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Proceedings of the
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respecting the High Price of CORN.
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Veneris, IIo die Decembris, 1795.
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RESOLUTION.
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RESOLVED, Nemine Contradicente,
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THAT, in Consequence of the high Price and defi-
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cient Supply of Wheat, it is expedient to adopt such Measures
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as may be practicable for diminishing the Consumption thereof,
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during the Continuance of the present Pressure, and for intro-
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ducing the Use of such Articles as may conveniently be substi-
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tuted in the Place thereof.
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AGREEMENT.
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WE, the Undersigned, impressed with a Sense of the Evils
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which may be experience by His Majesty's Subjects, in Conse-
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quence of the deficient Supply of Wheat, unless timely and
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effectual Measures are taken to reduce the Consumption thereof,
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within such Limits as may prevent the Pressure of actual Scar-
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city previous to the next Harvest, and may secure, as far as
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possible, the necessary Subsistence of the People of this King-
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dom.
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