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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A60831) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 34749) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2021:01) Some reasons humbly offered for the exportation of copper 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London : 1693?] Imprint from Wing. Reproduction of the original at the Harvard University Library. eng Copper industry and trade -- England -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- Commerce -- Early works to 1800. eebo Some reasons humbly offered for the exportation of copper. [no entry] 1693 1 608 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-08 Rekeyed and resubmitted 2008-10 Sampled and proofread 2008-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
SOME REASONS Humbly offered for the EXPORTATION of COPPER .

ABout 150 Years since , it was thought necessary to prohibite the Exportation of it , by reason of the scarcity at that time ; since which , the great plenty abroad , and the increase of our Forreign Trade , has for these many years supplied us with quantities sufficient for our own Consumption , and to spare , and therefore necessary to have liberty to Export the Overplus .

But Copper being now become a Manufacture of this Kingdom ; and greater quantities being made here than can be Vented , ( there being now above 50 Tunns lying unsold , for want of Buyers , ) a License for Exportation is become yet more necessary .

The want of Exportation will wholly discourage the making of Copper here ; which will be a loss to their Majesties in their Customs , a great damage to the Owners of the Copper-works and Mines , prevent farther Discoveries and Improvements of this kind , take from many Thousand poor People their lively-hood , make the late Act about Royal Mines in a great measure useless to the Subject , and deprive the Nation of the benefit of what is like to be one of its best Manufactures .

So long as the liberty of Importation is allowed , 't is most reasonable the Nation should Export the Surplus of its own Product ; for what we buy is gain to other Nations , but what we sell is all profit to our own , and if Forreign Copper may be brought to our Markets 't will be a great discouragement and loss to us , not to be permitted to send ours to Forreign Markets .

'T is well known , That for many Years before the present Copper-works were set up , there was no want of Copper in England ; and why then should any oppose the Exportation of what is here made , unless it be that they may have it at such price as none in England can afford to make it , and little more than half what any can import it for ; which is prefering a private Interest before a publick Good .

The Pewterers and Plummers , may as well complain at the Exportation of Tin and Lead , as the Braziers and Founders at Exporting Copper .

There is however no reason to fear that any will be Exported , whilst it can be sold here at home , since the price of Copper abroad is in no place greater , but in many less than 't is here . Beside the duties of Exportation and other incident Charges , will be at least 16 per Ct. added to the price here , which makes it very improbable that 't will besent abroad until it happens ( as it shortly will , if the Act for Exportation of it passes ) that much greater quantities be made here than will supply our own necessities , and the owners of the Copper-Works here , offer to supply the Complainants at all times with English Copper , at cheaper rates than they can buy that which is Imported from Torreign Parts .

☞ Note , That for these two years last past , there has been in all but 97 Tons of Copper Imported into the Port of London , as appears by the Custome-house books .

And above 100 Tons have been made here in England out of English Oares , within these eight Months last past .