[1] A communication from the Privy Council to the Governor of
Virginia, inclosing the proclamation and directing the observance of
its regulations, is preserved among the records in the Public Record
Office. An order from the Council to the farmers and officers of
customs, issued at the same time, directs that Spanish tobacco will
pay a duty of 2_s._ per pound, St. Christopher's, Barbadoes, and
the adjacent islands 12_d._ per pound, and Virginia and the Somers
Islands 9_d._ per pound. (_Cal. State Papers, Colonial, 1574-1660_, p.
125). For the various restrictions upon the growth of tobacco in the
plantations, see Bruce, _Economic History of Virginia_, i, 304-309.
1633, October 13.
[Restricting Sale of Tobacco.]