For, howbeit, we trust that the enemy's persevering endeavors to be freed from the arms of this Company in the West Indies, is a clear and irrefragible argument of the service which it is daily conferring on this State, whilst the latter seems, nevertheless, not to greatly esteem or consider it ; yet the following Deduction will serve more strongly to confirm those who have duly comprehended the importance of the Company to this State, and aflford better information to those who may entertain a doubt thereupon.

Brief deduction of the advantages the Commonwealth derives from the Company.

As regards what it consumes. First: The Company hath yearly, on an average, one year with another, equipped, victualled and dispatched over fifty ships. Hath employed over six thousand, as well soldiers as seamen, and over eight or nine thousand during the last year. And for the support thereof, purchased and slaughtered a large quantity of cattle, made great store of biscuit, hard bread, flour, beans, peas, groats, dried codfish, butter and cheese, and such like supplies. Hath, also, sent large quantity of wines, brandies, oil, vinegar, and similar liquors. Item, a large amount of powder, lead, bullets, and other munitions of war. Secondly: Regarding duties. The Company imported an excessively large amount of costly wares, such as Cochineal, Silk, Indigo, an innumerable quantity of Sugars, Hides, Ginger and other spices. Cotton,

HOLLAND DOCUMENTS : IL 63 Elephants' teeth, Tobacco, Brazil and other woods, Salt, Gums, etc., from the exportation of which to other countries the State had the benefit of large duties. Thirdly: By the increase of the Trade and Wealth of the Commonalty. The said Company brought into the country a very large amount of gold and silver, both coined and uncoined; exported a vast quantity of all sorts of manufactures, most of which were made here for the Trade to Guinea alone requires, for all descriptions of manufactures, ;