Anno regni Georgii II. regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, sexto : at the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty third day of January, anno Dom. 1727 : in the first year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second ... of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King ... and from thence ... sixteenth day of January, 1732 : being the sixth session of this present Parliament

Anno regni Georgii II. regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, sexto : at the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty third day of January, anno Dom. 1727 : in the first year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Second ... of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King ... and from thence ... sixteenth day of January, 1732 : being the sixth session of this present Parliament

Anno sexto Georgii II. regis|Act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of His Majesty's sugar colonies in America

London : Printed by J. Baskett, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1733.

[2], 283-290, [2] p. ; 31 cm. (fol.)

L2001F226 1733

(OCoLC)47353044

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Caption title: Anno sexto Georgii II. regis. An act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of His Majesty's sugar colonies in America.
Signatures: 4B-4D.
To regulate and tax trade in the colonies. At this time French sugar, molasses, and rum were cheaper than that of British planters in the Caribbean. British planters persuaded Parliament to tax non-British sugar imports in the colonies in order to give them an advantage over the French.

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