CHAP. V.] 
WEST INDIES. 
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CHAPTER V. 
Charges brought against the Planters introductory of 
Opinions and Doctrines the Design of which is to prove , 
that the Settlement of the British Plantations was im¬ 
provident and unwise.—Testimony of the Inspector- 
General on this Subject, and Animadversions thereon. 
—-Erroneous Idea concerning a distinct Interest be¬ 
tween Great Britain and her Sugar Islands.—The 
National Income and the Profits of Individuals arising 
from those Islands considered separately.—Opinions of 
Postlethwaite and Child.—Whether the Duties on West 
Indian Commodities imported fall on the Consumer, and 
in what Cases?—Drawbacks and Bounties: Explana¬ 
tion of those Terms, and their Origin and Propriety 
traced and demonstrated.—Of the Monopoly-compact; 
its Nature and Origin.—Restrictions on the Colonists 
enumerated; and the Benefits resulting therefrom to the 
Mother Country pointed out and illustrated. — -Advan¬ 
tages which would accrue to the Planter, the Revenue, 
and the Public, from permitting the Inhabitants of the 
West Indies to refine their raw Sugar for the British 
Consumption.—Unjust Clamours raised in Great. Bri¬ 
tain on any temporary Advance of the West Indian 
Staples.—-Project of establishing Sugar Plantations in 
the East Indies under the Protection of Government 
considered.—Remonstrance which might be offered 
against this and other Measures. —• Conclusion. 
A FTER so copious a display as hath been given 
of the prodigiously increased value of these 
important islands, during the space of a century and 
