# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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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 judgment,
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 we meant by the Proposal We made in our former letter, of Purchasing
only a part of your Graces 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 abovementioned
in the most full and accurate manner that the Parliament may thereby
be Enabled to judge what terms it may be proper to allow: They will then
take under their considerations the objections mentioned by your Grace arising
from the Proximity of that Island and from its present Constitution, Laws
and Administration of Justice, as well as its Interior Trade & Commerce;
and as they have frequently made Laws respecting this Island, they will
Enact such other Laws, and make such further provisions, for preventing
the illicit Trade carried on by means thereof, as in their wisdom & Justice
they shall think proper— We are &c &c

George Grenville
Whitehall Treasury Chambers                                     John Turner
19^th September 1764                                                  Tho^s. Orby Hunter
North