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fuved therein, the benefit is less certainli) perma- 

 nenily British, than in the instance first mentioned, 

 of the intercourse within the British Isles; because 

 the dependent country may cease to be a British 

 dependency. But in counterpoise of this disad- 

 vantage, so long as the connexion be maintained 

 and continued, the interchanges being effected 

 through the medium of British shipping, the na- 

 tional arm for protection is invigorated and streng- 

 thened, in a degree commensurate with the distance of 

 the dependency, the salubrity of its climate, and the 

 bulk of the commodities interchanged. 



In the instance of the exchange of property be- 

 tween the several parts or members of the British 

 Empire and foreign countries, the intercourse, 

 under different degrees of probability, is liable to 

 iyiterruption ; one only of the parties receiving 

 advantage is British, the advantages are divided in 

 the varying proportions of the varying circumstances 

 and different relative situations of each of these 

 foreign countries to the United Kingdom ; and it is 

 to be well observed, tliatthe intercourse with some 

 foreign countries is conducted chiefly in British 

 shipping, the intercourse with other foreign coun- 

 tries, on the contrary, is conducted chiefly or entire- 

 ly in Foreign shij)ping. 



Here then arc guides which leave no question as 

 to the [)olicy of giving the utmost facility and 

 encouragement to the interchanges of property, 



