These are, perhaps, the principal commodities, with regard to which the union with the colonies might require some considerable change in the present system of British taxation.

这些也许是主要商品， 与殖民地联合可能需要对英国现行税收制度进行一些重大改变。

In a poor country, the consumption of the principal commodities subject to the duties of customs and excise, is very small; and in a thinly inhabited country, the opportunities of smuggling are very great.

在贫穷国家，需要缴纳关税和消费税的主要商品的消费量很小；在人烟稀少的国家，走私的机会非常大。