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Show (47 (/5) Commodities which we want; and the Fublicl; Notoriety; which every him may know; which every Man oughtto know; and their Population and their Culture ; to regulate their Commerce; and to cement and perfeft the ne~ cefihry Connection between the m and thefiMou ther Cou which when brought into one View and confide~ or a well digelted confil'tent, ()biefts of a Britilh l‘vlinil'ter's care ; and many Steps l'lin of é'Tolonization and Government. ‘7 he new f‘icquifitions will naturally firlt a:~ Principlesupon which they have been adopted 3 and will be ready to applaud what has been well done; to condemn what has been done amifs; and to foggtft any Eme ndations, Improvements, or Additions, whi ch may lie within his Knowledge, and occur to his: Refleétion. The follow ing Sheets are wrivtten-‘witha View to facilitate luch an Examinati on :.'1 hey pre~ .tend to no more than to colle€t the feveral Regulations that have been lately made with refpeci: to the Colonies: To weigh the which each of them appear Reafons upon s to have been rounded; and to fee how far thefe are [U ported by Facts, and by Maxims ofl'olicy. Thele Regulations- of Trade and aremany; and have been made in the different Departments of ourLegillative or Executive Government: They are therefore feat _ tered thro' P roc lamations, Statutes, and Orders: But they are all of equal Publick dities which belong to their feveral Climates; but Julio. thefe, we derive further Advantages from them on Account of their Situations : Tl}? 1‘)\;fi2:!fi0[l of [hole in Nari/z fjmfrz'ca (:n- fun-s Tn: liil‘trty of the other Colonies there; in- fomuen, r tat our only dangerous Neighbours, tlzelircac/b, do not think the Pittance that .was left them on the Continent,_ worth Retaining, but by the C..'i10n they are laid to have made of Lozzwmm to the Spaniards, have avowedly given up for ever their: great Objects, tor which alone the. began tlr‘ War. I": enquire into the Inforr'ation, and Canvafsthe tnnitour .A'ittertion: They are Will in extent, an; :chly piotltftive or the. valuable Commo- The ceded Mantis are of aim-oi: Equal Confequence, for Proteé‘ting‘ our own, am: for Annoying7 the Settlements or the Frrnr/‘z and Spaniards, ifthey lhould be again our Enemies. But the greater the Importance of thefe Acceffions to the Britiflz Dominion, to much the more Care and Circutrilpeftion is requrlite in the Dil‘pofitions to be made concerning them: And {och is the Difference or their bltUflthl‘lS and Circumltances, that the lame Regulations may be neceflary to the one, and fatal to the mi'li‘lie Benefit which accrues to the MorherCountry from a Colany on the Continent, ‘piin- 15 2 eipally "‘3::Q'":g‘ .g have been lately taken, which by their immediate Operation, or diftant C‘onfequences, may materially affectthele important Concerns. Every Man who is li‘ncerely interelted in whatever is interelling to his Country, will anxioufly conlider the Propriety of thele Meafures; vsill Wife and lalu'tary : ntry, lhould therefore be the pri ncipal red together, will appear to be either crude, incoherent, weak and perniciousAéts of Power, in; encreale of our Navigation: To enc ourage it", a: to expee't the Multiplication of Subjec ts; the Confumption of our Manufactures; the Supply of thole |