having to that end issued forth the like warrant to the Sheriff as aforesaid To the Nineteenth

As concerning y

e

vessels belonging to this place

it is

already answered in the answer

y Lop ninth Querie @ for others they are but few which are either from England New England or the West Indies

er shipslwde of

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To the Twentieth what ob-

What obstructions do you find to the improvement of trade &c.

mruclions &c

a great obstruction to our trade is the hindring the importing Tobacco from the three lower

Ans.

Countys in Delaware as I have already given your Lop* an account in answer to the fifth of your queries It is likewise a great hindrance to our trade here

@ an inconveniency to the ships that come out of

England and the fishery that his Maty keeps not an officer at Newfoundland for formerly there went every year Sloops with provisions thither @ gave the provisions in exchange for their fish who again sold them to the Shipps for Bills of Exchange to England which

made good returns from this place

procuring back from England English goods which paid his Maty custom there

For the regulation of our trade we have made several rules among ourselves, the chief of which the product of Europe or West Indies bee imported into this province unless it

is that noe goods of

were directly from England or such part of the West Indies where such commoditys were produced, without paying as a custom to his Maty 10 pr cent To the one and Twentieth What advantage or improvements