Daily Courant in London, Middlesex

Observations on Trade with Ireland and Plantations

Remainder of the Observations argue that opening free trade from the plantations to Ireland for unenumerated commodities would boost colonial consumption and English shipping, increase navigation, and curb reliance on foreign goods. The author critiques the 1696 clause constraining imports, contends it wrongly extends to unenumerated commodities, and calls for legislative clarification to permit such imports and support plantation economies.