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Page 190
... exports was found to have been occasioned chiefly by the demands of our own fleets and armies , and instead of bringing wealth to the nation , was to be paid for by oppressive taxes upon the people of England . While the British seamen ...
... exports was found to have been occasioned chiefly by the demands of our own fleets and armies , and instead of bringing wealth to the nation , was to be paid for by oppressive taxes upon the people of England . While the British seamen ...
Page 196
... export entry does not comprehend the greatest trade we carry on with any of the West India islands , the sale of negroes : nor does it give any idea of two other advantages we draw from them ; the remittances for money spent here , and ...
... export entry does not comprehend the greatest trade we carry on with any of the West India islands , the sale of negroes : nor does it give any idea of two other advantages we draw from them ; the remittances for money spent here , and ...
Page 197
... export to the isles of Guadaloupe and Martinico , and to the Havannah , and after the colonies were free to send all ... exports ; but it is in order to depreciate the advantages we might appear to derive from that increase , whenever it ...
... export to the isles of Guadaloupe and Martinico , and to the Havannah , and after the colonies were free to send all ... exports ; but it is in order to depreciate the advantages we might appear to derive from that increase , whenever it ...
Page 198
... export , though no- thing is more remote from fact , was owing to the supply of our fleets and armies ; was it not ... export of British goods , Ditto of foreign goods in time , Ditto of ditto out of time , Total exports of all kinds ...
... export , though no- thing is more remote from fact , was owing to the supply of our fleets and armies ; was it not ... export of British goods , Ditto of foreign goods in time , Ditto of ditto out of time , Total exports of all kinds ...
Page 217
... exported in great quantities to Russia . The Russians now supply themselves with these goods . But the export thither of finer cloths has increased in proportion as the other has declined . Possibly some parts of the kingdom may have ...
... exported in great quantities to Russia . The Russians now supply themselves with these goods . But the export thither of finer cloths has increased in proportion as the other has declined . Possibly some parts of the kingdom may have ...
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