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kingdom, and promote trade in general, as well as augment 

 the revenue ;" and he recommends the payment of ton- 

 nage bounty under certain regulations. We have next 

 some very useful remarks in " Proposals for the White, 

 Herring, and Cod Fishery, humbly submitted by Mr 

 Grant." He points out the profit to the nation by the 

 building of busses, and suggests that the equivalent 

 money appropriated by the Act 1727, amounting to 

 L.4000, shall be applied to improve " the boat fishing." 

 Another is, " Eeasons Supporting the Proposals for 

 carrying on the British Herring-Fishery, &c.," by E. 

 Vernon, Esq. This writer says, " That the Dutch 

 herring-fishery, besides vessels and tenders, formerly 

 employed 3000 busses and 40,000 seamen, and that the 

 United Provinces thereby gained, according to the Pen- 

 sioner De Witts' calculation, five millions sterling per 

 annum, and he said it was the navy of Holland that 

 enabled it to dispute with Spain." He also says, " The 

 foreigners broke the attempts of the Scots some years 

 ago, and also that which Sir John Eyles and others were 

 concerned in, by underselling for a time at all markets 

 tliey can carry them to, and that, therefore, a joint stock 

 company is necessary successfully to stand such compe- 

 tition." The next is " A Proposal on the Fishery. By 

 Friendly." He recommends " the formation of a joint- 

 stock company," to be encouraged by Parliamentary 

 authority, and bounties on the fishing vessels, and remarks, 

 that "from such a glorious undertaking the nation in- 

 stantly will receive blessings, for it will certainly bring 

 into these kingdoms large sums yearly from foreign 

 nations, or else in merchandise, and increase the public 

 revenue." 



The author of the address " To the Committee upon 



