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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140410.apex.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Metal for Metal: OR, A PROPOSAL For a Duty upon Tin and Pewter wrought in Plates, Di&s;hes, or any other Work what&s;oever, of one Penny upon every Pound Weight, to be levied as hereunder expre&s;s'd, from the <HI>1&s;t</HI> of <HI>January</HI> 1695. for &s;ixteen Years next following; and the Sum of Money ari&s;ing thereby to be applied to make good the Lo&s;s upon the Clipt Money.</HEAD>
<P N="1">1. THAT from the fir&s;t of <HI>January</HI> 1695. to the fir&s;t of <HI>January</HI> 1712. no Pewte|rer or any Per&s;on that works Tin and Pewter, pre&s;ume to expo&s;e to Sale any &s;uch Metal wrought, unle&s;s the &s;ame be fir&s;t marked by the Officers of the Exci&s;e, having fir&s;t paid a Duty to the &s;ame Officers of one Penny for every Pound Weight (of which he &s;hall be repaid by the Buyer) under the Penalty of 20<HI>l.</HI> for every Offence, one half to the King, and the other to the Informer.</P>
<P N="2">2. That all Hou&s;ekeepers, Lodgers, and others, &s;hall be rated to have a certain Quantity of Tin or Pewter, according to their re&s;pective Quality, and pay one Penny for every Pound Weight, according to that E&s;timation, and have their Pewter and Tin marked by the &s;ame Officers, (let it be more or le&s;s than they have been rated) provided this Duty be demanded but once for the Term of the &s;aid &s;ixteen Years.</P>
<P N="3">3. That the &s;aid Officers of the Exci&s;e make a Vi&s;it of the Hou&s;es once in every Year; and if they find any Tin or Pewter wrought, not marked, that the Owner thereof be forced to pay once more one Penny for every Pound Weight of the Pewter he was computed to have, unle&s;s he declares upon his Oath the Name of the Pewterer who has &s;old it.</P>
<P N="4">4. That the Officers of the Exci&s;e keep the Mark wherewith the &s;aid Tin or Pewter is to be marked, and that there be a great Penalty inflicted on &s;uch who &s;hall be convicted of ha|ving counterfeited the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="5">5. That the &s;aid Penny upon every Pound of wrought Tin or Pewter be given back to tho&s;e who &s;hall export it out of the Kingdom.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>By the Hearth-Book there is in</HI> England 1300 <HI>thou&s;and Hou&s;es.</HI></HEAD>
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<CELL>500000</CELL>
<CELL>Hou&s;es&mdash;of poor People,</CELL>
<CELL>&mdash;Nothing.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>l.</HI></CELL>
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<ROW>
<CELL>150000</CELL>
<CELL>Hou&s;es of Country People and Trade&s;men, reputed to have Pewter Ve&s;&s;els,</CELL>
<CELL>24 <HI>l.</HI> weight of Pewter, at 1 <HI>d.</HI> a Pound, for each Hou&s;e, is</CELL>
<CELL>02 <HI>s.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>15000</CELL>
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<ROW>
<CELL>150000</CELL>
<CELL>Hou&s;es&mdash;of Ditto, in a better Capacity,&mdash;60 <HI>l.</HI> for each Hou&s;e</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>05 <HI>s.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>37500</CELL>
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<ROW>
<CELL>150000</CELL>
<CELL>Hou&s;es of Shopkeepers, and part of the Farmers,&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>120 <HI>l.&mdash;</HI></CELL>
<CELL>10 <HI>s.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>75000</CELL>
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<ROW>
<CELL>150000</CELL>
<CELL>Hou&s;es of great Farmers, Gentlemen and Merchants,&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>192 <HI>l.&mdash;</HI></CELL>
<CELL>16 <HI>s.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>120000</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>150000</CELL>
<CELL>of Ale-hou&s;es, Coffee-hou&s;es, and other Publick Hou&s;es,&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>288 <HI>l.&mdash;</HI>1 <HI>l.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>04 <HI>s.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>180000</CELL>
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<ROW>
<CELL>70000</CELL>
<CELL>Hou&s;es &s;ome great Ale-hou&s;es, Taverns and Inns,&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>480 <HI>l.&mdash;</HI>2 <HI>l.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>00 <HI>s.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>140000</CELL>
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<ROW>
<CELL>25000</CELL>
<CELL>Brewhou&s;es, Stillers, Scarlet-Diers, great Publick Hou&s;es, as Halls, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and Knights Hou&s;es,&mdash;</CELL>
<CELL>600 <HI>l.&mdash;</HI>2 <HI>l.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>10 <HI>s.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>62500</CELL>
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<CELL>5000</CELL>
<CELL>Lords and very large Publick Hou&s;es,</CELL>
<CELL>1200 <HI>l.&mdash;</HI>5 <HI>l</HI></CELL>
<CELL>00 <HI>s.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>25000</CELL>
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<CELL ROLE="total">1300000 Hou&s;es</CELL>
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<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="total">655000</CELL>
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<P>The Sum that will be levied at fir&s;t will be <HI>l.</HI> 655000 be&s;ides what it is at the Pewterers, which is re|puted at lea&s;t one fifth Part of the Whole; and all the old Pewter Ve&s;&s;els be|ing generally exchanged for new ones every five Years, more or le&s;s, the fifth part only of the Sum above, will make a yearly Revenue of 131000 <HI>l.</HI> for 16 Years, to pay the Rents of a new Million-Adventure, and the 655000 <HI>l.</HI> will reimbur&s;e the Advance of the Bank of <HI>England,</HI> and the Million-Bank, as by the la&s;t Propo&s;al of Mr. <HI>L. G.</HI></P>
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