Defects in former treaties to be avoided in future

On the Indian trade of the British colonists

Suggestions as to the boundaries which should be defined

in future treaties

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xviii

xix

Ruinous consequences resulting from the relaxation of the

maritime rights of Great Britain, and the suspension of

the navigation and colonial system

Canada-its present state and resources

Intended resumption of former system proved by the mea-

sures adopted in Mr. Pitt's last administration

XX

XXV

xxix

xxxi

An account of the timber trade of the British American

provinces from the reign of queen Ann to the present time xxxiii

Suggestions for the encouragement and extension of this

trade

Statement of the duties imposed on timber, &c. from the

United States compared with the duties on the same

articles from other countries

xxxvii

xxxviii

On the cultivation of hemp and flax in the provinces and

their importance

xl

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick-their present state and

Their importance to Great Britain as a maritime power

Their capability, with Canada and the mother country, to

supply fish, lumber, provisions, &c. to the British West

India islands

State of the fisheries of these colonies, and on the necessity

of excluding the Americans from them

On their fish trade to Europe

Impolicy of impressing British fishermen.

Suspension of navigation and colonial system injurious to

British plantation shipping

Decrease of plantation built ships under the new system

Decrease of British ships in the direct trade with the United

States

Decrease of ship-building in Great Britain

ib.

ib.

xlviii

li

liii

Iv

Ivi

ib.

lvii

Origin of the new or suspending system

The several statutes on which the same was founded

On their operation and ruinous effect

Depressed state of British shipping in 1801-2

On the impolicy of rapidly discharging seamen from the

navy at the close of a war

Pare

lviii

ib.

lx

ib.

lxi

Remarks on the defence of this system

ib.

On its violation of ancient principles, and the evil con-

sequences resulting from it

ib.

Alteration of former system not warranted by the ad-

mission of foreigners to be owners of British-built

ships in the American war

Increase of the trade, &c. of Great Britain not attributa-

lxiii

ble to the new system

lxiv

Deviation from the navigation system only warranted in

two instances

Exposition of erroneous facts advanced in favour of the

new system

lxvi

Decrease in the employment of British ships under the

new system and increase of foreign ships, with various

statements

Constitutional objections to the new system and to carry-

ing on the trade of the kingdom under orders of council

lxix

lxxi

Praise-worthy conduct of the shipping interest during

the war of the French revolution

lxxvii

On Mr. Pitt's intention to resume the former system and

to enforce the maritime rights of Great Britain

Efforts of the American party to extend the new system
West India produce allowed to be exported to the United
States in British bottoms

ib.

lxxix

ib.

On the endeavours to lessen the popularity of the ener

getic measures of the present administration

On the right of Great Britain to issue the late orders of
council

Petition of the merchants of London in 1807 in support

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1xxx

of the old system, and praying enquiry, &c.

Similar petitions from the out ports

lxxxii

ib.

On the capital embarked in British shipping

lxxxvi

On the value of the circuitous trade to the British West

Indies

lxxxvii

1

On the necessity of re-establishing in the British West

India islands mercantile houses to supply provisions,

&c. as formerly

Interference of American ships with British

Large proportion of American ships employed in the

trade of the British West India islands

Examination of Mr. Baring's statement of the exports
and imports of the United States

The trade with America not so beneficial as represented

The carrying trade of the United States forms the ba-

lance of their trade

Summary of the exports from the United States for the

last five years

lxxxviii

ib.

lxxxix

ib.

xcii

XCV

ib.

The trade of America to the continent of Europe in-
jurious to Great Britain

ib.

The American trade to Vera Cruz detrimental to British
interests

On the importance of the maritime rights of Great
Britain and of the navigation and colonial system

On the necessity of giving effect to the carrying trade of

Great Britain with a view to the support of its naval

power

Object of the work

Conclusion

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cviii

cix

cxii

APPENDIX.

No. 1. (A.)

Report of a case decided in the Vice Admiralty Court of

New Brunswick, involving the claim of the United

States to the Islands in Passamaquoddy Bay

Libel

1

ib.

2

Claim

Grant of Moose Island, &c. to Francis Bernard, under the

great seal of Nova Scotia, in 1765

ib.

M. Bowdoin's letter to lieutenant-governor Carleton,

Sept. 1785, respecting these islands

9

ib.

His reply

Act of assembly of New Brunswick, in 1786, dividing the
counties into townships, including these islands

Mr. Cooper an American sheriff in 1791, came to Moose
`Island with an armed party; his attempts there to in-
fluence the inhabitants, some of whom took the oath
of allegiance to the United States, and to whom the
latter actually granted lands in these islands, &c.
Meritorious service of Mr. Leonard the British superin-
tendent of trade to prevent encroachments and contra-
band trade

State of Moose Ísland in 1985 and 1805

Observations on the situation of these islands, and the

waters adjoining, and the boundaries of the British pro-

vinces under the treaty of 1783

The duke of Portland's letter to lieutenant-governor

Carleton in 1799 respecting these islands

13

Mr. Liston's dispatch, December 1798, referred to in
lord Grenville's letter

ib.

Mr. Benson, an American judge, his opinion respecting

this claim

14

Mr. Liston's remarks on this opinion, and reference to

Mitchell's map

Engraved section from Mitchell's map

16

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