ABSTRACT
The behaviour of the colonies in North America, on account of the late act of parliament, commonly called the Stamp-act, seems to be of so extraordinary a nature, as to demand the most immediate and attentive consideration of the legislature. The exports of the northern provinces, to Great Britain, consist of spermaceti and train oils, fish, furs, masts, ships, and some articles of lesser consequence. The greatest part indeed of the fish which are taken, are immediately carried to foreign markets; but the remittances made for that article to Great Britain, upon a moderate computation, are supposed to be not less than 300,000 annually. Provisions, the most staple commodities of the countries immediately southward of Great Britain, are likewise exported to advantage to foreigners, and the greatest part of their produce visits Great Britain in specie. The forests of North America afford an inexhaustible fund of lumber not only to great Britain islands, but the whole world.
