# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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Smuggling Cutters to come upon their
Coasts, by which means they not only
import the quantity of Brandy & Gin
which they may want for their immedie
"ate use, but they at the same time buy
such quantities of these articles, & of Tobac
"co, as serves them till such time as the
same cutters come again upon their
coasts, & accordingly prevents that demand
for legal imported Rum & Tobacco
which otherwise would be made upon
the fair trader, by which means the Pub.
revenue
"lick, is very much injured.