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... employed themselves in piracies and plunders , and petty wars with the merchants and seamen of the Continent , by suppression of which , Henry IV . did some- thing really to advance the commerce and manufactures of the kingdom . A very ...
... employed themselves in piracies and plunders , and petty wars with the merchants and seamen of the Continent , by suppression of which , Henry IV . did some- thing really to advance the commerce and manufactures of the kingdom . A very ...
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... employed in the same trade . No more is threatened for 1848 , than what actually was done in 1558 , and in 1815 , and in 1824. When we shut foreigners out , they There was nothing followed the example and shut us out . for them to carry ...
... employed in the same trade . No more is threatened for 1848 , than what actually was done in 1558 , and in 1815 , and in 1824. When we shut foreigners out , they There was nothing followed the example and shut us out . for them to carry ...
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... employed in the importation of our own American products , whilst our own shipping lay rotting in our harbours : our mariners also , for want of employment at home , went into the service of the Dutch . " Wherefore , the consumer being ...
... employed in the importation of our own American products , whilst our own shipping lay rotting in our harbours : our mariners also , for want of employment at home , went into the service of the Dutch . " Wherefore , the consumer being ...
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... employ- ment in mere carriage for any foreigners ; " That this cheapness of the Dutch , and other foreign navigation and trading , had not only increased their own manufactures , but those of all people that gave them reasonable free ...
... employ- ment in mere carriage for any foreigners ; " That this cheapness of the Dutch , and other foreign navigation and trading , had not only increased their own manufactures , but those of all people that gave them reasonable free ...
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... employed in the trade of the country , inwards and outwards , including both British and foreign tonnage has increased , From 4,098,507 tons in 1820 to 12,415,586 tons in 1846 . Total tonnage . British . British tonnage inwards has ...
... employed in the trade of the country , inwards and outwards , including both British and foreign tonnage has increased , From 4,098,507 tons in 1820 to 12,415,586 tons in 1846 . Total tonnage . British . British tonnage inwards has ...
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able seamen aforesaid Africa American ships apprentices bill of sale British possessions British seamen British ships British vessels brought build Canary Islands captains cargo carry certificate of registry cheaper coast collector and comptroller collector or comptroller colonies commercial competition consul copper cost cotton crew Customs declaration dominions Dutch duty East India enacted England English ship English vessels entered Europe export foreign countries foreign port foreign ships foreign vessels freight Guernsey Hamburgh hereby imported increase indentures islands labour Lascars Majesty Majesty's manufacture marine master or owner mate merchant service month Navigation Act Navigation Laws officers Order in Council Parliament penalty person present privileges produce of Asia prohibited Prussian register ticket respect restriction Royal Navy sail sailors says ship belonging ship or vessel shipowners Straits of Gibraltar sugar Swedish thereof timber tion tonnage tons trade United Kingdom voyage wages warehoused wool
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Page 226 - ... it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time, by Order in Council, to...
Page 315 - Provinces, properly registered, and owned by the citizens thereof, or any of them, and whereof the master and three-fourths of the mariners, at least, are citizens of the said United Provinces, shall be considered as vessels of the said United Provinces.
Page 294 - States shall be deemed to be the "master" thereof; and every person (apprentices excepted) who shall be employed or engaged to serve in any capacity on board the same shall be deemed and taken to be a "seaman"; and the term "vessel...
Page 313 - An Act to regulate the trade between his majesty's possessions in America and the West Indies, and other parts of the world.
Page 68 - that the privileges thereby granted to foreign ships shall be limited to the ships of those countries which, having colonial possessions, shall grant the like privileges of trading with those possessions to British ships ; or which, not having colonial possessions, shall place the commerce and navigation of this country, and of its possessions abroad, upon the footing of the most favoured nation...
Page 303 - December, 1660, and from thence forward, no goods, or commodities, whatsoever, shall be imported into, or exported out of, any lands, islands, plantations, or territories, to his majesty belonging or in his possession, or which may hereafter belong nnto or be in the possession of his majesty, his heirs and successors, in Asia, Africa, or America...
Page 303 - Berwick-upon-Tweed, or are of the built of and belonging to any of the said lands, islands, plantations or territories as the proprietors and right owners thereof, and whereof the master and three fourths of the mariners at least are English...
Page 76 - Parliament {naming the times when such letters of denization have been granted respectively, or the year or years in which such act or acts for naturalization have passed respectively ;] and that no foreigner, directly or indirectly, hath any share or part interest in the said ship or vessel.
Page 246 - That if any master or other person having or taking the charge or command of any ship or vessel, in...
Page 305 - ... most favoured nation, unless His Majesty, by His Order in Council, shall in any case deem it expedient to grant the whole or any of such privileges to the ships of any foreign country, although the conditions aforesaid shall not, in all respects, be fulfilled by such foreign country...