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deal of growing timber will now be cut, 

 at a fmaller fize than formerly ; befides 

 that all reftridions which affedt trade, or 

 private property in any fhapc, are impo- 

 litical, and odious. 



I have taken the liberty, to preface my 

 obfervations upon timber with this re- 

 mark, merely to fhew, that no regulation 

 of Government is fo likely to provide a 

 remedy againft the deficiency of timber, 

 as the private attention of individuals; 

 and therefore, great as the objedl before 

 us is, nothing feems wanting but to 

 convince men of landed property of the 

 great profits which refult from planting. 



That there is a deficiency of timber 

 in this kingdom, particularly in oak, 

 evidently appears from the proceedings 

 of the faid Committee; and every man 

 who has lately travelled much into the 

 internal parts of the country, muft be 



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