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would require. Even the advocates for the impor- 

 tation of Foreign grain might, in the event, find 

 the most extensive and satisfactory result, from a 

 system the most etfectual to the extension of Bri- 

 tish agriculture. The increase of population, and 

 the improvement in the condition of the population, 

 which would be incident to such a system, would 

 probably, in all but very abundant seasons, render 

 the importation of Foreign grain necessary ; but 

 whether that effect followed or not, the consump- 

 tion of all materials of Foreign growth or produc- 

 tion required for manufacture in the United King- 

 dom, and of Foreign luxuries not produced, or not 

 produced in sufficient quantity within the Em- 

 pire, would increase to great extent. 



Such importations from a Foreign country are 

 clear sources of benefit to the importing country, 

 as well as to the exporting country; — 



The grain, if required, because without 

 displacing the demand for grain of native 

 growth, it would supply the defect of crop 

 arising from the course of seasons, or 

 compensate for the inability of the 

 country (if unable), in good seasons, to 

 feed its population. 

 Ttie materials for manufacture, as a me- 

 dium in which to embody labor, and as 

 affoiding the means of varying the ex- 

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