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House Of Commons.
Attornies Certificates , which he considered rather as an advantageous regulation calculated to prevent fraud , than an additional impost , he rated at 15 , 000 ! . On Wrought Plate , the small duty he had to propose would prorfnce about 30 , 000 ! . Besides these duties , collect d at the Stamp-Office at little additional expence , he hail to propose a tax on Land Carriage . It was his intention to propose that all the toll ' s on the high road should be doubled , \ nd that just as much should be received for the public , as was now taken by the proprietors or farmers of the tolls . This tax he calculated at 450 , 000 ! .
RECAPITULATION . . STAMPS . Advertisements L . 26 , 000 Gonsolidatedduties L . 320 000 Attornies certificates 15 , 000 Progressive duty - 170 , 000 Wrought plate 30 , 000 Duty onskins ( amount - not mentioned ) The total stated 834 , 000 Sl . "imp'd copies of deeds 40 , ooo Tax on land carriage 450 , 000 Probates of wills 40 , 000
——Newspapers 114 . 000 Total L . 1 . 28 4 , Mr . 'Fox contended that the real amount of the taxes it was incumbent on him to lay before the House amounted to 1 , 887 , 000 ] . The National expenditure , by the taxes proposed , would amount to twenty-five annual millions , the sum at which , the Hon . Gentleman had formerly estimated the whole rental of the kingdom . Of seven millions and a half of taxes already imposed , only three millions had as yet been felt by the people . Thursday 28 . Mr . Pitt saidthatin such a mass of complicated matterit was
, , , very possible he might have been guilty of an omission . He then referred , to his list of taxes ; and , on reading it over , it appeared that he had wholly passed over two of the most important . The first was a tax on Bills of Exchange , imposing an addition of one third lo the present duties . The amount of this the Minister estimated at 40 , 000 k The second was a tax on Policies of Insurance , the
particulars of which he did not state . The produce he calculated at 35 , 000 ! . For this omission of taxes to the amount of 75 , 000 ! . the Minister made an apology to the House . The resolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means were then read a first time . On the question that they be read a second time , Mr . Fox remarked , that the Minister had not yet provided the whole of the interest for the expences of the war . There was a deficiecny of 248 , 000 ! . the wine-tax alone falling 158 , 000 ! . short of the estimate ; nor was any interest
provided for three millions and a half of Navy Bills that had been passed over in silence . The same fallacy appeared in the Navy Estimate , which was lower than last year , although 10 , 000 additional seamen were voted . It was the same With the Arnrv Estimates ; and he mane no doubt but these fanciful caculations Would fail five or six millions short of the real expence . Mr . Pitt asserted , that whrii allowances were made for the stoppage of the distilleries , and other accide -laJ drawbacks , the deficiency would nut exceed 140000 ! . As to the Army and Navvthe calculations were entirely fouiided on
, , the present nature of the war . Reductions had tal-en place , particularly in the Ordnance , and in St . Domingo the system of warfare was narrowed . After a few words from Mr , Fox and Mr . Smith , to which Mr . Pitt made no reply , the question was then put , ' that the resolution be read a second time , ' and carried . The Opposition Members then rose , and left the House in a body .
Saturday 29 . Mr . Pitt presented to the House a Message from his Majesty , of Which the following is a cop---: ' His Majesty recommends it to the House of Commons to consider of enabling his Majesty to make remittances from time -to time , 10 be applied to his service in Ireland , in such a manner as shall be approved Of by the Parliament of that kingdom , to an amount not exceeding 1 , 500 , 000 ) . en provision being made by the Parliament of Ireland . for discharging the ' interest-and charges of a Loan to that VOL . IX . M m
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House Of Commons.
Attornies Certificates , which he considered rather as an advantageous regulation calculated to prevent fraud , than an additional impost , he rated at 15 , 000 ! . On Wrought Plate , the small duty he had to propose would prorfnce about 30 , 000 ! . Besides these duties , collect d at the Stamp-Office at little additional expence , he hail to propose a tax on Land Carriage . It was his intention to propose that all the toll ' s on the high road should be doubled , \ nd that just as much should be received for the public , as was now taken by the proprietors or farmers of the tolls . This tax he calculated at 450 , 000 ! .
RECAPITULATION . . STAMPS . Advertisements L . 26 , 000 Gonsolidatedduties L . 320 000 Attornies certificates 15 , 000 Progressive duty - 170 , 000 Wrought plate 30 , 000 Duty onskins ( amount - not mentioned ) The total stated 834 , 000 Sl . "imp'd copies of deeds 40 , ooo Tax on land carriage 450 , 000 Probates of wills 40 , 000
——Newspapers 114 . 000 Total L . 1 . 28 4 , Mr . 'Fox contended that the real amount of the taxes it was incumbent on him to lay before the House amounted to 1 , 887 , 000 ] . The National expenditure , by the taxes proposed , would amount to twenty-five annual millions , the sum at which , the Hon . Gentleman had formerly estimated the whole rental of the kingdom . Of seven millions and a half of taxes already imposed , only three millions had as yet been felt by the people . Thursday 28 . Mr . Pitt saidthatin such a mass of complicated matterit was
, , , very possible he might have been guilty of an omission . He then referred , to his list of taxes ; and , on reading it over , it appeared that he had wholly passed over two of the most important . The first was a tax on Bills of Exchange , imposing an addition of one third lo the present duties . The amount of this the Minister estimated at 40 , 000 k The second was a tax on Policies of Insurance , the
particulars of which he did not state . The produce he calculated at 35 , 000 ! . For this omission of taxes to the amount of 75 , 000 ! . the Minister made an apology to the House . The resolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means were then read a first time . On the question that they be read a second time , Mr . Fox remarked , that the Minister had not yet provided the whole of the interest for the expences of the war . There was a deficiecny of 248 , 000 ! . the wine-tax alone falling 158 , 000 ! . short of the estimate ; nor was any interest
provided for three millions and a half of Navy Bills that had been passed over in silence . The same fallacy appeared in the Navy Estimate , which was lower than last year , although 10 , 000 additional seamen were voted . It was the same With the Arnrv Estimates ; and he mane no doubt but these fanciful caculations Would fail five or six millions short of the real expence . Mr . Pitt asserted , that whrii allowances were made for the stoppage of the distilleries , and other accide -laJ drawbacks , the deficiency would nut exceed 140000 ! . As to the Army and Navvthe calculations were entirely fouiided on
, , the present nature of the war . Reductions had tal-en place , particularly in the Ordnance , and in St . Domingo the system of warfare was narrowed . After a few words from Mr , Fox and Mr . Smith , to which Mr . Pitt made no reply , the question was then put , ' that the resolution be read a second time , ' and carried . The Opposition Members then rose , and left the House in a body .
Saturday 29 . Mr . Pitt presented to the House a Message from his Majesty , of Which the following is a cop---: ' His Majesty recommends it to the House of Commons to consider of enabling his Majesty to make remittances from time -to time , 10 be applied to his service in Ireland , in such a manner as shall be approved Of by the Parliament of that kingdom , to an amount not exceeding 1 , 500 , 000 ) . en provision being made by the Parliament of Ireland . for discharging the ' interest-and charges of a Loan to that VOL . IX . M m