| Disgrifiad | Relating to the agitation to secure the prolongment of the exemption from duty of coal and culm carried coastwise in the Principality; include a copy of a petition to Parliament on the subject, sent up from Caernarvon, and a reference to a similar petition from Pwllheli. Thanks to the Marquess' intervention with the Chancellor of the Exchequer in May, 1824, the period of exemption was extended for a further 2 years, and in April 1826 he is promising his constituents to "try his hand" once again with the Chancellor. One of the interersting and telling points made by the Caernarvon petitioners was that a relief from duty would encourage the proprietors of slate quarries to resort to the use of steam engines, thereby increasing the production of slates, "and from the comparative high ad valorem duty on theat article, a trifling addition to the present supply would more than counterbalanmce any deficiency which might occur in the duty on coal and culm. |