VI 
CONTENTS. 
CHAP. III. 
Principles on which the nations of Europe settled colonies in America. 
—Commercial regulations of Great Britain. Remarks on the 
acts of navigation.—Admission of foreign buht vessels eventu¬ 
ally beneficial.—Exports from Great Britain to the Sugar Islands, 
and their value.—The same from Ireland.—Wines from Ma¬ 
deira and the Azores.—Other profits .--“Summary of the whole. 
—Imports from the West Indies to Great Britain and Ireland, and 
their value according to the London prices .—Amount of British 
capital vested in the Sugar Islands .—Shipping and seamen.— 
—General observations.—Appendix . 21 7 
CHAP. IV. 
Trade between the British West Indies and North America previous 
to the late civil war.—Official account of American supplies, 
and their value.—Ships and seamen. — Returns.—Advantages re¬ 
sulting from this trade to Great Britain.—Measures adopted by 
government on the re-establishment of peace.—Proclamation of the 
2 d July, 1783. —Petitions from the West Indies.—Opposition of 
the settlers in Nova Scotia, &c. and the ship-builders at home. 
—Reference to the Committee of Privy Council.—Evidence ta¬ 
ken by the Committee.—Their final opinion thereon. — Proceed- 
ings of government.—Destruction of negroes in the West Indies 
in consequence .—Act of the 28 th Geo. III. Ch. 6 .—Present state 
and value of the trade between the British West Indies and the 
remaining British Provinces in America.—The same with the Uni¬ 
ted States of America—Inference from the whole. — Appendix. 255 
CHAP. V. 
Charges brought against the Planters introduStory of opinions and doc¬ 
trines the design of which is to prove, that the settlement of the 
British Plantations was improvident and unwise.—Testimony of 
the Inspector-General on this subject, and animadversions thereon. 
