THE CASE OF THE Planters and Traders belonging to the English Sugar Plantations.  
THAT the said Colonies are a Great Improvement to Navigation, a Great Benefit to England, by Exporting from hence thither vast Quantities of the English Manufactures, and Importing many Useful Commodities that are Exported again to Foreign Markets; whereby they Contribute much to the Balance of Trade, and either bring in Bullion to England, or supply the Payments, that otherways would require Money to be sent from hence to comply therewith.  
THAT the said Colonies are under very Severe Hardships, from their Great Losses and Misfortunes of the last, and this present War.  
THAT the present High Duty on Sugars, is also a Great Injury to that Trade; and any the least Addition thereto, will most certainly be a Discouragement to the Industry of the Planters, and tend to the further Depopulation of the said Islands; which consequently will be a general Loss to England and the Navigation thereof, and highly Advance the Colonies of the Dutch and French Nations, which thereby will be Encouraged to Increase and Improve their Sugar-Making, and supply all Foreign Markets; and so Occasion in time, the utter Loss of those Great Advantages that do accrue to England from the English Colonies.  
For which Reasons, and very many others that might be Offered, 'tis humbly hoped, that the Honourable the House of Commons, will Agree with the Committee in Exempting Sugars from the Two Thirds Duty.