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HISTORY OF THE [book. vs. 
ing (continues the preamble) the mage of other-na¬ 
tions to keep their plantation trade to themselves .* 
Ten years after this, another act passed (25 Cha. 
II. c. 7.) imposing duties on sugar and other com- 
moditiesf exported from one colony to another, 
and the following is assigned as the reason: (C that 
the inhabitants of some of the said colonies, not 
content with being supplied with those commodi¬ 
ties for their own use, free from all customs, had, 
contrary to law, exported considerable quantities 
to divers parts of Europe, and did likewise vend 
great quantities to the shipping of other nations, 
to the great injury of the trade and navigation of 
* The design of this act, says Postlethwaite, was to make a double 
voyage necessary, where the colonies used any commodities of the 
growth and manufacture of Europe but British : far if they could nut 
be shipped in Great Britain, they must first be brought thither from 
the places of their growth and manufacture, and Great Britain would 
consequently have the benefit, not only of that freight, but of as ma¬ 
ny ships and sailors as must be employed in bringing them from 
thence, it is remarkable, that by this act Ireland was indirectly de¬ 
prived of the benefits allowed that kingdom by the act of navigation, 
for it is required, that none of the enumerated goods shall be carried 
from the plantations to any country or place whatsoever, until they 
have been first unladen and put ashore in some port or haven in Eng¬ 
land, F/ales, or Berwick. By a subsequent act this intention was 
avowed, and Ireland was expressly shut out from a direct trade with 
the plantations. 
•}- White sugar 5s. and muscovado is. 6d. per cwt. 5 tobacco id, 
cotton wool fd. indigo 2d. cacao id. per lb; logwood £.3. ginger is 
■the cwt. fustic, &c. 6d. 
