sparingly rewarded for their labour, abstract from
their official duties some portion of that attention which ought
to be wholly devoted to them.

A different arrangement with respect to the grants and leases
of land would also be productive of beneficial consequences.
Whenever any of those deeds have been made, under the hand and
seal of the governor, or of the colonial seal, they ought to be
considered as secured to the grantee or lessee, their heirs,
etc. and, under no pretence whatever, except a failure in the
fulfilment of the conditions expressed therein, ought the
governor, or any succeeding governor, to retain the power of
taking that land away. The existence of such a power, indeed, is,
upon its surface, arbitrary; and, in its effect, totally
destructive of the spirit of improvement; for there scarcely
exists a man who would bestow his whole exertions and property in
increasing the value of buildings and land, which he holds by
such an uncertain tenure. In the midst of his expectations, just
as he has impoverished himself with the hope of reaping a future
recompense, he may, by the sudden whims or caprice of an
individual, be deprived at once of the means of gaining future
subsistence, and plundered of every thing which he may have done
with a view to his own benefit, and the bettering of the estate.
It is surely unwise to leave a power (which, it is to be hoped,
is without authority) of this description, in the hands of any
man, however exalted his character, and however conspicuous his
love of justice.

The whole of the contingent expenses which would result from
these improvements, might be paid by duties laid on importations,
exportations, etc. which are at present by no means
inconsiderable, but might be greatly increased, to the mutual
advantage of the colonist and the government.

To expatiate largely on the benefits which would result from
the establishment of a free trade, is altogether superfluous to
men whose minds can embrace the increased stimulus which would be
given to industry, the influx of wealth and population, the
improvements in agriculture, commerce, and the arts and sciences,
and the rapid advancement of the best interests of the colony,
which must result from such a measure.

The strong necessity for some considerable alteration in the
internal arrangement and policy of the colony, to various parts
of which I have drawn the reader's attention, can but be apparent
to all unprejudi