42] 
There would bea to- 
tal income of - - 41,408,000 
From which, deduct- 
ing the permanent 
charges of Great 
Britain existing on 
5th of April 1815, 
amounting to’ - - 37,588,000 
There would remain 3,820,000 
From whichagain de- 
ducting thesum due 
on the former grant 
OF FEO: See he 
here would remain 
applicable to the 
service of the year 3,536,000 
He should therefore have thought 
himself justified in proposing a 
grant on account of this surplus 
to the extent of 3,500,000/. But 
as no inconvenience would arise 
from its being estimated too low, 
and some had been experienced 
from an error of an opposite na- 
ture, he thought the safer course 
was to take it at 3,000,000/.— 
With respect to the war-taxes, he 
should at a future day propose a 
vote highly satisfactory, from the 
view which it gave of the increas- 
ing means of the country. The 
amount of the war-taxes, taking 
them at what they were last year, 
and adding the arrears of the pro- 
perty tax remaining to be col- 
lected, would furnish 32,925,454. 
From this deducting 
the sum remaining 
to complete the 
grant of war-taxes 
for 1814 - - 
And the war taxes 
ledged forinterest 
ofdebt - - = - 
284,000 
£8,005,887 
2,706,000 
£10,711,887 
There would remain 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
to be granted for 
the service of the 
year = = = £22,213,567 
On the credit of this he should 
consider himself fully justified in 
moving on a future day a grant © 
22, 000,0001. It was worth while 
to look back to the increase which 
had taken place in the produce of 
the permanent war taxes since 
the last considerable addition was 
made to them. The committee 
were aware that no new taxes had 
been proposed since the year 1813. 
In the year ending April 5, 1813, 
their total produce was somewhat 
less than 60,000,000/. © In the 
year ending April 5, 1815, they 
amounted to 65,804,000/. thus 
giving an increase of five millions 
and a half, Undoubtedly it must 
be admitted, that the year ending 
April 5, 1813, had been less pro= 
ductive than some which had pre- 
ceded it; but making every rea- 
sonable allowance for this circum- 
stance, theincreasehad been great 
beyond all former example. He 
now came to state the amount of 
the charge onthe country, by the 
loans for the present year, and the 
way in which it was proposed to 
meet them. The total amount of 
the capital created by the exche- 
quer bills funded, and the loan 
in the five per cents, amounted to 
21,208,000/. 5 per cent stock ; 
the interest of this to 1,060,0002., 
the sinking fund to 331,000/., 
with the usual charge for manage- 
ment, The loan obtained that day 
created a capital of 4.9,680,000/., 
the interest of which would be 
1,517,0007.; the sinking fund 
would amount to 758,700/. to 
which would be added the charge 
formanagement. The totalamount 
