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unwilling to order the whole Venture out of the Port to return again to India-------On the same day arrived a Ship (the Minerva) with Convicts from Ireland, and on board of her there is Wine, Spirit, Beer, and many other things much Wanted; the Cargo of the Small Vessel being the Sole property of the Chief Officer; The Midling People, Superintendants, and Settlers, have been offered what Spirit or other things they want at a very Moderate Price out of the Minerva, if I refuse them permission to purchase what they requird, I shall with Justice be accused of encouraging Monopolys on the part of the Officers, a partiality to whom they can have no right to look for from me; thus situated I see it necessary to permit both to be accomodated -
But Sir suffer me here to observe , how great an Advantage Government might derive from this very inconvenience, which we can not possibly prevent, by the establishment of certain dutys upon particular Articles imported here from the East Indies, North America, Cape Good Hope, Rio Janiera: I am Convinc'd that the Liquors of different kinds which can brought hither by Adventurers, were the dutys such as I am sure would never be felt by the Consumer, if [we?] defray the expenses of the whole Civil Establishment, & this exclusive of what might be raised upon other Articles; Permit me therefore Sir to Submit to your Consideration the Public Advantages of a Colonial duty, which woud scarsely be known or felt by the inhabitants of this Settlement, who at present Pay so heavily for all they Want, & which no duty which might be imposd woud increase the price of; were this to take place, it might be thought no longer necessary to lay on any other restriction upon importation, by which means the quantities