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be in the colonies ; but the excess in one would 

 be balanced, or nearly so, by the reduction of 

 another ; and as the prices allowed for the pro- 

 duce are such as the ordinary state of the 

 market will always afford, and after making a 

 reasonable allowance for tythes, freight, &c. 

 the general result is sufficient to induce spe- 

 culation with tolerable fair prospects of success. 

 It must be also taken into consideration, that 

 the expense of the machinery is very moderate ; 

 nor should it escape notice that a steady de- 

 mand will be found in England both for flax 

 and seed at fair prices. With respect to hemp, 

 it can never be doubted but what his majesty's 

 government will be again ready to lend every 

 support and encouragement to the production 

 of an article in our own dominions that we have 

 long been forced to purchase from strangers ; 

 which cultivation meeting with success, in a 

 few years may render our country wholly in- 

 dependent of the north of Europe for its sup- 

 ply, or at any rate liberate it from the ap- 

 prehension of ever being put to serious in- 

 convenience by any change of political senti- 

 ments in sovereigns. The welfare of my native 

 province and its parent state has ever been 

 with me the strongest incentive to exertion ; 

 and a ray of hope that I may be an humble 



