Part 51

October 24, 1698.

Com. Journ., vol. ii., pp. 1007, 1035.

Com. Journ., p. 1032.

Ib., vol. ii., p. 1082.

Com. Journ., vol. ii., p. 1007.

Ib., 1104, by 105 against 41.

10 W. 3, ch. 5.

And. on Com. Journ., vol. i., 204.

The Commissioners of Trade in England, by their representation of the 11th October, 1698, say (Eng. Com. Journ., vol. xii., p. 437), "they conceive it not necessary to make any alteration whatsoever in this Act," but take notice that the duties on broadcloth, of which very little is made in Ireland, is 20 per cent.; but the duty on new drapery, of which much is made, is but 10 per cent.

Eng. Stat., 10 and 11 William III., ch. 10, passed in 1699.

12 Ch. II. ch. 4, Eng., and afterwards continued by 11 Geo. I., ch. 7. Brit.

By an Eng. Act, made in 1663, the same which laid the first restraint on the exportation of cattle.

See the Address of the English House of Lords.

Potatoes and milk, or more frequently water.

Dr. Smith's "Wealth of Nations," vol. i., p. 94.

Ib., pp. 85, 86.

Dr. Smith's "Wealth of Nations," vol. i., p. 445; Dr. Campbell's "Polit. Survey of Great Britain," vol. ii., p. 159; Anderson on "Industry."

Smith, ib.

Sir W. Petty's "Political Survey of Ireland," p. 90.

Smith's "Wealth of Nations," vol. i., p. 446.

Ib.

Lord Strafford's Letters, vol. i., p. 33.

Smith's "Wealth of Nations," vol. i., p. 445.

Sir M. Decker's "Decline of Foreign Trade," p. 155, and Anderson on "Commerce," vol. ii., p. 149.

Compare the circumstances of the two countries in one of those articles which affects all the rest. The sums raised in Great Britain in time of peace are said to amount to ten millions, in Ireland to more than one million yearly. The circulating cash of the former is estimated at twenty-three millions, of the latter at two.

See post 81.

Essay on the "Trade of Ireland," pp. 6, 7.

"Decline of Foreign Trades," pp. 55, 56, 155.