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the following statement principally as showing the 



heavy taxation to which the coaching business was 



subject, in order to illustrate the great difference 



there was in this respect between land and water 



travelling : 



Statement of Duties and Other Expenditure of the 

 ' Wellington' Coach from London to Newcastle, 364 

 Days. 



Duty for four inside and eleven out, sixpence a 



double mile ; that is, up and down, 278 miles 

 Stamps for receipts on payment of ditto 

 Four licenses for coaches being used successively 



up and down 

 Assessed taxes on coachmen and guards 



But subsequently to the month of l^ovember, 1836, 

 the duty paid was pne-seventh less, or £2,168 8s., 

 the coach-proprietors having been compelled, from 

 the deterioration in their trade, to stop the coaches 

 one day in the week. 



So far, it will be seen that the taxes payable to 

 Government amounted to a considerable sum. 



The other charges incidental to the working of the 



coach were put down as — 



£ s. d. 



Tolls annually 2,537 7 8 



Expense of the coaches hired at a rate per mile 1,274 



Other incidental matters about - • 800 



£4,611 7 8 



