EXPEDITION TO SURINAM^ 



203 



Brought forward 

 The fecond is the office of excife and fmall duties. 



To this is paid, viz. 

 For a barrel of beer - - /• 3 — *— 



A D' of claret - - - 12 



A pipe of madeira - - 23 10 — 



All wines, pr quart bottle - i 



The tax on publicans, is - - 600 «■ — 



D" on fmall retailers - - 300 



And which amounts to a yearly pro- = — - 



duce of at leaft - - = ^ „ 



Then follov/s thirdly the office for taxation on 

 heads; which receives for all inhabitants, black 

 and white, without exception, viz. 



' this pro- 

 duces 

 . yearly » 



For men and women - - f. 1 10 

 For boys and girls under 1 2, /. i 5 



1 



thus, 



. Next comes the office for Tales and flaves, 

 which gets, viz* 



For felling dead flock, including eftates, "] 

 &c. 5 per cent. 



For felling newly- arrived or imported ne- 

 gro flaves, 2 [ fer cent. 



And finally, the office for re-taking negro 

 defertersj which was then erected, the other taxes 

 not being fufficientj which produces yearly, vi%. 



By an additional tax on heads, black 7 

 and white, at i /, is - - j 



By Arfer cent, oi every profit got dur- 

 ing the year upon oath, is 



80,000 



40O3OOC 



/. 410,000 



CHAP. 

 XXIV. 



I i^O^OOO 



130,000 



Which makes exaftly 



480,000 



Carried forward 



D d -2 



Still 



