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by the mother country and in return ex- 

 change its raw material for the manufac- 

 tured goods of the parent country, carried 

 only in ships of that country. As the colony 

 became more populous and powerful, it 

 was found both impossible and impolitic 

 for the mother country to enforce its rights 

 in their entirety. The natural laws of com- 

 merce were not to be ignored, and trade by 

 other powers with its colonies, under cer- 

 tain restrictions, was both permitted and 

 encouraged. 



Proximity too had to be considered, and 

 the interests of the colony ; for the prosper- 

 ity of the colony reacted on the mother 

 country, and advantages in the way of 

 trade with other colonies and countries 

 could be obtained by concessions. The re- 

 sult was that trade with the more important 

 colonies of the world was open to vessels of 

 every other country under certain restric- 

 tions, and these restrictions were really a 

 concession, as the mother countries claimed, 

 which might theoretically be abrogated 



