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oak timber must materially impede the trade 

 of ship building in these kingdoms, if not cause 

 it to cease altogether. That this must happen 

 at no very remote period is certain, unless the 

 most zealous endeavours are made, not only 

 by the nation, but by private individuals. 

 This fact demands but little exertion to prove 

 it. The inspection of the woods and planta- 

 tions in any given tract of country, and the 

 report of gentlemen who have hunted in va- 

 rious parts of the kingdom, will afford proof 

 sufficient. 



It, perhaps, may be said, the evidence is 

 not conclusive, and that it does not comprise 

 the whole of the united kingdom, but it is 

 argued, that the deficiency of timber in one 

 part of the country may be taken as a strong 

 presumptive proof of a limited quantity in the 

 other parts of it. 



The demand for materials in ship building 

 is, and will continue universal throughout the 

 empire ; therefore the supposition is, that a 



