 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 538 ページ
...necessary for the defence of the country. The defence of Great Britain, for example, depends verymuch upon the number of its sailors and shipping. The act...following are the principal dispositions of this act. First, All ships, of which the owners, masters, and three fourths of the mariners, are not British... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 ページ
...shipping. The act of navigation, therefore, very properly endeavours to give the sailors and shippingof Great Britain the monopoly of the trade of their own...following are the principal dispositions of this act. First, All ships, of which the ownersj masters,, and three-fourths of the mariners, are not British... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 852 ページ
...ihipping of Great Britain the monopoly of the trade of their own country, in fome cafes, by abfolute prohibitions, and in others by heavy burdens upon...foreign countries. The following are the principal difpofitions of this ucr. Firft, all (hips, of which the owners, matters, CHAP, and three-fourths of... | |
 | Wyndham Beawes - 1813 - 786 ページ
...very properly çndeavours to give the sailors and shipping of Great Britain the monopoly of the tradö of their own country, in some cases by absolute prohibitions,...heavy burdens upon the shipping of foreign countries. When the Act of Navigation was made, though England and Holland were not actually at war, the most... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1819 - 532 ページ
...interest could, be affected by the freedom of trade, than that of the people whose example they followed. To prohibit, by a perpetual law, the importation of...following are the principal dispositions of this act. First, AH ships, of which the owners, masters, and three-fourths of the mariners, are not British subjects,... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1824 - 1090 ページ
...of the country. The defence of Great Britain, for example, depends very much upon the number of her sailors and shipping; the act of navigation, therefore,...heavy burdens upon the shipping of foreign countries. When the act of navigation was made, though England and Holland were not actually at war, the most... | |
 | 1834 - 1064 ページ
...sailors and shipping. The Act of Navigation, therefore, very properly endeavours to give the sailor» and shipping of Great Britain the monopoly of the...burdens upon the shipping of foreign countries. The fullowiug are the principal dispositions of this Act:— "First. All ships, of which the owners, masters,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1836 - 538 ページ
...can maintain. There seem, however, to be two cases in which it will generally be advantageous to iay some burden upon foreign, for the encouragement of...following are the principal dispositions of this act. First, all ships, of which the owners, masters, and three-fourths of the mariners are not British subjects,... | |
 | 1841 - 598 ページ
...the number of its sailors and shipping : the Act of Navigation, therefore, very properly endeavors to give the sailors and shipping of Great Britain...following are the principal dispositions of this act : — " First. All ships, of which the owners, masters, and three fourths of the mariners, are not... | |
 | 1841 - 604 ページ
...the number of its sailors and shipping : the Act of Navigation, therefore, very properly endeavors to give the sailors and shipping of Great Britain...foreign countries. The following are the principal disposition» of this act : — • " First. All ships, of which the owners, masters, and three fourths... | |
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There seem, however, to be two cases in which it will generally be advantageous to lay some burden upon foreign, for the encouragement of domestic industry. The first, is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country.... 
