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the key to the trade, navigation, and fifliery, of North-America. And 

 without that key conllantly remaining in our hands, or at leaft its not 

 ren.aining in the pofleflion of any other power, and mofl: efpecially of 

 France, neither our continental colonies, nor our Newfoundland and 

 New-England fifheries, can ever long remain fafe and profperous. 



And to add to our good fortune, the forces in the province of New- 

 York razed the French fortrefs of Frontenac on lake Ontario, as alfo 

 Fort du Qiiefne on the river Ohio, which the French had taken from us 

 two years before, which later fort has been rebuilt by us, by the new 

 name of Pittfhurg. Both thefe fortreffes were perfidioufly built by the 

 French, through our own fupinenels, on the territory of our province of 

 New- York, and in time of peace. 



Laflly, to crown the glory and felicity of this year, and jufi: at the 

 very clofe of it, a fquadron of our navy, with fome land forces on board, 

 reduced the ifland of Goree, lying near the mouth of the river Senegal ; 

 we having fome months before alfo taken from France their forts in 

 that river, to which Goree was deemed a protedion and fecurity. By 

 thefe two lafl conquefts we have acquired a new and very confiderable 

 branch of commerce in polleirnig the entire trade for gum fenega, or 

 fenegal, before folely enjoyed by the French on that river and coaft, a 

 drug extremely ufeful and neceflliry in our filk manufadures, &c. there 

 are alfo lundry other ufeful drugs to be had there, as well as gold dufl ; 

 and probably alfo this conquefl; will prove an addition to our Have 

 trade. 



Frovifions ftill continuing dear, an acl pafied in the 32dyear of King 

 George II, for continuing for a farther time the prohibition of the ex- 

 portation of corn, malt, meal, flour, bread, bifcuit, and ftarch ; and alfo 

 to continue the prohibition of diftilling low wines and fpirits from wheat, 

 barley, malt, or any other grain, meal, or flour, as alfo from bran. 



Yet, by a fubi'equent act of the fame fellion of parliament, by rea- 

 fon of a better crop of corn^ &c. the prohibition of the exportation of 

 corn, &c. and of the payment of any bounty on exportation thereof, 

 were to ceafe after lady-day 1759. 



By another ilatute of that Icllion, the free importation of all forts of 

 live cattle from Ireland to Great Britain was permitted for the fpace of 

 five years, from the ift of May 1759, exempted from the payment of 

 all fubfidics, cufloms, &c. 



And by the very next flatute it was enacfted, thitt the duties payable 

 upon tallow imported from Ireland fnould be difcontinued, from the 

 ill of May 1759 for tlie fpace of five years; its preamble importing, 

 that it may tend to the cafe of the public :uid advantage of the revenue, 

 by reducing the high price, antl eucouraging the confumption, of 

 candles in this kinc;dom. 



By :in acl [32 Geo, 11] for applying a fum of money granted iu 



