* GENERAL VIEW OF 



Total amount of debt owing to they 



creditors of the public, at Mid- /> 280,000,000 



fummer 1784 J , 



The annual intereft of ditto, includ-n 



ing the expence of management, is I 10,000,000 



fnnnnfed to be J 



fuppofecl to be 



- , ditto per day .27,397 



The peace eftablifhment, including 



the civil lift, above 



5,000,000 



To be raifed by the public annually . 15,000,000 



' ditto per day .41,095 



Neat amount of the annual revenue, 



arifing from cuftoms, excife, and 



taxes, at Michaelmas 1783, as 



ftated by Dr. Price, .13,017,703. 14*507,703 



Additional taxes June 1783, efti- 



mated at .560,000. Ditto July 



andAuguft 1784, .930,000 J 



Surplus of the annual expence, above^ 

 the annual revenue, for which ad- 

 ditional taxeS muft be levied, or 

 favings appropriated, befides the 

 arrears not yet brought to account, ^ 492,2^7 

 the deficiencies in new taxes, and ' 

 a million which muft be raifed, for 

 a given number of years, to liqui- 

 date the national debt. 



Peace with all the world, and that for a long 

 continuance, is, therefore, our only hope, and 

 ought to be the Ardent wifh of every friend of his. 

 country, and of humanity, For almoft a century 

 paft,* England hath dazzled the eyes of mankind 



* The years of peace fince the Revolution 55 



M *- " of war . ' . ... .... . < 41 



with 



