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         Beeckman, Daniel.
      
       
         
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             To the honourable the Commons of England assembled in Parliament proposals humbly offered to lay down a method which will totally prevent all robberies upon the highway, raise five hundred thousand pounds per annum to the government, and increase dealings of all kinds ...
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           To
           the
           HONOURABLE
           the
           
             Commons
             of
             England
          
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           .
        
         
           
             PROPOSALS
             Humbly
             Offered
             to
             lay
             down
             a
             Method
             which
             will
             totally
             prevent
             all
             Robberies
             upon
             the
             High-way
             ,
             Raise
             
               Five
               Hundred
               Thousand
            
             Pounds
             
               per
               Annum
            
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             Increase
             Dealings
             of
             all
             kinds
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               By
               Erecting
               Chambers
               of
               Accompts
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               to
               return
               money
               from
               place
               to
               place
               ,
               as
               Trade
               shall
               require
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               By
               a
               Computation
               made
               of
               the
               number
               of
               people
               in
               
                 England
                 ,
                 Wales
              
               ,
               &c
               with
               the
               consumption
               of
               Goods
               transferred
               from
               place
               to
               place
               throughout
               the
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               Ways
               of
               transmitting
               moneys
               ,
               from
               place
               to
               place
               ,
               on
               sight
               of
               Bills
               ,
               and
               ballancing
               of
               Accompts
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               By
               wayes
               and
               means
               to
               furnish
               those
               Chambers
               of
               Accompts
               with
               Cash
               ,
               sufficient
               to
               answer
               ,
               in
               ready
               moneys
               ,
               all
               the
               Goods
               that
               shall
               be
               bought
               and
               sold
               throughout
               the
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               By
               presuming
               that
               the
               Profits
               ,
               arising
               from
               the
               said
               Chambers
               ,
               will
               amount
               to
               the
               sum
               of
               500000
               l.
               
                 per
                 Annum
              
               ;
               Persons
               paying
               no
               more
               for
               such
               returns
               than
               has
               been
               Customary
               ,
               time
               out
               of
               mind
               ,
               on
               the
               like
               occasions
               .
            
          
        
         
           1.
           
           WERE
           there
           Four
           
             Grand
             Chambers
             of
             Accompts
          
           erected
           in
           London
           ,
           (
           being
           the
           
             Metropolitan
             City
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           )
           to
           answer
           all
           Countys
           in
           
             England
             ,
             Wales
          
           ,
           &c.
           and
           those
           nominated
           
             The
             Principal
          
           or
           Grand
           
           Chambers
           of
           each
           County
           ,
           or
           Division
           ;
           and
           let
           them
           have
           power
           to
           fix
           a
           
             Petty
             Chamber
          
           in
           most
           Principal
           Towns
           of
           Trade
           ,
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           &c.
           
           Providing
           for
           every
           Principal
           or
           
             Grand
             Chamber
          
           ,
           a
           
             different
             Stamp
          
           ;
           with
           Numbers
           to
           be
           kept
           in
           every
           
             Petty
             Chamber
          
           ,
           so
           fixed
           ,
           (
           as
           aforesaid
           )
           placing
           Clerks
           ,
           in
           each
           Chamber
           of
           London
           ,
           distinctly
           for
           each
           County
           .
           And
           were
           all
           
             Inland
             Bills
          
           strictly
           forbid
           ,
           and
           all
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           
             Chapmen
             ,
             Carriers
          
           ,
           and
           Hagglers
           ,
           Prohibited
           from
           Travelling
           with
           any
           Sum
           or
           Sums
           of
           money
           (
           more
           than
           to
           Defray
           their
           
             Travelling
             Charges
          
           :
           )
           But
           so
           often
           as
           occasion
           offers
           ,
           let
           each
           ,
           and
           every
           Person
           ,
           pay
           such
           greater
           Sums
           of
           money
           into
           any
           of
           the
           Chambers
           ,
           from
           whence
           it
           may
           be
           Remitted
           to
           any
           place
           ,
           as
           desired
           ,
           with
           as
           great
           Expedition
           as
           the
           
             General
             Post
          
           can
           reach
           it
           :
           The
           Party
           having
           his
           money
           so
           Remitted
           ,
           paying
           for
           the
           same
           
             Three
             Pence
             per
             Pound
          
           ;
           or
           something
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           
             distance
             of
             Place
          
           from
           whence
           it
           shall
           be
           so
           Remitted
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           IT
           is
           supposed
           (
           by
           common
           Computation
           )
           that
           there
           are
           
             Six
             Millions
          
           of
           people
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           Dominion
           of
           Wales
           ,
           &c.
           (
           which
           if
           so
           )
           they
           cannot
           subsist
           ,
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           for
           less
           Charge
           ,
           in
           
             Meat
             ,
             Drink
          
           ,
           and
           Apparel
           ,
           than
           Seven
           Pounds
           
             per
             Annum
          
           each
           person
           ,
           which
           amounts
           to
           
             Forty
             Two
             Millions
          
           Yearly
           expended
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           ;
           which
           at
           
             Three
             Pence
          
           per
           Pound
           ,
           Annually
           paid
           for
           such
           Returns
           ,
           or
           Transmittances
           of
           money
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           amounts
           to
           the
           Sum
           of
           
             Five
             Hundred
             Twenty
             Five
             Thousand
          
           Pounds
           
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           besides
           the
           large
           Sums
           that
           are
           expended
           in
           a
           Year
           for
           
             Houshold
             Goods
             ,
             Plate
             ,
             Jewels
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           ☞
           Note
           ,
           What
           is
           Consumed
           in
           the
           Year
           must
           be
           the
           Gain
           of
           Trade
           ;
           the
           Returns
           are
           infinitely
           more
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           SUPPOSE
           a
           Merchant
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Trader
           ,
           or
           Dealer
           ,
           sells
           his
           
             Goods
             ,
             Cattle
          
           ,
           or
           Wares
           ,
           in
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           &c.
           receiving
           his
           moneys
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           being
           the
           Sum
           of
           a
           Thousand
           pounds
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ;
           he
           or
           they
           paying
           such
           sum
           or
           sums
           into
           the
           Chamber
           next
           adjoyning
           ,
           may
           have
           it
           remitted
           to
           any
           part
           ,
           without
           running
           any
           Hazard
           ;
           the
           person
           receiving
           the
           same
           ,
           discounting
           
             Three
             Pence
             per
          
           pound
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           distance
           of
           place
           :
           And
           upon
           payment
           of
           his
           moneys
           into
           the
           said
           Chamber
           ,
           he
           shall
           Receive
           a
           Bill
           of
           Return
           indented
           ;
           the
           Office
           or
           Chamber
           Filing
           another
           of
           the
           same
           Date
           ;
           and
           a
           third
           so
           agreeing
           with
           the
           two
           former
           ,
           shall
           be
           sent
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           where
           he
           intends
           to
           receive
           the
           same
           ,
           with
           advice
           to
           pay
           it
           to
           the
           said
           Party
           ,
           or
           his
           Order
           ,
           upon
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           
           Party's
           Bill
           so
           mentioned
           ,
           making
           such
           payment
           in
           good
           Currant
           Coin
           of
           England
           ;
           and
           upon
           
             payment
             thereof
          
           ,
           to
           give
           his
           Receipt
           ,
           indorsed
           upon
           the
           said
           Bill
           ,
           for
           so
           much
           Moneys
           ,
           as
           the
           said
           Bill
           expresses
           to
           be
           due
           :
           By
           which
           means
           every
           
             Petty
             Chamber
          
           may
           be
           able
           to
           adjust
           his
           Accomps
           with
           the
           
             Grand
             Chambers
          
           of
           London
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           they
           shall
           be
           required
           to
           do
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           AS
           to
           the
           Furnishing
           the
           said
           Chambers
           with
           Cash
           sufficient
           to
           answer
           such
           Ends
           ,
           I
           presume
           the
           
             moneys
             Collected
          
           for
           the
           KING's
           Taxes
           ;
           The
           Excise
           ,
           and
           other
           moneys
           already
           Charged
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           Charged
           ,
           by
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           with
           Moneys
           payable
           for
           all
           manner
           of
           Goods
           or
           Commodities
           through
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           parts
           remote
           ;
           being
           paid
           into
           the
           said
           Chambers
           ,
           in
           each
           Town
           or
           County
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           be
           Remitted
           to
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           may
           (
           as
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           )
           answer
           the
           ENDS
           Proposed
           ,
           with
           all
           Objections
           that
           shall
           be
           made
           against
           it
           ;
           only
           allowing
           
           
             Petty
             Chapmen
          
           ,
           who
           shall
           Travel
           the
           Country
           for
           some
           Miles
           ,
           to
           lay
           out
           moneys
           in
           order
           to
           buy
           up
           Goods
           ;
           as
           Wooll
           ,
           &c.
           buying
           two
           or
           three
           Tod
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           and
           three
           or
           four
           in
           another
           ,
           where
           they
           can
           meet
           with
           them
           :
           For
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imagined
           ,
           such
           Chapmen
           as
           these
           :
           shall
           have
           their
           moneys
           remitted
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           uncertainty
           in
           what
           place
           they
           shall
           buy
           their
           Goods
           :
           But
           my
           meaning
           is
           ,
           That
           such
           Persons
           ,
           who
           bring
           their
           Goods
           to
           a
           certain
           Town
           or
           Market
           ,
           selling
           them
           for
           
             considerable
             sums
          
           ;
           and
           such
           Persons
           ,
           who
           shall
           carry
           in
           their
           moneys
           to
           a
           Market
           or
           Fair
           to
           Buy
           with
           .
           (
           As
           for
           Example
           .
           )
           A
           Person
           living
           at
           Exeter
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           place
           ,
           hearing
           of
           a
           parcel
           of
           Wooll
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           Northampton
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           place
           Cross
           the
           Country
           ,
           though
           far
           remote
           ;
           The
           said
           Party
           ,
           paying
           the
           moneys
           he
           intends
           to
           lay
           out
           ,
           into
           the
           Chamber
           of
           the
           Town
           aforesaid
           ,
           the
           Clerk
           of
           that
           Chamber
           ,
           sending
           up
           the
           Advice-Indenture
           ,
           to
           the
           proper
           Clerk
           of
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           he
           shall
           Remit
           the
           moneys
           to
           the
           Chamber
           of
           the
           said
           Town
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           expedition
           ,
           as
           the
           Post
           can
           make
           :
           And
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           may
           all
           
             Gentlemens
             Rents
          
           ,
           or
           moneys
           for
           Portions
           ,
           and
           Purchases
           be
           transmitted
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           For
           if
           any
           person
           shall
           adventure
           to
           Travel
           with
           Sums
           of
           money
           ,
           after
           having
           such
           conveniencies
           provided
           for
           their
           so
           safe
           and
           easy
           ways
           of
           Remittances
           ,
           I
           Judge
           the
           Country
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           Liable
           to
           make
           good
           what
           shall
           be
           so
           lost
           by
           Robberies
           after
           such
           Bold
           and
           Daring
           Adventures
           .
           And
           they
           may
           keep
           an
           exact
           Ballance
           on
           all
           occasions
           ,
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           and
           at
           all
           times
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           each
           Town
           may
           have
           a
           Bank
           of
           money
           by
           them
           ,
           which
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           will
           be
           no
           small
           
             Increase
             of
             Riches
          
           throughout
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           causing
           all
           manufacturies
           to
           flourish
           much
           more
           than
           hither
           to
           they
           have
           done
           ,
           the
           failure
           of
           which
           is
           
           thought
           to
           befor
           want
           of
           Moneys
           among
           them
           ,
           which
           has
           occasioned
           many
           Country
           people
           to
           try
           their
           Fortunes
           in
           London
           ,
           where
           money
           is
           more
           plenty
           ,
           which
           hath
           much
           depopulated
           the
           Country
           ,
           thereby
           damnifying
           very
           much
           both
           Gentlemens
           Estates
           ,
           and
           done
           great
           injury
           to
           all
           Manufacturies
           .
        
         
           FURTHER
           ,
           There
           are
           several
           
             principal
             Towns
          
           and
           places
           of
           Trade
           ;
           as
           
             Exeter
             ,
             Norwich
             ,
             Colchester
             ,
             Hull
             ,
             Leeds
             ,
          
           &c.
           wherein
           the
           Goods
           are
           bought
           by
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           said
           places
           ,
           and
           there
           vended
           ;
           which
           moneys
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Kings
             Revenues
          
           ,
           being
           paid
           into
           the
           Bank
           of
           the
           said
           places
           ,
           must
           inevitably
           be
           equivolent
           to
           the
           manufactures
           made
           in
           the
           said
           Towns
           ,
           and
           vended
           else-where
           :
           For
           suppose
           each
           of
           those
           do
           vend
           and
           make
           
             great
             quantities
          
           of
           
             Woollen
             manufacturies
          
           ,
           being
           the
           
             Stable
             Commodities
          
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           make
           the
           better
           ,
           being
           the
           
             greater
             number
          
           of
           People
           must
           be
           imployed
           therein
           ;
           And
           we
           find
           by
           experience
           ,
           That
           (
           by
           the
           Wisdom
           and
           Providence
           of
           GOD
           )
           
             Noblemen
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Shopkeepers
             ,
             Merchants
             ,
          
           &c
           ▪
           are
           so
           promiscuously
           intermixed
           in
           Towns
           and
           Villages
           among
           Handicrafts
           ,
           being
           subservient
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           
             different
             members
          
           of
           one
           and
           the
           same
           body
           ;
           and
           supposing
           there
           are
           Twenty
           or
           
             Thirty
             Thousand
          
           Souls
           in
           each
           Town
           or
           place
           ;
           These
           must
           all
           be
           Fed
           and
           Cloathed
           ,
           with
           all
           things
           according
           to
           their
           several
           Ranks
           and
           Qualities
           ;
           and
           ,
           by
           consequence
           ,
           must
           Trade
           in
           
             Linnen
             ,
             Woollen
             ,
             Silk
          
           ,
           &c
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           
             Grocery
             Wares
             ,
             Wine
             ,
             Oyl
             ,
             Tobacco
             ,
             Iron
             ,
             Lead
             ,
             Tin
             ,
             Copper
             ,
             Glass
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           
             Grain
             ,
             Cattle
             ,
             Fruits
             ,
             Dyes
             ,
          
           and
           Druggs
           ,
           without
           which
           ,
           no
           place
           can
           well
           subsist
           .
           Now
           let
           the
           Traders
           of
           the
           said
           Towns
           ,
           and
           Villages
           nigh
           adjacent
           ,
           pay
           into
           the
           Banks
           of
           the
           said
           places
           ,
           all
           the
           moneys
           which
           shall
           become
           due
           in
           Parts
           remote
           ,
           for
           the
           Goods
           vended
           by
           them
           :
           The
           prime
           
           cost
           of
           all
           such
           Goods
           consumed
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Money
           Collected
           for
           Excise
           ,
           the
           
             Land
             Tax
          
           ,
           and
           Customs
           ,
           being
           paid
           into
           the
           next
           Chamber
           ,
           or
           Bank
           ,
           in
           or
           nigh
           the
           place
           ,
           must
           make
           a
           sufficient
           Fund
           of
           Money
           in
           all
           the
           Banks
           of
           each
           County
           ,
           Town
           ,
           or
           City
           ,
           to
           answer
           all
           Goods
           and
           Manufactories
           that
           shall
           come
           out
           of
           the
           Countries
           ,
           being
           the
           prime
           Cost
           of
           materials
           are
           allowed
           for
           :
           But
           if
           any
           Merchant
           or
           Dealer
           suppose
           the
           Manufactures
           made
           in
           the
           Countries
           ,
           and
           sent
           abroad
           ,
           are
           of
           greater
           value
           than
           the
           prime
           Cost
           of
           Goods
           ,
           that
           are
           bought
           and
           consumed
           in
           the
           Countrys
           ;
           I
           beg
           to
           know
           how
           it
           happens
           ,
           That
           such
           Town
           or
           County
           has
           not
           gain'd
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Kingdoms
           Wealth
           ;
           which
           ,
           if
           any
           person
           satisfies
           me
           in
           ,
           I
           shall
           look
           upon
           all
           my
           pains
           ,
           and
           serious
           thoughts
           ,
           about
           this
           Project
           ,
           to
           be
           vain
           imaginations
           ,
           and
           shall
           desist
           further
           to
           urge
           it
           .
        
         
           AND
           so
           soon
           as
           the
           KING's
           Money
           shall
           be
           paid
           into
           any
           of
           the
           said
           Chambers
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           drawn
           off
           here
           from
           the
           
             Chief
             Chambers
          
           in
           London
           ,
           at
           the
           pleasure
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Treasury
           :
           Which
           will
           occasion
           the
           Paying
           in
           of
           the
           Kings
           Revenues
           into
           the
           Exchequer
           with
           more
           Expedition
           by
           the
           Sub-Collectors
           ,
           being
           the
           first
           Charge
           laid
           upon
           the
           Moneys
           given
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           ,
           which
           will
           save
           the
           Government
           100000
           
             l.
             per
             Annum
          
           .
           so
           much
           and
           more
           being
           now
           paid
           for
           Collecting
           ;
           going
           through
           so
           many
           Hands
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           I
           Humbly
           Conceive
           it
           may
           be
           highly
           improved
           ,
           in
           like
           manner
           as
           the
           Post-Office
           has
           been
           since
           the
           first
           Establishment
           thereof
           ,
           which
           will
           conduce
           much
           to
           the
           Good
           of
           Trade
           ,
           both
           in
           City
           and
           Country
           :
           For
           if
           
             A.
             B.
          
           or
           C.
           suffer
           for
           not
           having
           Returns
           of
           Money
           ,
           according
           to
           expectation
           or
           desire
           ,
           certainly
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           Alphabet
           must
           
             sensibly
             Feel
          
           it
           one
           way
           
           or
           other
           .
           But
           this
           Method
           being
           taken
           ,
           it
           must
           ,
           by
           
             consequence
             ,
             lessen
          
           the
           Interest
           of
           money
           ,
           highly
           advance
           
             Lands
             ,
             increase
          
           the
           Income
           of
           the
           
             General
             Post-Office
          
           ;
           I
           presume
           by
           modest
           Computation
           ,
           it
           will
           add
           a
           Third
           part
           ,
           more
           to
           the
           Incomes
           of
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           (
           if
           approved
           on
           by
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Honourable
           
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
          
           )
           may
           be
           worth
           
             Five
             hundred
             thousand
             pounds
             ,
             per
             Annum
             .
          
           or
           more
           ,
           without
           hurting
           the
           Subject
           ;
           paying
           no
           more
           for
           their
           Returns
           of
           Money
           ,
           than
           they
           commonly
           now
           do
           upon
           occasion
           of
           such
           Returns
           by
           Carriers
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Terms
           in
           my
           Propositions
           being
           so
           easy
           (
           and
           the
           Service
           of
           so
           great
           value
           )
           I
           hope
           no
           Man
           can
           rationally
           Grudge
           at
           it
           ,
           obtaining
           so
           great
           a
           Benefit
           by
           it
           ;
           For
           I
           clearly
           conceive
           ,
           both
           City
           and
           Country
           will
           Improve
           and
           Encourage
           such
           an
           Establishment
           ,
           as
           shall
           make
           Moneys
           Circulate
           upon
           all
           Occasions
           to
           their
           great
           advantage
           .
        
         
           AND
           this
           being
           Proposed
           for
           the
           
             Publick
             Good
          
           ,
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           not
           be
           Postpon'd
           ,
           but
           rather
           meet
           with
           that
           Encouragement
           from
           the
           Government
           ,
           as
           may
           render
           it
           Useful
           for
           the
           Matter
           intended
           ;
           which
           will
           not
           only
           be
           a
           
             Great
             Benefit
          
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           
             Great
             Honour
          
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           I
           hope
           the
           Objections
           that
           may
           be
           raised
           against
           my
           Proposals
           ,
           are
           so
           Rationally
           Answered
           ,
           as
           with
           Ease
           to
           be
           understood
           ;
           relating
           to
           the
           Advance
           of
           Trade
           ;
           the
           Improvement
           of
           Estates
           ;
           the
           safe
           and
           quick
           Transmittances
           of
           Rents
           ;
           the
           Benefit
           accrewing
           to
           the
           Post-Office
           :
           And
           in
           Removing
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           it
           will
           most
           Effectually
           be
           the
           preventing
           of
           Robberies
           by
           High-way
           Men.
           
        
         
           
             By
             
               D.
               B.
            
             
          
           
             By
             
               C.
               L.
            
             
          
        
         
           
           
             ☞
             Note
             ,
             
               IT
               is
               allowed
               ,
               by
               most
               men
               of
            
             Deallings
             ,
             
               that
               the
            
             Consumption
             
               of
               this
               City
               ,
               within
               the
            
             Weekly
             Bills
             of
             Mortallity
             ,
             
               is
               vastly
            
             Great
             .
             
               The
               Number
               of
               Black
            
             Cattle
             Consumed
             per
             
               Week
               ,
               Computed
               about
            
             Three
             Thousand
             ;
             Calves
             ,
             Sheep
             ,
             Lambs
             ,
             and
             Hoggs
             ,
             about
             Thirty
             Thousand
             ;
             
               the
               value
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
            
             Grain
             
               not
               to
               be
               Known
               ,
               besides
               the
               vast
               Quantities
               of
            
             Woollens
             
               that
               are
               bought
               from
               the
               Countreys
               :
               From
               all
               which
               ,
               't
               is
               plain
               ,
               there
               may
               be
            
             One
             Hundred
             Thousand
             
               Pounds
               saved
               to
               the
               Government
               ,
               by
               drawing
               off
               the
               Kings
               Revenues
               and
               Taxes
               ;
               (
               as
               aforesaid
               )
               which
               will
               more
               than
               defray
               the
               Charge
               of
               such
               an
               Advantageous
               Settlement
               ,
               and
               the
               Kingdom
               will
               become
               as
               one
               intire
               Trading
               Body
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

