1. That there be granted to his majefty, upon the postage and conveyance of letters and packets between Great Britain and the ifle of Man, for every fingle letter 2d. every double letter 4d. for every treble letter 6d. and for every ounce 8d. and fo in proportion for every packet of deeds, writs, and other things.

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2. For the poftage and conveyance of letters and packets, within the said island, fuch rates, in proportion to the number of miles, or ftages, as are now eftablifhed for the island, port, or conveyance of letters and packets in England.

3. That the monies arifing by the faid rates be appropriated to fuch ufes as the prefent rates of poftages are now made applicable.

JUNE 2. 1. That the duties upon logWood, exported from this kingdom, be difcontinued.

2. That the properties of any number of perfons whatfoever, in any hip or cargo, or both, be allowed to be affured, to the amount any fum, not exceeding 1000l.

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by a policy ftamped with one 5s. ftamp; and to the amount of any larger fum, by a policy ftamped with two fuch ftamps.

3. That the allowance authorized to be made by an act paffed in the 29th of his late majefty, upon prompt payment of the ftamp duties on licences for retailing beer, ale, and other excifeable liquors, be reduced to the fame rate as the allowances for prompt payment of other ftamp duties.

4. That upon the exportation from this kingdom of coffee and cocoa nuts, of the growth or produce of the British colonies, or plantations in America, as merchandize, a drawback be allowed, of the duties of cuftoms, payable upon the importation thereof.

5. That grey or fcrow falt, falt fcale, fand fcale, cruftings, or other foul falt, be allowed to be taken from the falt-works in England, Wales, or Berwick upon Tweed, to be used as manure, upon payment of a duty of id. per bufhel only.

6. That provifion be made, for declaring that ribbands and filks, printed, ftained, or painted, in this kingdom, though less than half a yard in breadth, are within the meaning of certain acts made in the 10th and 12th of queen Anne, and liable to the duties therein mentioned.

7. That the duties payable upon Succus Liquoritiæ, imported into this kingdom, be repealed.

8. That, in lieu thereof, a duty of 30s. per hundred weight, be laid upon Succus Liquoritiæ imported into this kingdom.

9. That the faid duty be appropriated to fuch uses, as the [P]

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duty fo to be repealed was made applicable.

10. That a fubfidy of 6d. in the pound, according to the value fpecified in the book of rates, referred to by an act made in the 12th of king Charles II. be laid upon the exportation from this kingdom, of fuch rice as fhall have been imported duty free, by virtue of an act made in this feffion of parliament.

11. That the faid duty on rice be referved in the exchequer for the difpofition of parliament.

12. That the drawbacks payable on China earthen-ware, exported to America, be difconti

nued.

13. That a duty of 4s. 8d. per hundred weight, avoirdupois, be laid upon all crown, plate, flint, and white glafs, imported into the British colonies and plantations in America.

14. That a duty of 1s. 2d. per hundred weight, avoirdupois, be laid upon all green glafs, imported into the faid colonies, and plantations.

15. That fuch duties as fhall be equal to a moiety of the duties granted by two acts of parliament, made in the 10th and 12th of her majefty queen Anne, and now payable in pursuance thereof, or of any fubfequent act of parliament, upon paper, pafte boards, millboards, and fcale boards, refpectively, be laid upon paper, pafteboards, millboards, and fcaleboards imported into the faid colonies and plantations.

16. That a duty of 2s. per hundred weight avoirdupois, belaid upon all red and white lead, and painters colours, imported in

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17. That a duty of 3d. per pound weight, avoirdupois, be laid upon all tea, imported into the faid colonies and planta. tions.

18. That the faid duties, to be raised in the faid colonies and plantations, be applied in making a more certain and adequate provifion for the charge of the adminiftration of justice, and the fup. port of civil government, in fuch of the faid colonies and plantations, where it fhall be found ne ceffary, and that the refidue of fuch duties be paid into the re ceipt of his majefty's exchequer, and there referved to be, from time to time, difpofed of by par. liament, towards defraying the ne ceffary expences of defending, pro tecting, and fecuring the faid colonies and plantations.

19. That, upon the exporta. tion of teas to Ireland, and the British dominions in America, a drawback be allowed, for a time to be limited, of all the duties of cuftoms, which fhall have been paid thereupon; and that fuch indemnification be made, by the Eaft India company, to the pub. lic, in refpect of fuch drawback, as is mentioned in the petition of the faid company.

20. That the inland duty of 18. per pound weight, upon all black and finglo teas confumed in Great Britain, be taken off, for a time to be limited, and that fuch indemnification be made, by the faid company, to the public, in refpect of fuch duty, as is mentioned in the petition of the faid company.

JUNE 10. There were twenty refolutions of the faid committee reported and agreed to by the houfe; by the first of which, all duties then payable to his majefty, upon goods imported into, or exported from the Ifle of Man, were abolished; but by the eighteen next follow ing rofolutions, a great variety of new duties upon fuch goods were impofed, which I do not think it neceffary to tranfcribe, as fo very few people in this kingdom can now have any trade or correfpondence with that island, and thofe that have muft provide themselves with a copy of the act itself. And

as to the zoth refolution of this day, it was as follows:

That fuch bounties as may hereafter become due and payable, under the feveral acts which have been made for the encouragement of the British white-herring fishery, be paid by the receiver general of the cuftoms, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, out of any monies remaining in his hands.

Thefe were all the refolutions of the committee of ways and means agreed to by the house, and with regard to the fums thereby provided for, and which can now be afcertained, they ftand as follows:

was, as foon as agreed to, referred to the committee of ways and means, and the whole of the 150000l, granted by the preceding feffion for the militia, was in this feffion made applicable to the fupply of 1767, by the faid thirteenth refolution of that committee agreed to on the 16th of April; fo that if we deduct the faid 150000l. together with the ufual deficiencies of the land and malt taxes, from this excefs, it will bring the excefs to the wrong fide of this account; confequently, if there fhould hap. pen any other deficiency, it must be fupplied by the produce of the new taxes impofed by this feffion, or by a new grant in the next; for by the faid refolutions of April the 16th, we seem to have fwept the exchequer fo clean as to have left nothing that can be applied by next feffion to that purpofe, except the cafual produce of thefe new

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However, notwithstanding the reduction of the land-tax, we have in this feffion made a good beginning towards paying off the national debt, for we have paid off near three millions, as appears from the fecond, fourth, and fifth fupply refolutions of April the 13th, and have for that purpose borrowed but 1500000l. fo that of our 41. per cent. debts we have paid clear off very near 1500000l. and have reduced another 15000ool. from 41. to 31. per cent. intereft. And if the land-tax had in this feffion been continued as formerly at 4s. in the pound, we fhould have been able to have paid clear off at least two millions of our 41. per cent. debts, and fhould not have been obliged to have borrowed above a million, which would have operated much

more powerfully in raifing the price of all our 31. per cent. debts; and to aim as much as pof fible at this we are bound by every thing that can be dear to mankind; for until our 31. per cent. come to be fold at par, we cannot vindicate either the honour or intereft of our country with fo much fpirit as we might otherwife do; therefore it is to be hoped, that in the very next feffion we shall again refume that very falutary meafure of continuing the land-tax at 4s. in the pound; for from the fupplies of this very feffion it is evident, that the neceffaty expence of the current fervice of this year amounts to 32981711. and we cannot fuppofe that the expence of the current fervice in any future year, even in time of peace, will ever amount to lefs; confequently, as we have now no free revenue but the land and malt taxes, if the former be continued at 3s. in the pound, we can never fpare above a million a year from the finking fund, for the payment of our debts, and a million a year is too weak a power for raifing fuch a heavy weight as that of our prefent load of debts, before our being involved in fome new and dangerous war.

It may be faid, that several new taxes have been granted in this feffion, which will add to the annual produce of the public revenue, and thereby enable us to pay off a larger fum of the debt yearly, without encroaching further upon our finking fund; but when we come to confider those taxes, I believe it may be fhewn, that few, or at leaft not many of them, can properly and juftly be faid to be applicable to the current fervice; that fome of them

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will rather diminish than increase the public revenue, and as to others, though they may add a little to the finking fund in one way, yet they will probably in another way diminish it as much, if not more; efpecially fome of thofe taxes impofed upon our people in North America; for from experience we know that before any of the late taxes were impofed upon them, the balance of trade between North America and Great Britain was always fo much againft them, that they could never keep any ready money amongst them, but were obliged to fend it to Great Britain as faft as they could procure it by their trade with foreign countries, or with our fugar islands. This was occafioned by

their having almoft all their manufactures and all their utenfils, as well the coarfe as fine fort of every kind, from Great Britain: If we by taxes increafe their expence of living in their own country, how fhall they fave money to purchafe from us thofe manufactures, and thofe utenfils? They muft make a fhift with those of the coarseft fort: In the mean time they certainly will encourage the fetting up of fuch manufactures and mechanical trades amongst themselves, and for that purpose will give encouragement and employment to every poor manufacturer and mechanic who tranfplants himself from this to that country.