Hijacking of ships

Presumptive reasons why the governments of the provinces of South and North Carolina , and the Bahama and Lucaios Islands being proprietary governments in America, should (more Especially) be reassumed into the hands of the Crown of Great Britain: humbly offer'd to the consideration of the committee of the Honourable House of Commons; to whom a bill, for the better regulating of the charter and proprietary governments in America, and of His Majesties plantations, is committed.