British Committees, Commissions, and Councils of Trade and Plantations, 1622-1675

by Charles McLean Andrews

3. You are to consider how the Fishing Trade both at home and abroad may be encouraged and improoved to the best advantage.

The opening of Rivers, Ports and Harbours.

4. How Our Rivers may be made Navigable and Our Ports and Harbours more capable of receiving Shipping.

The Distributing of Trade and Manufactures.

5. And how Trade and Manufactures may be more fitly and equally distributed through Our Kingdomes.

To examine the Burthens of Trade.

6. You are strictly to Examine what Burthens the Trade of Our sayd Kingdomes doth at present Groane under both at home and abroad, more then the Trade of Neighbouring Princes and States.

To enquire into abuses in Trade and Manufactures.

7. You are to make due Search and Inquiry into the abuses practised among Merchants, Vintners, Wyne-Coopers, Brewers, Dyers, Apothecaryes, Goldsmyths, Refyners, Wyre-Drawers, Penterers, Hatters, Clothiers and other Trades and Manufactures within these Our Kingdomes, as also concerning Weights and Measures.