An humble representation to the honourable the commons of England assembled in Parliament, in relation to the importation of sail cloath from Holland. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B24492 of text N54504 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B24492 Wing H3644 Interim Tract Supplement Guide 816.m.13[63] ESTC N54504 ocm99882369

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 eng Foreign trade regulation -- Early works to 1800. Linen industry -- England -- Early works to 1800. eebo An humble representation to the honourable the commons of England assembled in Parliament, in relation to the importation of sail cloath from Holland. n/a 1706 2 667 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. 2014-04 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2014-12 Sampled and proofread 2014-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2015-03 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
An Humble Representation to the Honourable the Commons of England Assembled in Parliament , In relation to the Importation of Sail Cloath from Holland .

AT the time of the Prohibition with France in King Charles the Second's Reign , the French had in a manner the sole Trade of Sail Cloath , and very little was made in Holland . But since then the Dutch have so greatly improved that Manufacture , and arrived at such perfection in the making thereof , that at this very day they furnish all their neighbouring Nations with Canvas for Sails , and the French have utterly lost that Trade . By which means Holland does now draw from this Kingdom above Two Hundred Thousand Pounds a Year for this one Commodity , which might be prevented , in giving Encouragement to the making of Sail Cloath in England , which already is begun in several parts of this Kingdom , and brought to good perfection ; and it is humbly hoped the Consideration thereof , will deserve the Favour and Countenance of this Honourable House : For the Reasons following , viz.

1. The setting up this Manufacture will improve the Lands of England , and Employ many Thousands of Poor , by setting them to work , and thereby enable them to maintain their Families , and also support great numbers of Seamen and Souldiers Wives , in the absence of their Husbands abroad in the King's Service , by Earning their Bread in the Spining Trade , of which above Two Hundred are now employed in one work of this kind near this City , and many more in the Country . 2. If this Manufacture find Encouragement at Home , should a War happen at any time with Holland , we may then be supplied with Sail Cloath of our own production , which otherwise may prove very difficult to be had in such Quantities , as will enable the setting out the Navy Royal to Sea . 3. By making of this Manufacture , and bringing it to perfection , we shall lessen considerably the over Ballance of our Trade with Holland ( which is none of the least Evils that attend us ) and thereby prevent the Expence of so great a Summ from going Abroad , and Employ the same at Home , in one of the best and usefullest Manufactures to this Nation .

If therefore this Honourable House shall so think fit , it is humbly proposed that some further Duty may be Charged on all Sail Cloath Imported , and that his Majesty may be addressed to encourage the making of this Manufacture in England , by signifying his Royal Pleasure for the buying all such English made Sail Cloath as can be provided for the use of his Navy , and the same being of equal goodness with Hollands Cloath , may have such preference as his Majesty shall think fit : Which Encouragement is not doubted but will , in a few Years , enable the Manufacturers of this Commodity , to supply the Nation at Home , as well as the Plantations Abroad .

Note , That Sail Cloath , when Imported , is always Entered as Vittery Canvas , which is Rated to pay 5 s . Subsidy , and 2 s . 6 d . Additional Duty , so that when the Deductions of 5 and 10 l. per Cent . are taken off , it pays but 6 s . 8 d . for every Hundred Ells , which is of the Value of Fifteen Pounds to be sold here .

☞ From whence please to observe , that this Commodity does pay little above Two per Cent . whereas all other Commodities not Rated , do now pay at Value 10 l. per Cent .

Reasons for Encourageing the making of Sail Cloath in England , without having it from Holland .