# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
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Newcastle a true and precise state of the nature of this
possession, and of the Revenue arising from it: We think
it proper to desire that, if your Grace now intends to treat
with us, you would in like manner transmit to Us, an
exact and accurate Rental of the said Revenue, specifying
the several kinds of which it consists, the annual amount
of each, and with respect to any Customs or Impost Duties
which you may receive, the several species of Goods on which
they are levied, the Rates at which they are paid, and the
annual amount of the Duties arising from each species
respectively. We must know the Nature as well as value
of every branch of the Revenue of this Island, before We
can form any judgement of the price which ought to be
paid for it, or can determine what part of your Graces
possessions in this Island, it will be necessary or expedient
to purchase, in order to obtain the benefit for which such
purchase is intended; and this is what ive meant by the
Proposal We made in our former letter, of purchasing only
a part of Your Grace's property and rights in the said
Island.

As it is highly probable that Parliament will expect
to be informed in the ensuing Session, what measures have
been taken for carrying their intentions into execution, and
what has passed upon the subject, We are the more desirous
to obtain from Your Grace the information abovemention'd
in the most full and accurate manner that the Parliament

may

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