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ment of his Majesty's plantations in America, 

 and great prejudice of tlie trade and navigation 

 of this realm, and the vent of its commodities 

 thither, notwithstanding . . . ," (two above- 

 recited Acts) . . " and forasmuch as the reme- 

 dies and provisions by those laws are found not 

 large enough to obviate and prevent the planting 

 thereof . . . 



" 2. Justices of the Peace to command all con- 

 stables, etc., to make return to them of what 

 tobacco is planted, and upon whose land. 



" 4. Powers to officers, etc., to pull up and 

 destroy all plants. 



" 5. Penalty, 5s. from officers, etc., for every 

 rod left growing. 



"15. To continue in force for nine years." 

 (Continued by 5 Geo. I. c. 11.) 



But tobacco continued to be grown surrepti- 

 tiously even after this last Act — for example, in 

 Yorkshire, in the valleys of Ryedale and York, 

 we find instances of persons growing a consider- 

 able quantity. We give vei-batim the descrip- 

 tion of the same, by a contemporary. (Agricul- 

 tural Survey of Yorkshire, by Tuke. 1782.) 



" This plant was muph cultivated for a few 

 years, prior to the year 1782, in the Vale of 

 York, about Stillington and Sutton, and also in 

 a less degree in Ryedale. 



