344 CONSUMPTION OF MALT. 



Malt consumed in England. 



bushels. bushels. 



1796.. 28,1 42,008 



1797 .. 30,923,419 [ , ^* _, 1 829 . . 30,517,816 I 



1798.. 26,963,454 pe bushel. 

 1799..31,751,645J 



1828.. 25,099,336 



2s. Id. 

 1830.. 23,428,072 I per bushel. 



1831.. 26,900,903 1 



117,780,526 105,945,12? 



" Thus on the four last years, there was a decrease 

 of nearly twelve million bushels as compared with 

 four years of the last century. 



" Scotland exhibits equally disastrous results of 

 the effects of taxation ; one return will suffice : 



Scotch consumption of Malt. 



bushels. tax per bshl. 



1802 2,014,526 Os. Id. 



1821 1,182,208 3s. 6d. 



Decreased consumption .. 32,381 Increased tax .. 2s. lid." 



Subsequent years afford similar results. 



" Ireland is even worse than Scotland. In 1831, 

 the consumption of malt in Ireland was less than that 

 of 1792 to the extent of 3,129,370 bushels. 



" Nor are these the only evils ; the tax falls on dif- 

 ferent places unequally ; the quantity of malt con- 

 sumed by the United Kingdom being in 1811, 



bushels. net duty. 



England .... 26,900,903 3,474,699 



Scotland 4,101,946 505,637 



Ireland .... 1,959,606 251,646 



32,363,455 4,331,996 



