[72] 10th July, 1763.

[73] 24th April, 1764.

[74] 18th May, 1764.

[75] Verelst's View, p. 113.

[76] 30th March, 1772.

[77] Letter of Directors, 1st June, 1764.

[78] This tax was not on the real value, but on a reduced estimate: and paid before it was carried into the country.

[79] Had the plan been allowed to proceed, the renunciation of trade would have been compulsory.

[80] 14th December, 1765.

[81] Dated 23d November, 1765.