[298] This is stated considerably under the computation made in the list of absentees published in Dublin in 1769, which makes the amount at that time £1,208,982 14s. 6d.
[299] Smith’s “Wealth of Nations,” vol. i., p. 316.
[300] Anderson on Com., vol. i., p. 131.
[301] The wish of traders for a monopoly is not confined to England; in the same kingdom some parts are restrained in favour of others, as in Sweden to this hour. Abbé Resnal, vol. ii., p. 28.
[302] Eng. Com. Journ., vol. xii., pp. 64, 68.
[303] Ib., p. 64.
[304] Ib., p. 7.
[305] Eng. Com. Journ., vol. xii., p. 527.
[306] Ib., p. 530.
[307] Ib., p. 434.