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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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English House of Commons resolutions by Mr. Ryder grant bounties on wheat, barley, rye, oats, flour, and rice imports to British ports before Oct. 1, 1801, to combat scarcity; American flour prices rise to 31.15s/bbl.
Merged-components note: Continuation of British parliamentary resolutions on bounties for imported grains and flour from page 2 to page 3. The page 3 component was labeled 'notice', but it is part of the foreign news on British policy, so relabeled to 'foreign_news'.
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Resolved, That there be given on every quarter of wheat weighing 424 lbs which shall be imported into the port of London, or into any of the principal ports of each district of Great-Britain, before the first of October, 1801, a bounty equal to the sum by which the said average price in London, published in the Gazette, in the third week after the importation of such Wheat, shall be less than 100s. per quarter.
Resolved, That there be given on every quarter of Barley, weighing 352 lbs. which shall be imported into the port of London or into any of the principal ports of each district of Great Britain, before the first of October, 1801, a bounty equal to the sum which the average price in London published in the Gazette, in the third week after the importation of such Barley, shall be less than 45s. per quarter.
Resolved, That there be given on every quarter of Rye, weighing 408 lbs. which shall be imported into the port of London or into any of the principal ports of each district of Great-Britain, before the first of October, 1801, a bounty equal to the sum by which the said average price in London, published in the Gazette, in the third week after the importation of such Rye, shall be less than 65s. per quarter.
Resolved That there be given on every quarter of oats, weighing 280 lbs. which shall be imported into the port of London, or into any of the principal ports of each district in Great Britain, before the first of October, 1801, a bounty equal to the sum by which the average price in London, published in the Gazette, on the third week after the importation of such oats, shall be less than 30s. per quarter.
Resolved—That there be given on every barrel of superfine wheaten flour, of 196 lbs. weight, which shall be imported in such ports, before the first of October 1801, and sold by public auction, within two months after importation, a bounty equal to the sum by which the actual price of each barrel of such flour so sold, shall be less than 70s."
Resolved, That there be given on every barrel of fine wheaten flour, of 196 lbs. weight which shall be imported into such ports, before the first of October 1801, and sold by public auction, within two months after importation, a bounty equal to the sum by which the actual price of each barrel of such flour so sold, shall be less than 68s.
Resolved, That there be given on every hundred wt. of rice which shall be imported into such ports in any ship which shall have cleared out from any port in the East Indies before the 1st of September 1801, and which shall be sold by public sale, a bounty equal to the sum by which the actual price of each hundred weight of such rice so sold shall be less than 32s.
Resolved, That there be given on every hundred weight of rice from America, which shall be imported into such ports before the 1st of October 1801, and sold by public auction, within two months after importation a bounty equal to the sum by which the actual price of each hundred weight of such rice so sold shall be less than 35s.
In consequence of the above resolutions and the scarcity of provisions, the price of American flour had risen to 31. 15s per bbl.
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Foreign News Details
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Great Britain
Event Date
Before The First Of October, 1801
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price of american flour had risen to 31. 15s per bbl.
Event Details
Resolutions moved by Mr. Ryder and agreed to by the English House of Commons providing bounties on imports of wheat (less than 100s. per quarter), barley (less than 45s. per quarter), rye (less than 65s. per quarter), oats (less than 30s. per quarter), superfine wheaten flour (less than 70s. per barrel), fine wheaten flour (less than 68s. per barrel), rice from East Indies (less than 32s. per hundred wt.), and rice from America (less than 35s. per hundred wt.) into ports of Great Britain before October 1, 1801, with sales by public auction within two months.