INTRODUCTION* J* 



for the ships of war, has very materially increafed, 

 fince the CommifTioners of Land Revenue made 

 their 1 1 th Report. 



" The confumption under the firft head, can- 

 not be eftimated nor compared, for reafons al- 

 ready given : But that under the other two heads 

 may be contrafted as follows. 



c I have faid, in the beginning of this letter, 

 that it was not my intention to difclofe any thing 

 on this fubject which his Majefty's Government 

 had thought it expedient to conceal. But, in 

 following this courfe, I certainly act more in ac- 

 quiefcence to the opinions of others, than from 

 any exercife of my own judgment. If there are 

 any parts of the Fourteenth Report which it is 

 expedient to conceal, ftill, much ufeful informa- 

 tion might be given to Parliament and the public, 

 confidently with fuch a referye. I am not aware, 

 that any good can refult from fuch a determined 

 concealment. If, as I have already obferved, there 



is 



