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opinion,
now
practically
unanimous. It involves a
risk of loss of business in
the junk carrying
trade,
which loss would be.
severely felt by the Colony. The bulk of the so-called imports and exports does not consist of imports and exports in the usual sense of those terms, but of goods in transit.
4.
In view of these
considerations I venture
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to express
the hope that Your
Lordship will not see fit to
compel the adoption of the proposal.
I have the honour to be
My Lord, Your Lordship's Mort Obadient
Humble Serva
Within Relief
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