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Majesty’s Treasury should’ he empowered 
to issue to the said trustees Exchequer 
Bills to an amount not exceeding the sums 
necessary for completing from time to 
time the said payments; which Exchequer 
Bills, together with imterest thereupon, 
should from time to time be discharged 
and satisfied by the said trustees out of 
any monies to arise by the sale of the said 
annuities, or out of the dividends thereof ; 
and that until such payment, the interest 
accruing on such Exchequer Jills may be 
paid out of any supplies voted by Parlia- 
ment. 
The taxes to be remitted in 1823 
are as under :— 
The Salt Duty. is to be reduced from 
45s, per bushel to 2s. 
The Irish Hearth and Window Duties 
are to be taken off. 
The Leather Duty is to be reduced one- 
half. 
The Tonnage Duty is to be remit- 
ted: the whole of which now produces 
2,000,0001, 
Let it however be borne in mind, 
that these remissions are not conse- 
quences of reduced expenditure and 
establishments, but are effected by ex- 
tending the time for the payment of 
the debt from twenty to forty-five 
years. What the public justly demand 
is a reduction of taxes asa consequence 
of reduced expenditure. 
Political Affairs in May. 
[June 1, 
The following paper, laid ‘before 
Parliament, proves the amount of taxes 
repealed and imposed since the termi- 
nation of the war. ‘The Property or 
War Tax, of 14,267,956/, expired of 
course, : 
Old Taxes remitted. 
Malt Duty, England and Ire- 
Jand +oes.e ee eesee reso -0e $9,912,574 
Customs, Exports, Goods Coast- 
wise, and Tonnage----- e++ee 1,105,675 
Assessed. Taxes, Husbandry 
Horses s+ssesseecesseeses 268,000 
: , Windows, &e. 
Treland ve eeeeessecereeess 235,000 
Husbandry Horses ++++--se0+ 488,482 
5,009,635 
New Taxes imposed. 
Excise Duties on Soap, per Act 
56 Geo. IIL. -+++-+++eeeeee, 292,565 
Custom Duties, per sundry Acts 
56 George III. on Butter, 
Cheese, Rape and Cole Seed, | 
Oe ee 78,365 
Increase of Custom Duties, per 
Aet 59 Geo, ILI. cap, 52-++* 500,000 
Custom Duties, perdo. cap, 83, 22,743 
Excise Duties, do, cap. 52 + +++ 2,774,049 
a do. Ireland, do. 
VALUE OF IMPORTS INTO GREAT BRITAIN, 
Total (exclusive of the 
Trade with Ireland) «--- 
Treland 
Grand Total ».-.++.- 
& 
$5,845,540 0 2 
4,290,612 0 0 
40,135,952 0 2 
‘ VALUE OF EXPORTS FROM GREAT BRITAIN. 
caps. 72 and 87++++++++eee" 218,363 
£3,885,885 
1820. 1821. 
s. d. & 8. di. &£ s. ad, 
29,651,639 16. 
3,944,101 0 9 
$1,515,921 15 7 
4,999,342 15 14 
33,695,740 17 6 
36,514,564 14 6 
British and er rae and Manufactures. 
Total (exclusive of the 
Trade with Ireland). ++ 
Ireland eeeeesoerrosease 
Eg 
8. ke 
41,960,555 3 
» 2,610,097 18 9 
1820. ; 1821." 
£ s. d. Borie” 8d. 
32,983,688 16 10 | 37,817,717. 8. -3 
2,673,340 3 3] 2,429,560 1 11 
Grand; Total «+++ «+9 
44,570,653 2 2 
35,657,099 0 1 
40,240,277 10 2 
Foreign and Colonial Merchandize. — 
; 1819. 
Total (exclusive ‘of «the 
Trade with Iveland).... 
Preland <2. oo(s- eneewieps © 
Grand Total «.«.e.+« 
1819. 
Total (exclusive of the 
Trade with Ireland) .- 
Treland--.- eS eeoteeeeee 
Grand Total beesee 
b 4 s. 
40,835,800 6 4 
4,451,474 8 8) 
12,287,274 15. 0.| 14,278,076 17 6 
Total Exports. 
£ sp 
52,796,355. 9 9 | 42,862,994 16 10 
4,061,572. 7 
56,857 ,997,17 2 | 46,935,105,17.. 7 
1821, 
£ . 
10,525,095 18 8 
965,313 10 0 
8 
1820, 
d. &L s. a. 
9,879,236 0 0 
1,398,840 17 6 
S$, 
11,490,389°°8 
1820. 
ye? 
d, & 8, ; 
# ‘sd. 
48,949,743 6 41 
3;387,873 11°11 
dy 
5,| 4,072,181 0 9 
— 
51,730,616-18 10 
°° Difference 
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