in Orange County, the property of Vincent Matthews Esquire and one in the Manor of Philipsburgh

in the County of Westchester lately leased for 99 years (pursuant to the

Philispe Esquire.

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It is

Royal Order) to Frederick

called a Silver Mine, but from the small Quantity of Silver the

Ore has

hitherto yielded, may perhaps more properly be classed among the Richer sort of lead Mines.

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Works belonging to the First are carried on to great advantage. Question No. 13.

What is the Number of Inhabitants, Whites & Blacks? Jlnswer.

By the last account taken in 1771, the number of Inhabitants stood thus,

ir^imms.

Whites

148,124

Blacks

19,883

Total Number of Inhabitants in 1771

168,007

Supposing the Increase from 1771 to 1774 to have been no more than the average Proportion of the Increase between 1756 and 1771, there must be added to compleat the

Number of Inhabitants to the present Time Whites

12,974

Blacks

1,266

14,244 2

Total Number of Inhabitants in 1774

.

.

182,251 3

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Question No. 14.

Are the Inhabitants increased or decreased within the last Ten years

;

how much and for what

Reasons ?

In Feb. 1731 the Master Wardens and Assistants of the Company of Feltmakers of London petitioned Parliament to

American Colonies exporting Hats of American Manufacture to any place whatsoever, as the foreign Markets were then almost altogether supplied from the Plantations as well, also, as Great Britain to the great prejudice of the Trade. This petition was referred to a Special Committee who reported the Evidence in which the number of Beaver Hats then Manufactured in New York & New England was estimated at 10,000 yearly; In Boston there were 16 Hatters one of whom pass a law to prevent (he Inhabitants of the