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with foreign nations, in the products ot" ait, as well 

 as of nature. 



It is sufficiently clear that exchanges of property, 

 iiithin the limits of the British IsleSy comprehend in 

 tlieir nature and character, all the advantages, in 

 respect of the national wealth and power, to be 

 derived from trade : that the trade of the British 

 Isles with the dependencies of the empire, combines 

 similar advantages in a very considerable degree : 

 and it is also clear that the exchanges of property 

 between the British empire and foreign countrieSy 

 conduce to the national wealth and power, but in a 

 /e*^ degree, and subject, in the instance of each foreign 

 country, to different and varying considerations. 



By what means then can each of these important 

 and intimately connected interests be advanced 

 in its proper degree and proportion ? 



The whole of the agricultural and spontaneous 

 productions of the British empire, in the various 

 parts of the globe, may properly be designated 

 British productions, which again may be reduced to 

 two parts or divisions ; namely. 



The Agricultural and spontaneous productions 

 of the British Isles. 



The Agricultural and spontaneous productions of 

 the British dependencies. 



The first are the foundation and chief internal 

 sources, the second are the chief external sources, 

 of the national wealth and power. 



