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laid upon the Eafl India Company from 

 building fhips of fo large a fize as for- 

 merly. This meafure, inftead of being 

 of ufe, was a manifeft difcouragcment to 

 the growth of timber, becaufe it pre- 

 cluded the grower from carrying his com- 

 modity to any other market than the 

 Navy ', and as Government fixes its own 

 price, no man, in future, can be expected 

 to fuffer his timber to ftand beyond the 

 fize, which he has a right to difpofe of in 

 what manner he pleafes. Government 

 undoubtedly fecured all the timber then 

 ftanding, but effedlually cut itfclf off 

 from all farther fupply^ which it muft 

 feverely feel in the long run. 



It would perhaps have been better, 

 though I fpeak it with deference, that 

 nothing had been done in this matter, 

 than that a prohibition of this kind 

 fhould have been eflablifhed. A vaft 



deal 



