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C€ec!ings, and in what cafes ? In pjcneral, wliat is the nature of 5'our cri- 

 minal cude with relpcdl to the objeds accounted criminal, the modes 

 of procedure, and the kinds of puniftiment ? ; 



13. How are the poor in general provided for in this country ? 



14. What is the ftate of the mads in this country i Are they in ge- 

 neral kept in good repair, or the rcverfe? By what means are reads and 

 Hridges made and kept in repair : Are tolls exadted for thispurpofe ? Are 

 thefe tolls general throughout the whole country, or local, and adopted in 

 particular cafes only ? If tolls or t'.trnpUcs are general, by what authority 

 have thefe been eftablifhed ; and how long have they been in common 

 ufe ? Are they adopted as an objedl of public revenue, and under the 

 management of the officers of the crown; or is the money thus colleft- 

 cd applied folcly for the making and repairing the roads? Under whofe 

 tnanagemcnt is this fund placid ? If private and particular tolls (.mly are 

 in ufe. What devices have been adopted to prevent the money thus raif- 

 ed from being in time applied to augment the income of private indivi- 

 duals? Are navigable cunals known or common in this country ? If rare, 

 What arc thofe that have been made or propofed to be made ? h the 

 country fidccptible of this imjirovement, though it has not ytt been 

 adopted ? 



15. What arc the principal fources of public revenue in this country? 

 Does this arife from territorial rents, mines, ancient culioms, aids, feu- 

 dal incidents, or from what has been in modern times peculiarly called 

 taxc'.f ? "Where any of thefe particulars are not generally known, a fpe- 

 cial account of them is wanted, rt' ta\es are here in common ufe, what 

 is the general nature of thefe taxes ? Aie all the members of the com- 

 munity alike liable in the ])aynacnt of thefe? Where there are exemp- 

 tions, Who are the perfons claiming this privilege ? Are the taxes col- 

 Ie<fted by the officers of the ciown; or is it culloniary to farm them out 

 to others ? Have the coUefiors of the fevenue, or the farmers of it, any 

 difcrerionary power in apportionii.g the tax among individuals; or arc 

 they tied down by rules fo clear and definite, that they cannot tranfgrefs 

 then\ without being e-jicUntly culpable, and amenable to juftice? Are 

 there any inftances of the colltAors or farmers of revenue being pub- 

 licly tried and fined, or otherwifc punifhed, for malverfations in office, 

 which did not tend to defraud the prince, to thwart the miniflcr in 

 feme favourite projc6t, or afij-arenth to diminifh tlie revenue ? Particu- 

 krs as to fuch cafes will prove intereftiiig. Has the minijicr, either di- 

 reiVy or iuHincHj, a ptiwer of augmenting or cir.iinifhing taxes to any 

 individual 01 body of men, or part of the community ? What have been 

 the devices adopted for thefe purpofes, and the pretexts under which they 

 iiave been concealed from the view of the people ? 



16. What is the ftate of the country in regard to tht liberty oftheprefs ? 

 To what reftraints are the people fubjcftcd in this refpeift ? What have 

 been the pretexts adopted for curtailing this libercy, where it could not 

 be d-iredlly attacked ? Have thefe encroachments been made under the 

 apparent view of augmenting the public revenue, or of ferving the 

 caule of religion, cr of preventing immorality, or of promoting good 

 order and public traiujiiillity, by protecting the mnocent from calumny, 

 «»r what elie ? Is the poU ofiice called in a.s an engine to effeiSl; tiiis pur- 



