| Description | Admitt Mr Wms. Evidence in its fullest extent, respecting the importance of Copper in Bolting
& Sheathing the British Navy as well as the Merchant Ships.
Admitt That the 2 Birmgm. Copper Cos. bought more than their Share, or 1/11 of the Cornish
Ores, but Prove that it was Mr Wms. alone that led the way to ye great rise of price &
that they never exported any unmanufactured.
N:B: It was determind last summer for the deep mine of Dolcoath (wch belongs to Lord de
Dl.) to be opend & set to work again although the price of ore was more than 20 Pr
Cent lower than of late.
It is good policy, & even the duty of Goverment, to preserve that limited quantity of
Copper wch Nature has given us, from being wasted or Exported in a raw state: both
for the sake of our Navy & our Mercantile Ships (the importance of which is proved
by Mr Williams) for I think it easy to prove that if the Cornish & Anglesey Mines are
draind of their riches the next 20 Years, as they have been the last there will be an end
of them.
First provide Copper for our Navy & 2d for our Manufactures & the if another
Anglesey or Cornwall should be discoverd let the E I Co. Export what we have to
spare but let the Price to the E: I: Co: be the Price to the Manufactures.
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