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<NAME>John Pas</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140211.apex.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>An E&s;&s;ay how to rai&s;e above Six Hundred Thou&s;and Pounds <HI>per Ann.</HI> by a Equal and Ea&s;y Tax. Humbly &s;ub|mitted to the con&s;ideration of the Honourable the Hou&s;e of Commons.</HEAD>
<P>IT is propo&s;ed, That all Neat, Calf and Slinck Hides; Sheep and Lamb Skins in the Raw be appropriated to the u&s;e of the Government.</P>
<P>Which Hides and Skins will rai&s;e the above &s;umm is demon&s;trable thus, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
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<CELL><HI>l.</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>s.</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>d.</HI></CELL>
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<CELL>That in this Kingdom there was computed 1175951 Hou&s;es, which paid to the Chimney-money (be&s;ides Alms-hou&s;es and Poor, which were excepted) and compute but one Beef to be eaten in one year in half the Hou&s;es as paid to the &s;aid Tax, one with the other, the Hides of which are &s;old from 5 <HI>s.</HI> to 20 <HI>s.</HI> but at 8 <HI>s. per</HI> Hide they produce</CELL>
<CELL>235190</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
<CELL>0</CELL>
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<CELL>Eight Sheep to be eaten in each Hou&s;e for half the &s;aid Hou&s;es in one year, the Skins of which are &s;old from 8 <HI>d.</HI> to 5 <HI>s.</HI> but at 12 <HI>d. per</HI> Skin, they produce</CELL>
<CELL>235190</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
<CELL>0</CELL>
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<CELL>Three Cal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">es to be eaten in each Hou&s;e for half the &s;aid Hou&s;es in one year, the Hides of which are &s;old from 8 <HI>d.</HI> to 3 <HI>s.</HI> but at 12 <HI>d. per</HI> Hide they produce</CELL>
<CELL>88196</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
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<CELL>Two Lambs to be eaten in each Hou&s;e for half the &s;aid Hou&s;es in one year. the Skins of which at 4 <HI>d. per</HI> Skin, produce</CELL>
<CELL>19599</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
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<CELL>The Beef kill'd for the Sea-&s;ervice, and all the Fre&s;h-meat eaten by our Sea-men and Foreigners when in Harbour, and what they take for Victu|alling their near and foreign Voyages, may be computed one eighth part of the above account, which produce</CELL>
<CELL>72271</CELL>
<CELL>19</CELL>
<CELL>9&frac12;</CELL>
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<CELL>Summ Total</CELL>
<CELL>650447</CELL>
<CELL>17</CELL>
<CELL>11&frac12;</CELL>
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<P>The Hides and Skins of the afore&s;aid Cattel that may dye, are not included in the above account.</P>
<P>The methods for managing the whole, with Safety to the Government, and Ea&s;e to the Subject, are very obvious, and any Objections can be fully an&s;wer'd, but too long to in&s;ert here.</P>
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<HEAD>The Advantages of this Tax.</HEAD>
<P>1&s;t, A Gentleman of 800 <HI>l. per annum</HI> paid, or ought to have paid to the 2 <HI>s.</HI> in the pound Land Tax 80 <HI>l.</HI> but in this, which may amount to as much as that did, he pays but for his Eatables of Beef, Mutton, Veal and Lamb; which four kinds, propor|tionable to a Family Expence, is not above one eighth part of the whole; &s;o, in&s;tead of paying for 800 <HI>l.</HI> he pays but for one hundred (and not that, except the whole is expneded) and in&s;tead of paying 80 <HI>l.</HI> he pays but 10 <HI>l. per an.</HI> to this Tax; and by li|miting the Government to &s;ell the Hides and Skins at a certain price, will reduce the Lea|ther Manufacture to ea&s;ie terms, and &s;ave con&s;iderable in the year in the Leather Har|ne&s;&s;es, and other Leather Wearables, and encourage the Exportation of the &s;ame.</P>
<P>2d, It cannot fall on Land, for the Butcher will give the &s;ame price to the Breeder and Grazier, and be content with the &s;ame profit then as now; (for 'tis only the Con&s;umer that pays) and one farthing <HI>per</HI> pound advance on the Carca&s;s will make the Butcher a|mends for the lo&s;s of the Hide and Skin, and the number of Butchers will oblige them to &s;ell at a rea&s;onable profit, what they deal in being &s;o hazardous to keep.</P>
<P>3d, That the number of Tanners, and their dependance on their Trades, will induce them to buy, at a rea&s;onable price, which being by this duty reduced to more certainty, will be great incouragement to them, by rea&s;on more will be exported than formerly.</P>
<P>4th, That a great &s;umm will come in weekly, and the whole Years Revenue an&s;wer'd into the Exchequer in a few days after the year is expired, whereby a great deal of In|tere&s;t will be &s;aved.</P>
<P>5th, That the Collecting it will be with le&s;s charge than any other Duty, which an|&s;wer &s;o great a Fund, by rea&s;on it is not liable to &s;uch Frauds and Concealments, as &s;ome other Revenues are.</P>
<P>6th, It will be the mo&s;t equal, for Trade&s;men and Foreigners will pay as much as Gentle|men, proportionable to what they &s;pend.</P>
<P>It is pre&s;um'd, That the number killed, and the value of the Hides and Skins will a|mount to a con&s;iderable &s;umm more than is here &s;et down.</P>
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<P>An ESSAY</P>
<P>How to rai&s;e above Six Hun|dred Thou&s;and Pounds <HI>per Ann.</HI> by an Equal and Ea&s;ie Tax.</P>
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