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 MEMOIR 



OM TfIB 



CHINESE TRADE. 

 By M, B R U N E L. 



IN an age when it is well known that 

 the preponderance of ftates is regulated 

 by their commerce, an object of fo much im- 

 portance ought to be appreciated according 

 to its juft value. This is the heft method 

 of contributing to the glory and profperity 

 of a kingdom; and, on that account| it 

 ought to engage the attention of every good 

 citizen. Whether we confider commerce 

 as external or internal, it is equally fubjed 

 to laws ; but both are fubordinate to necef- 

 fjty, or the abundance of the moment. It 



depend* 



