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fifth year of his prefent majefty's reign upon the importation and exportation of Gum Senega and Gum Arabic, be applied towards making good the fupply granted to his majefty.

13. That the fum of 150,000l. remaining in the receipt of the exchequer, which was granted to his majesty, in the laft feffion of parliament, upon account, for defraying the charge of the pay and cloathing of the militia for one year, beginning the 25th of March, 1766, be applied towards raifing the faid fupply.

14. That a fum not exceeding 181,000l. of the monies agreed to be paid by a convention between his majesty and the French king, concluded and figned at London, the 27th of February, 1765, for the maintenance of the late French prifoners of war, be applied to. wards making good the faid fupply. 15. That the fum of 84,604 1. 2 s. 3 d. remaining in the receipt of the exchequer on the 5th of April, 1767, of the two fevenths excife, granted by an act of 5 and 6 William and Mary, after fatis. fying the feveral charges and incumberances thereupon, for the half year then ended, be carried to, and made part of, the aggregate fund, and that the faid fund be made a fecurity for the difcharge of fuch annuities, and other demands, payable out of the faid fum, as the growing produce of the faid two fevenths excife fhall not be fufficient to answer.

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Holland and Flanders, except cloth of the manufacture of thofe countries.

2. That an additional duty of 3d. per ell, be laid upon all drilling, other than canvas drilling, which fhall be imported into this kingdom.

3. That the faid duties be carried to the finking fund, towards making good to the fame, the payments to be made thereout, of the annuities to be established in refpect of the fum of 1,500,000l. to be raifed in purfuance of a refolution of this houfe, on the 16th of April laft.

4. That an a&t made in the 7th of Geo. II. chap. 18. which was to continue in force from the 24th of June, 1734, for feven years and from thence to the end of the then next feffion of parliament, and which, by feveral subsequent acts paffed in the 14th, zoth, 27th, and 33d of his faid late majefty, was further continued, from the expiration thereof, until the 29th of September, 1767, and from thence to the end of the then next feffion, is near expiring, and fit to be continued.

MAY 7.

1. That there be laid an addi tional duty of one half penny perell, upon all foreign canvafs, packing, fprufe, Elbing, or Quinfborough, imported into this kingdom.

2. That there be laid an additional duty of id. per ell, on all foreign canvas, Dutch barrafs, or Heffens, imported into this kingdom.

3. That all foreign lawns imported into this kingdom, be rated as Silefia lawns, and pay accordingly.

4. That

4. That over and above the faid duty an additional duty of 3d. per yard be laid upon all foreign lawns.

5. That a fum, not exceeding 15,000l. per annum arifing from the faid duties, do remain in the receipt of the exchequer, as a fund for the encouragement of raifing and dreffing hemp and flax in this kingdom, in fuch way and manner as parliament fhall hereafter direct, and that the remainder of the faid duties be reserved in the exchequer for the future difpofition of parliament.

MAY 19.

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 single letter 2d. for 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.

2. For the postage and conveyance of letters and packets, within the faid island, fuch rates, in proportion to the number of miles, or ftages, as are now eftablished 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 discontinued.

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

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 majesty, upon prompt payment of the ftamp duties on licences for re tailing beer, ale, and other exciseable liquors, be reduced to the

fame rate as the allowances for prompt payment of other stamp 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 chandize, 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 bushel only.

6. That provifion be made, for declaring that ribbands and filks, printed, ftained, or painted, in this kingdom, though lefs 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.

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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 difcontinued.

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 15. 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 purfuance thereof, or of any fubfequent act of parliament, upon paper, pafte boards, mill. boards, 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

to the faid colonies and planta. tions.

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 pro vifion for the charge of the adminiftration of juftice, 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 majesty'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 co. lonies and plantations.

19. That, upon the exportation 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 15. 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 in demnification 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

JUNE 10.

There were twenty refolutions of the faid committee reported and agreed to by the houfe; by the firft of which, all duties then payable to his majesty, upon goods imported into, or exported from the Isle 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

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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 customs, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, out of any monies remaining in his hands.

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

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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 feem 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 these new

taxes.

However, notwithstanding the reduction of the land-tax, we have in this feffion made a good be ginning towards paying off the nafional 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 purpofe borrowed but 1500000l. fo that of our 41 per cent. debts we have paid clear off very near 1500000l. and have reduced another 1500000l. from 41. to 31. per cent. intereft. And if the land-tax had in this feffion been continued as formerly at 45. in the pound, we should 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 poffible 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 fhall again refume that very falutary measure of continuing the land-tax at 4s. in the pound; for from the fupplies of this very feffion it is evident, that the neceffary expence of the current service 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 spare 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 feveral 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 least 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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