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nisters and others on this important alteration, whilst to 

 the Author it appears capable of an easy adjustment. 



The first obje^l to consider, is the duty j)er ton which 

 could be afforded, or which would be reasonable to exa6l 

 for salt applied to the three purposes above mentioned. 



This duty should not exceed one pound per ton, or 

 sixpence per bushel, which should be all the tax exacted 

 on the commodity itself. The Author gives it as his 

 opinion, that the extended consumption of salt for the 

 purposes already mentioned, as soon as the benefits de- 

 rived from the use of it v/ere generally known, would, at 

 a duty of one pound per ton, be fully equal to the duties 

 now coUe£ied\ but as it may not be prudent to trust to 

 speculations, defuturis contingentibus^ it is suggested, that the 

 deficiency of duty which would arise on its present con- 

 sumption, be made w\} by a tax on those who should re- 

 ceive a benefit by the unrestrained use of it, such as 

 farmers, feeders, and owners of cattle, and certain other 

 classes ofconsumers of salt. Householders should only pay 

 for domestic consumption the 6d. per Ijushel, by Mhich 

 means they would l^e supplied with salt 4s. 6d. a bushel 

 cheaper than they arc at i)rescnt. At this rate, the 



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