THAT the said Colonies are a Great Improvement to Navigation, a Great Benefit to England, by Ex­porting from hence thither vast Quantities of the English Manufactures, and Importing many Useful Com­modities that are Exported again to Foreign Markets; whereby they Contribute much to the Ballance of Trade, and either bring in Bullion to England, or supply the Pay­ments, that otherways would require Money to be sent from hence to comply therewith.

THAT the said Collonies are under very Severe Hard­ships, from their Great Losses and Misfortunes of the last, and this present War.

THAT the present High Duty on Sugars, is also a Great Injury to that Trade; and any the least Addition thereto, will most certainly be a Discouragement to the Industry of the Planters, and tend to the further Depo­pulation of the said Islands; which consequently will be a general Loss to England and the Navigation thereof, and highly Advance the Collonies of the Dutch and French Nations, which thereby will be Encouraged to Encrease and Improve their Sugar-Making, and supply all Foreign Markets; and so Occasion in time, the utter Loss of those Great Advantages that do accrue to England from the Eng­lish Collonies.

For which Reasons, and very many others that might be Offer'd, 'tis humbly hoped, that the Honourable the House of Commons, will Agree with the Committee in Exempting Sugars from the Two Thirds Duty.