib,. the
result of the high duty may equally be estimated from
the years 1821, 18.12, 1828. We purposely exclude
1824, because of the variations in the dunes during that
year. The imports and exports during these t*o pt.
r=ods were as follow :

Imports.
O6chl Value.
1821 . 878.011 •
1822 . . 94,085 .
1883 . . 678,755 .

Export,.
OlaciAl Value.
. 5400,921
. 3,943,612
. £553,891