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... increased daily ; and he demanded a further sum to enable the King to carry on the war . In their turn the Commons pleaded that they had never before been in such poverty . They stated their distresses to have arisen in great part from ...
... increased daily ; and he demanded a further sum to enable the King to carry on the war . In their turn the Commons pleaded that they had never before been in such poverty . They stated their distresses to have arisen in great part from ...
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... increase of the navy of England . " The King replied to their petition- " Let the statute thereupon " made be kept and observedt . " Mr. Ricardo thus alludes to this Act : - " The first Naviga- " tion Act did not work well , and had ...
... increase of the navy of England . " The King replied to their petition- " Let the statute thereupon " made be kept and observedt . " Mr. Ricardo thus alludes to this Act : - " The first Naviga- " tion Act did not work well , and had ...
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... increase . With reference to protec- tive Navigation Laws , however , the unproductive nature of the times delayed the expected harvest . Although the Parliament of Richard II . , nor any other Parliament , could not , as Mr. Ricardo ...
... increase . With reference to protec- tive Navigation Laws , however , the unproductive nature of the times delayed the expected harvest . Although the Parliament of Richard II . , nor any other Parliament , could not , as Mr. Ricardo ...
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... increase of our maritime navy -the law which made the property of the merchant available to the Crown . A more severe tax upon private energy was never imposed ; and it is rather surprising than otherwise , that private merchants could ...
... increase of our maritime navy -the law which made the property of the merchant available to the Crown . A more severe tax upon private energy was never imposed ; and it is rather surprising than otherwise , that private merchants could ...
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... increased . Edward VI . and his suc- cessor upon the throne , Mary , had used some efforts to check this rapid growth of foreign prosperity , in as far as it was derivable , from England , by placing certain restrictions upon foreign ...
... increased . Edward VI . and his suc- cessor upon the throne , Mary , had used some efforts to check this rapid growth of foreign prosperity , in as far as it was derivable , from England , by placing certain restrictions upon foreign ...
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Page 11 - December, one thousand six hundred fifty-one, and from thenceforwards, no goods or commodities whatsoever, of the growth, production, or manufacture of Asia, Africa, or America, or of any part thereof; or of any islands belonging to them or any of them, or which are described or laid down in the usual maps or cards of those places, as well of the English plantations as others...
Page 309 - ... 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...
Page 301 - An Act to indemnify all persons concerned in advising, issuing , or acting under, a certain order in Council, for regulating the tonnage duties on certain Foreign Vessels, and to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for authorising His Majesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the 'duties and drawbacks on goods imported or exported in any Foreign Vessels...
Page 299 - An Act to regulate the Trade of British Possessions abroad, as provides that no Goods shall be imported into or exported from any of the British Possessions in America by Sea from or to any Place other than the United Kingdom, or some other of such Possessions, except into or from the several Ports denominated Free Ports...
Page 316 - An Act to regulate the trade between his majesty's possessions in America and the West Indies, and other parts of the world.
Page 11 - 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...
Page 307 - Plantations or Territories to his Majesty belonging or in his possession or which may hereafter belong unto or be in the possession of His Majesty His Heires and Successors in Asia Africa or America...
Page 22 - Mighty and destructive, by that severe act of parliament which excludes us the having any commerce with any nation in Europe but our own, so that we cannot add to our plantation any commodity that grows out of it, as olive trees, cotton or vines.
Page 300 - An Act to consolidate and amend the several Laws now in force with respect to Trade from and to Places within the Limits of the Charter of the East India Company, and to make further Provisions with respect to such Trade, and to amend an Act of the present Session of Parliament for the registering of Vessels, so far as it relates to Vessels registered in India...
Page 12 - And it is further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Goods or Commodities that are of Foreign Growth, Production, or Manufacture, and which are to be brought into England, Ireland, Wales, the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, or Town of...