

OF SCOTLAND. 



Equally alarming is the late decreafe of exports, 

 to foreign countries, and the confequent increafe of 

 an unfavourable balance, of which the following is 

 an authentic ftatement : 



In 



the Royal Boroughs of Scotland, 1783, relative to Duties on 

 the Materials for Bleaching. 



3. Memorial from the Manufacturers of Iron, in Scotland, rela* 

 tive to the Duties on that Article. Glafgow, March 1783. 



4. Memorial of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland, 1 784, relative 

 to the Duties on printed Linens and Cottons. 



5. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce and Man u fact urea* 

 in the City of Glafgow, 1784, on the Subject of the propofed 

 Tax on printed Cottons and Linens. 



6. Propoials for the Eafe and Relief of Mariners and Traders, 

 in the Carriage of Goods not liable to Duties when ihipped Coaft* 

 ways. June 1784. 



7. A View of the Conlequences of the propofed Tax on printed 

 Linens and Calicoes, with Regard to illicit Trade, Glafgow, July 

 1784. 



8. Memorial in Behalf of the Manufacturers of Muilin in the 

 City of Glafgow and the Neighbourhood. July 1784, 



9. Memorial from the Manufacturers of Th read<-Gauzes, Lawns, 

 and bordered Handkerchiefs, in Glafgow, Paiiley, and the NeigHv 

 bourhood. July 1784. 



10. Memorial, or Cafe refpecting Coals, and Cuftom-houfe Fees 

 in Scotland. 1784. 



1 1 . Memorial of the Manufacturers of printed Linens andCalicoe* 

 in the City and Neighbourhood of Glafgow. July 1784, 



12. Three Memorials from the Magiftrates of Rothfay, flating 

 the Hardihipof the Coal Duties. 



All the above- papers, excepting thofe from Rothfay, are printed. 

 They are compofed with great judgment and irrength of argu- 

 ment, and copies were transmitted to feveral members of parlia- 

 ment, at London. Some relief hath been granted refpecting the 

 duty upon barilla, and the cuftom-houfe fees, impofed by the 

 revenue officers, on boats and fmall crafts navigating the firths 

 and rivers contrary to law, and the cuftoms of England, in fi-mi- 

 lar circumftances. But the great bufmefs refpecting the duties oft 

 manufactures remains for the further confideratioa of the legifr 

 lature. 



The Sulftance of tkefe Mem or i ah, is generally fit follows : 



That the propofed additional import upon thofe fabrics of linea 

 and cotton, which are chiefly manufactured in Scotland, will raife 

 the whole duty to 35 or 40 per cent on the article in its nniflied 

 #ate for printing. 



That befides promoting tumults, by rendering defperate a 

 great body of the induilnous workmen, U iir&es collaterally 



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