i*6 S F REE TRADE. 



whom does fiie grow rich ? If I have not proved that point 

 there is no proof in fa<5l, nor truth in figures. Why cannot 

 lie rival France, Holland and Germany, as well as England ? 

 JSut we have ample experience to tell us that (he may rival 

 withoutimpoveri filing us ; that flie may grow rich and we great 

 by her wealth ; that Hie may advance, and we be profperous. 

 To afTert becaufe there are not as many excifes in one part of 

 our dominions as another, that therefore their trade (hall be 

 cramped is exaftly like faying, that labour is cheap there, 

 and for that reafon (hall never be dear ; making the poverty 

 of the kingdom the motive for keeping it poor. 



Taxes flow from trade and confumptiqn, give them the 

 wealth to confume, and never fear but taxes will follow. 



FISHERIES. 



There is fcarcely a part of Ireland but what is well fituated 



for fome fifhery of confequence ; her coafts and innumerable 



creeks and rivers, mouths are the refort of vaft fhoals of her- 



ring, cod, hake, mackarel, &c. which might, with proper 



attention, be converted into funds of wealth ; but capital is 



fuch a univerfal want in Ireland, that very little is done. 



The minutes of the journey contain fome valuable informa- 



tion on this head, but the general picture is rather an exhibi- 



tion of what ought to be done, than any thing that actually 



is executed ; nor have the meafures of the legislature been at- 



tended with any confiderable effect ; fome of them feem to 



have done mifchief, of which the following is aninftance. 



By the 3 G. 3. c. 24.. Twenty (hillings, per ton on Englifh 



or Iriin built veffels decked, after the commencement of 



this acl, not under twenty tons, nor to be paid for more 



than one hundred, to proceed from fome port in Ireland. 



Bounty of two (hillings a barrel on export of white 



herrings. 



!Ditto of two (hillings aad fixpence on mackarel. 

 Ditto of five (hillings for fix icore of ling. 

 Ditto of three (hillings for hake, haddock, glafllng, and 



conger eel. 

 Ditto of four (hillings and three-pence halfpenny for every 



tierce, of 41 gallons of wet fifti exported. 

 Ditto of three pounds per ton 1 ** 

 for whale oil, 



D : *to of four pounds per cwt. I 

 for whale bone, J 



The following Jbas been the eifeft of this meafure. 



BARRELS 



