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<HEAD>AN ACCOUNT OF THE Duty on Tin <HI>Exported from</HI> Anno 1610. <HI>to the Year</HI> 1698.</HEAD>
<P>THE Pewterers Grievance (under which they have long laboured) is, That Foreign Nations buy our Tin as cheap as our own Sub|jects; with which they make their adulterated Pewter, and &s;o do under&s;el us in their own and all other Foreign Markets. Which (is humbly conceived) cannot be prevented any other way than by laying &s;uch an additional Duty on Tin Exported, that it may come &s;o much the dearer to them, as may ballance their gains by Allay.</P>
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<HEAD>The Duty on Tin Exported: As appears by the Cu&s;tom-Hou&s;e Books from <HI>Anno 1610</HI> hath been as followeth <HI>(viz.)</HI></HEAD>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label" COLS="2">&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">s.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">d.</CELL>
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<ROW>
<CELL>1610.</CELL>
<CELL>King <HI>James</HI> the fir&s;t Book of Rates <HI>per</HI> hundred weight of Tin</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>And Pewter</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>1635.</CELL>
<CELL>King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t, the &s;ame</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>And Pewter</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="4">1642. to 1657.</CELL>
<CELL>Ordinance of Parliament, Tin</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>And Pewter</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>0</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>The <HI>Common-Wealth</HI> Parliament from 1642 to 1657, Tin paid</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>And Pewter</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>0</CELL>
</ROW>
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<P>In the Year 1657 the Pewterers then complained, as now, that Fo|reign Nations &s;o Allayed the Tin bought of us, that they under&s;old the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> in all Foreign Markets.</P>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL ROLE="label" COLS="2">&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">s.</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label">d.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>And thereupon in that Year an additional Duty was laid on every hundred weight of Tin Exported</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>So that Tin then paid</CELL>
<CELL>20</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>And Pewter but</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>1660.</CELL>
<CELL>But <HI>Anno</HI> 1660 upon the Re&s;toration; Tin was redu|ced again only to</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>And Pewter remained at</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
<CELL>0</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>And &s;o it continued until the la&s;t Parliament, when in&s;tead of increa&s;ing the Duty on Tin, to encourage the Manufacture, there was taken off Tin</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>And off Pewter but</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>0</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>So that Tin now pays but</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>0</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>And Pewter</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
<CELL>0</CELL>
</ROW>
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<P>Though Tin may well bear 8 or 10 <HI>s. per Cent</HI> more without any pre|judice to the exportation of it.</P>
<P>Which will relieve the Pewterers of <HI>England,</HI> and increa&s;e the Con&s;ump|tion of Tin, and al&s;o augment the Kings Cu&s;toms 8 or 10000 Pounds <HI>per annum.</HI></P>
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<DIV2 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>An An&s;wer to &s;ome Objections again&s;t Returning and Rai&s;ing the Exportation Duty on <HI>TIN.</HI></HEAD>
<P><MILESTONE N="1" UNIT="Object."> THAT the Act for Tonnage and Poundage laid but 12 <HI>d.</HI> in the Pound, or 5 <HI>per Cent.</HI> on all Goods according to their Value, and Tin paid 4 <HI>s.</HI> for every Hundred Weight Coynage Duty, and at, and before the Duty was taken off, 7 <HI>s.</HI> 4 <HI>d.</HI> the Hundred, Cu&s;tom. In all 11 <HI>s.</HI> 4. <HI>d,</HI> which is about 20 <HI>per Cent.</HI> according to the Value of Tin, which was then but 2 <HI>l.</HI> 8 <HI>s.</HI> or 2 <HI>l.</HI> 10 <HI>s.</HI> a Hundred to the Tinner.</P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> As to the Coynage Duty, it is by antient Cu&s;tom paid to the Duke of <HI>Cornwal,</HI> and hath no relation to the Duty &s;etled in the Book of Rates by the Act of Tonnage and Poun|dage, but is paid by our own Subjects as well as Foreigners, in the Country where the Tin is got.</P>
<P>And as to the 12 <HI>d.</HI> in the Pound by the Act of Tonnage and Poundage, it was not ac|cording to the true and real Value of the Goods, but according to &s;uch Value as was &s;et upon them by that Act in the Book of Rates, wherein Tin is valued at 7 l. 6 <HI>s.</HI> 8 <HI>d.</HI> the Hun|dred; though the true Value of it, <HI>Anno</HI> 1660, when that Act was made, was not near &s;o much.</P>
<P>Be&s;ides, if it be enquired what Cu&s;tom other Goods Exported pay, &s;ome will be found much: to exceed 12 <HI>d.</HI> in the Pound, or 5 <HI>per. Cent.</HI> As for in&s;tance, Lead Exported, paies 10 <HI>l.</HI> Cu&s;tom for every Hundred Pounds in Value: And if Lead (the Exportation whereof can|not be in Prejudice of any <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Manufacture) pay 10 <HI>per Cent.</HI> 'tis hop'd it may not be thought unrea&s;onable, that Tin (the Exportation whereof at &s;o low a Duty as now, being plainly prejudicial to the Manufacture of Pewter) may pay 15 <HI>per Cent.</HI> which (at the Price of Tin now in <HI>London</HI>) is about 11 <HI>s.</HI> 6 <HI>d.</HI> the Hundred Weight Cu&s;tom, and is 8 <HI>s.</HI> 6 <HI>d.</HI> the Hundred more than the 3 <HI>s.</HI> a Hundred it now pays, and which Tin may well bear, with|out le&s;&s;ening the Foreign Vent of it.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="2" UNIT="Object."> That a great Duty on Tin Exported, will &s;o rai&s;e the Price, that it may di&s;courage the U&s;e, and &s;o le&s;&s;en the Con&s;umption of it in Foreign Countries; or el&s;e encourage them to bring Tin from <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> (there being great Quantities of it in that Country, as good as the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Tin) which will much le&s;&s;en the Foreign Vent of our Tin.</P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> This is but barely alledged, and cannot be demon&s;trated; but the contrary may be made appear, That Tin will not only bear the return of the Duty of 4 <HI>s.</HI> 4 <HI>d.</HI> the Hundred, but yet 'tis manife&s;t to the mo&s;t experienced Men in that Trade, that the Demand for it there is &s;o great, that it will yield in <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> and other Countries beyond the <HI>Cape of Good Hope,</HI> from 3 <HI>l.</HI> 10 <HI>s.</HI> to 5 <HI>l.</HI> the Hundred Weight; and therefore impracticable to bring it into <HI>Europe</HI> as Merchandize: Though &s;ometimes when no better Kentilage can be got, &s;ome &s;mall quantity is brought as Balla&s;t to &s;tiffen the Ship, and can be neither more or le&s;s, by laying and Additional Duty of 8 or 10 <HI>s.</HI> the Hundred Weight on our Tin exported: Be|&s;ides, 'tis not &s;o good in Quality as ours, for the <HI>Dutch</HI> give 3 or 4 <HI>s.</HI> the Hundred Weight more for the <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> than the <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> Tin at the &s;ame time.</P>
<P>And 'tis evident &s;uch an Additional Duty, will not &s;o advance the Price of Tin, as to di&s;|courage the Foreign vent of it; either by di&s;couraging the U&s;e, or Con&s;umption of it, in Foreign Countries, or by encouraging them, to bring Tin from <HI>Ea&s;t-India:</HI> For &s;ince the taking off the Duty the la&s;t Parliament; the Tinner hath advanced the Price of Tin, near 20 <HI>s.</HI> the Hundred to the Foreigner, as well to as our own Subjects: The Tinners Price being then but 48, or 50 <HI>s.</HI> the Hundred; and the la&s;t <HI>C<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ri&s;tma<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> Coy|nage it was advanced to 3 <HI>l.</HI> 7 <HI>s.</HI> the Hundred; be&s;ides the Coynage Duty. So that 'tis plain that 8, or 10 <HI>s.</HI> the Hundred, Additional Duty, will not di&s;courage the Foreign Vent of Tin; &s;ince that will not advance the Price to the Foreigner one half &s;o much as the Tinner or Merchants hath advanced it, &s;ince the taking off the Duty.</P>
<P>And the difference only is, that the Duty is to the King and for the good of the Publick, and the 20 <HI>s. per</HI> Hundred, now advanced in Price, is to the private Gain and Advantage of the Tinner and Merchant, who make this Objection again&s;t the Return and Increa&s;e of the Duty; which is not only much to the Kings Advantage, but al&s;o the only remedy for the Pewterers Grievance.</P>
<P><MILESTONE N="3" UNIT="Object."> If a higher Duty be laid on Tin, it will &s;o &s;ink the Price of it, that the Tinner mu&s;t bear all that is added to the duty: And con&s;equently greatly impoveri&s;h them, who are too Poor already.</P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="An&s;wer."> If the Con&s;pumptioner of any Goods bears the Duty (as is generally agreed, ) then the Duty advanced will not be born by the Tinner, nor any of our own Subjects; but by the Foreigners beyond Sea, who con&s;ume our Tin exported. But if it &s;hould any way affect the Tinner (which cannot be admitted) they may well bear it out of the 20 <HI>s. per Cent.</HI> they have advanced to them&s;elves in Price, &s;ince the 4 <HI>s.</HI> 4 <HI>d. per Cent.</HI> was taken off the Duty.</P>
<P><MILESTONE UNIT="Note."> It cannot be denyed, but that there is Yearly Exported out of <HI>England,</HI> upwards of 1000 Tuns or Tin, one Year with another. And therefore every Shilling the Hun|dred added to the Duty, will increa&s;e the Kings Cu&s;tom above 1000 <HI>l. per Annum.</HI> So that 8 or 10 <HI>s.</HI> the Hundred added to the pre&s;ent Duty, will increa&s;e the Kings Cu&s;toms upwards 8 or 10000 <HI>per Annum.</HI></P>
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