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 economy, but also in the union of many other advantages, which promised to he the result. Until this period, merchant ships had always been, chartered to convey these victims of vice and folly to the place of their destination: independent of the expenceexpense [sic] of these vessels, which was a dead loss to Government, the abuses disgraceful to humanity, that too frequently took place on board of them, called aloud for correction. By employing king's ships cm this service, a number of officers and seamen would be provided for, who might otherwise emigrate to foreign services, and be totally lost to their country; and again, it must naturally be supposed, that the Officers, having neither pecuniary nor commercial interest in the voyage, would duct