IN SCOTLAND. 663 



fc74f Nor waj the illagil aod incredible opprtiEon of bonda 



"HWift of goods uftffinft wichio tho 

 :crry-boiL, pnc- 

 very laic 



: ItorrowrtounneU, the fee fur cockct on coal* was only 



Mil (Utod in a table ol feet, Ugncd bv the collector and comp- 



. and trantroittcd to the board of cuftoms ** 



it now railed to the extiaordioary 



lam of about ;i.eiuJiveof (bunps,and j or 4 (hiUmga nk>re 

 iaricuruo, i, i:t-A.t.M, fee, b.nuli xuU.>^c:i f . n.. :i.v;M -e. t 

 have alto been exacted on goods peffing on the river For i h, down 

 K value of 50 or 40 llutlings, though, by law, no foe at ailcaa 

 ;i flooda under 5!. 



'* A imall i^Mf t^ A I nn hiir*i* ftAfr^imr tmcfer 

 ** " T *" ** "*" t **"* *"*'" mmK 



. in one )tar v 178 i'np-paper t 



<M>MfltJ to about ao per ce: the value of the coait (be 



. 

 - 



controul in this rrlp ulriat on the head 



. 50 miles above open (ca, they have ventured, wtr. 



xtort bonds a 



iees y even upon rafts of foreign wood, j<. 

 duties vere paid, for paiVmg a few mile* on or acroCi the 



tfgow. And what may icem aJ- 

 : raf: -bonds, for want of t[eeitii* 

 catc, was lent to be put .n ink in the Exchequer. 



.'ool, that great raw material of our mnnufjv-ture, which 

 paflcs free in all nvers and tirths, and even at many turnpikes in 

 England, is loaded with exceffive fees in paffing at the upp- 

 lies of the river ; aod what can >o believed, at 



Ipen lea, theft 

 : innkeepen at the water fide. 

 ipatch being i; i tax for the ofiotf% 



at 8d. on each finoll pack one weight of wool, equal to 



the exorbit . ; about 6t. a ton, or 30!. on a ftngie 100 



tons of this raw mate n poor men and women, un 



hire horfes, have been compelled to pay a (hare of thus groU im> 

 pofition for each h ad of wool carried on their ba 



c, and oti. 

 be given, are contra; . >xlattd, and ' 



v that all rerrics are coniidered as 



high roads, and all goods puffing the Forth in boats, are to be free, 

 t which wool it particularly mention 



: Al<rilccii," la>i the memorial, 4 * the fee on landing 



goods, from general veffcU coadways, was, by their own table in 



ly one fartta , which was itfclf \uirca- 



Jbnibly high, but is QO\V ruled to a full penny fterling, or 8d. 



TT 4 per 



