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500 tons, and 83 from 200 to 300 tons ; all the reft were under 200 tons, 

 excepting the South-fea company's great ftiip of 750 tons. 



The cargoes of ten Dutch Eaft-Tndia ftiips which arrived this year 

 from Batavia, may be worth recording in this work, viz. 10,700 pieces of 

 filk ftuffs, and 81,985 lb. weight of Bengal raw filk ; 86,515 pieces of 

 calicoes; 1,419,427 lb. of black, white, and long, pepper ; 653,552 lb. 

 tea ; 389,940 lb. nutmegs ; 1 36,906 lb. mace ; 1 28,000 lb. of cinnamon ; 

 924,341 lb. fugar, powdered and candied; 80,000 pots candied nut- 

 megs; 6850 lb. of cardamums ; 1,872,375 lb. Java coffee; 52001b. 

 cubebs ; 592,028 lb. faltpetre ; 11,700 lb. benzoin; 1015 lb. borax; 

 200 lb. aguil-wood; 285,069 lb. Caliatour-wood ; 125,4191b. cowries; 

 72,843 lb. cotton-yarn ; 17,100 lb, gumlack ; 1500 pieces of walking 

 canes; 11,222 lb. indigo; 21,487 lb. curcuma; 1810 lb. mother-of- 

 pearl; 1445 lb. China-root; 556,215 lb. Sapan-wood ; 64 lb. powder 

 of pearl ; 23,600 lb. Malacca tin; and 67,141 lb. Siam tin; (befides a 

 rough diamond, 2 diamond rings, and 2 gold boxes). 



This year a number of gentlemen of diftindion and worth fet on foot 

 one of the moft difmterefted, charitable, and benificent, defigns that was 

 ever undertaken. Hitherto all our American colonies were profelfedly 

 planted for the immediate benefit of the undertakers : but this was 

 lolely for a national and charitable purpofe, without any other benefit 

 to the undertakers than what refults from the pleafi.ire of doing good. 

 Moft of them were members of parliament, who having lately had occa- 

 lion to obferve the mlfery of the prifoners, confined in our gaols for 

 debt, were thence moved with compaflion for the relief of fuch unfor- 

 tunate objects, who, were they fettled in fome new colony in our plant- 

 ations, might, inftead of a burden and difgrace, prove a great benefit 

 to the nation ; and that moreover many perfeciued proteftants from be- 

 yond fea miglit take the benefit of luch a colony for letting up their reft 

 there, with the free enjoyment of their civil and religious liberties. 

 There was a great part of the charter-limits of South-Carolina, next to 

 Florida, ftill unplanted, which it was highly the intereft of Great Bri- 

 tain to occupy, and plant as foon as poffible, left either the Spaniards 

 from Florida, or the French behind it, from the Millifippi, ihould feize 

 on and plant what they fo found unoccupied ; more efpecially as the 

 later people greatly lament their not having a footing on any part of 

 the eaftexn ftiores of North- America, fo as to communicate more eafily 

 with their fugar-iflands, their voyages to and from their Miililippi colony 

 being by no means fo convenient for carrying provifions, lumber, &.c. 

 M-hich therefor they were ftill obliged to take from our Britilli conti- 

 nental colonies. This vacancy then was judged ablolutely requifite to 

 be filled up as foon as polfible. 



Thefe reafons were fi.ifticiLntly cogent for gentlcnicn of fo public- 

 fpirited a charadcr and difpofiiiou to make the attempt. But firft they: 



