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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140632.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD><HI>PROPOSALS</HI> mo&s;t humbly pre&s;ented to the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons, offering the&s;e, in hopes to &s;erve his Maje&s;ty, by rai&s;|ing a Supply on <HI>CATTLE,</HI> &s;uppo&s;ed only to be killed for Sale, whereby the Subject may be no ways oppre&s;t.</HEAD>
<P N="1">I. FOR <HI>Oxen, Steers, Bulls, Cows, Heiffers</HI> and <HI>Stucks,</HI> or by what other names they are di&s;tingui&s;hed, there is not, by mode&s;t computation, le&s;s killed, for the &s;upply of the Cities of <HI>London, We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and the liberties thereof, than 83200 <HI>Oxen</HI> &amp;c. <HI>per</HI> Year</P>
<P>And I humbly &s;uppo&s;e, if this number be kill'd in <HI>London,</HI> &amp;c. then for all <HI>England</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and the Victualing of Shipping, not le&s;s than 12 times that number; which will amount in the Year to 998400 <HI>Oxen,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
<P>And it may rea&s;onably be &s;uppo&s;ed, the half of that number to be large-&s;iz'd <HI>Cattle,</HI> whereof none doth weigh le&s;s than 8 C. weight; which if each of the&s;e were to pay 1 <HI>s.</HI> 7. <HI>d. per</HI> Head, it will come to no more than &frac23; of a Farthing <HI>per</HI> Stone, or the 1/<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">2; of a Farthing <HI>per</HI> Pound weight.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e, the &s;mall &s;iz'd <HI>Cattle</HI> being the other half of the above number, and they weighing 5 C. weight at lea&s;t; and if each of them were to pay 1 <HI>s.</HI> 2 <HI>d. per</HI> Head, will be no more upon the Stone and Pound than before.</P>
<P>The above number of <HI>Oxen,</HI> &amp;c. <HI>per</HI> Year, one with another, at the afore&s;aid Rate given, will amount to 68640 <HI>l. per Annum</HI></P>
<P N="2">II. For <HI>Calves,</HI> by the lea&s;t computation that can be given, there cannot be le&s;s killed in <HI>London,</HI> &amp;c. than 20800 <HI>per</HI> Year, and at this proportion in all <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c. I may mode&s;tly account 6 times that Number, which will come to 124800 <HI>Calves per</HI> Year</P>
<P>And &s;uppo&s;ing them to weigh one with another 2 C. weight at 4 <HI>d.</HI> 1/<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>per</HI> Head, amounts to 2340 <HI>l. per Annum</HI> And exceeds not the former in the Stone or Pounds <HI>per</HI> price.</P>
<P N="3">III. For <HI>Sheep,</HI> I think there may be computed to be killed in <HI>England,</HI> &amp;c. 1400000 <HI>per</HI> Year And if each of the&s;e weigh 21 Stone, Large and Small, one with another, at 3 <HI>d.</HI> &frac13; <HI>per</HI> Head, will bring in 20416 <HI>l. per Annum</HI> Which will be in proportion on the Stone and Pound as the former.</P>
<P N="4">IV. For <HI>Hoggs</HI> and <HI>Shouts,</HI> I pre&s;ume may rea&s;onably be adjudged for the &s;upply of all <HI>Eng|land,</HI> &amp;c. and Shipping, 3 times the number of <HI>Oxen,</HI> &amp;c. which will amount in the Year to 2995200 <HI>Hoggs</HI> &amp;c. <HI>per</HI> Year</P>
<P>And &s;uppo&s;ing them to weigh 36 Stone one with another at 6 <HI>d. per</HI> Head, comes to 74880 <HI>l. per An.</HI> not exceeding on the Stone and Pound as afore&s;aid.</P>
<P N="5">V. For <HI>Lambs,</HI> by computation of tho&s;e expended in the King's Hou&s;hold, I believe, by a mode&s;t account for &s;upplying of <HI>London,</HI> &amp;c. 68000 <HI>per</HI> Year, and for all <HI>England,</HI> not le&s;s than 204000 <HI>per</HI> Year &s;uppo&s;ing them to weigh Young and Old 5 Stone, and at 2 <HI>d. per</HI> Head, amounts to 1700 <HI>l. per Annum</HI> Which will not be the &frac16; part of a Farthing <HI>per</HI> Pound Weight.</P>
<P>In this E&s;timate I pre&s;ume not to give the true number of any &s;ort of <HI>Cattle</HI> killed, but have taken &s;uch care that I verily believe if an accurate In&s;pection be made, I am below the number and have not exceeded the weight. I humbly &s;uppo&s;e that at the afore&s;aid Rates, the Impo&s;ition will be &s;o &s;mall <HI>per</HI> Head, that it will not amount to any more <HI>per</HI> Stone and Pound than what hath been before expre&s;&s;ed; &s;o at the &s;aid Rates, the Butcher, Retailer or Seller, cannot well exact on the Poor; and &s;o incon&s;iderable a Price, that, I hope, to the Rich it is not worth taking notice of.</P>
<P>I pre&s;ume that if each of the afore&s;aid <HI>Cattle</HI> were to pay no more than &frac23; parts of a Farthing <HI>per</HI> Stone proportionable to their bigne&s;s, it will come to a far greater Sum <HI>per</HI> Year.</P>
<P><HI>Whereby may be rai&s;ed a Fund of Mony, without (I hope) any Grievance to the Subject, amounting to,</HI> per Annum, 167976 <HI>l.</HI></P>
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