Comments on the views concerning trade at the Cape of Good Hope, expressed by the Court of Directors of the East India Company, Mr. David Scott and Sir Stephen Lushington and then gives his own views; agrees that the East Indian trade be reserved for the East India Company but feels that trade from the West should be open to some extent to foreign ships, with the exception of certain articles which must come from Britain in British ships; in this way foreign ships could sell goods to enable them to pay for repairs and refreshment; suggests that Cape goods be exported in ships of all countries, except tallow and hides, which are needed by Britain, and that European goods be exported from the Cape by any country; refers to the need to protect British fishing rights at the Cape, the method of reforming custom and excise duties and the question of allowing only British immigrants into Cape colony.