106] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1812. 



of. Upon horses employed for 

 purposes of trade, which were ge- 

 nerally of greater value, and pro- 

 ductive of greater profit to their 

 employer, he should propose an 

 additional duly of lOs. Taken 

 together, these additional duties 

 may be estimated at 2(59,000/. 



It was his intention to pro- 

 pose an increase in the same pro- 

 portion, in the duty on dogs, 

 except that, in consequence of 

 recommendations which he had 

 received from various quarters, he 

 should propose a higher duty on 

 greyhounds, than on other dogs. 

 The reasons for this recommenda- 

 tion were best known to sportsmen, 

 and therefore many gentlemen in 

 the house were better able to 

 judge of it than himself, but it 

 was obvious that the superior va- 



lue of greyhounds, and the species 

 of amusement which they afford- 

 ed, might be considered as a suf- 

 ficient reason for an auermented 

 rate of duty. The increase of the 

 tax on dogs might be estimated at 

 31,000/. 



The last increase of assessed 

 taxes which it was his intention 

 to propose was on certificates to 

 game-keepers, nanr.ely, four shil- 

 lings for game-keepers, who were 

 also assessed as servants, and 

 10s. 6d. for persons who were not 

 so assessed. This, he thought 

 would raise 21,000/. 



The amount of these angmenta- 

 tions of the assessed taxes, he 

 should, therefore, calculate at 

 515,000/. ; and the whole of the 

 profiosed duties would stand as 

 follows : 



Customs. — By discontinuing, the bounty on 

 Printed Goods exported, taken on average 



of last 3 years 308,000 



Excise. — Hides and skins ; by doubling the 

 existing duties, on average of the last three 



years 325,000 



Glass ditto ditto 328,000 



Tobacco ; one-tenth in addition to all the 



existing duties, on a like average ...... 107,000 



Auctions, Regulations, estimated to produce 100,000 

 Post-Office. — Addition of one penny on all 

 Letters carried more than 20 miles, esti- 

 mated to produce 220,000 



Assessed Taxes. — Male Servants. . . . 155,000 



Carriages 89,000 



Horses and Dealers 269,000 



Dogs 31,000 



Game Certificates 21,000—515,000 



1,903,000 



He was sure that it must be 

 very satisfactory to the house and 

 the public that, after the country 

 had so often seemed to be upon 



the very point of having exhausted 

 its resources, and after it had been 

 so often stated that no fit subject 

 for taxation remained, \i still ap- 



pear.ed 



