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[clxvii. 238] 1821 Jan y 13
[clxvii. 238]

1821 Jan y 13

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'.2. Creoles willing

In these several cases let me consider /observe/ in what way by the application of this instrument prohibitive to Ultramaria, the Constituted authorities rulers or people /subject many/ resident in Spain /the peninsula/ can think to confer benefit to the subject many in the peninsular /Spain/.

1. Prohibition on production. The benefit proposed must in this case be for giving to government /rulers/ or people /subject many/ in Spain the exclusive advantage derivable from of the importation of it in whatsoever country produced - Spain or any foreign country.

2. Use. The benefit proposed in this second case must be the same as that proposed in the former /that first/ case.

3. Importation. Benefit proposed, still the same.

4. Exportation. The exportation thus prohibited will be either exportation to Spain itself or exportation into some foreign country.

If exportation to Spain itself it then involves in it or is in other words the same as importation into Spain for the Ultramarian provinces or province.

If the exportation prohibited be exportation to Spain i.e. importation into Spain, the object must in this case be to give to the inhabitants of Spain the exclusive benefit derivable from the production of it. For as to the importation of it from any foreign country, in preference to importation from Ultramaria, it is not conceivable that any advantage to Spain can be looked for from this source.
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