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-of life; and the greater such revefine is, the more 
yplentifully are they supplied with those. ‘The more 
the people enjoy the advantages ofa great revenue, 
othe more duty they pay to government; for the 
duties -are al] laid on the articles of consumption ina 
country, direetly or indirectly. A man may subsist 
~on L. 10 per anaum; but if his income enables him, 
che will expend much moré,—perhaps L. 20; in 
which case he pays, in addition, to government, all the 
duties imposed on the additional articles that he con- 
-‘sumes, to the value of L. 10. . 
In the expences ‘necefsary for smuggling, there is 
agreat deal of money expended, ‘which would be 
otherwise saved, and of course it is entirely lost to 
the nation. This lofs consists in the following or 
‘similar articles : 
tst, The surplus cost of a smuggling lugger. Such 
a vefsel costs always more, by perhaps twenty or 
forty per cent. than a vefsel of the same burden to be 
. employed in legal commerce. 
2d, The extraordinary expence of navigating sucha 
‘lugger, which amounts usually totwo or three times 
as much as that of navigating another vefsel. 
3d, The whole value of the workmanhhip of a vefsel 
when fhe is seized in smuggling, and condemned to 
be taken to pieces; which is usually the case. 
4th, Theexpences in carrying goods to places of con- 
-cealment, and time lost.in evading the search of re- 
“venue officers. 
- Hence it evidently appears, that the profit of a 
‘smuggler cannot be ‘equivalent to the lofs that go- 
“¥ernment sustains in not receiving the duties ; be- 
