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Here we fee, that out of 5$ 8 houfes only 177 
pay the window-tax. Now if we fay with the phi- 
lopher ex pede Herculem , and fuppofe, that 200,000 
taxable houfes ftand in the country, we fhall have 
the following proportion, 177 : 588 : : 200,000 : 
664406, for the whole number of houfes that Hand 
in the country, commonly fo called. 
Again, Lamborn parifti, in which is a market- 
town, contains 445 houfes, of which 229 pay the 
window-tax. Now if we fuppofe, in like manner, 
200,000 taxable houfes to ftand in country towns (I 
mean of the middling and inferior claftes), we muft 
then fay 229 : 445 : : 200,000 : 388646, the whole 
number of houfes, that ftand in country towns. 
The remaining 290,000 houfes muft be placed in 
cities and flourishing towns ; and muft have Dr. 
Brakenridge’s proportion affigned them ; for without 
all doubt he had fome reafon for pitching upon fuch 
numbers ; and as they could not be taken from 
country towns or villages, muft be aflumed from the 
prefent ftate of fome flourifhing place. Upon this 
fuppofition, we muft fay 69 0,000 : 200,000 :: 290,000 
: 84,058. for the number of cottages in great towns ; 
which, if added to the houfes that pay, makes the 
whole number in large towns to be 374,058. Thefe 
three fums added together make the total amount of 
houfes in the nation to be 
664,406 
388,646 
37 4 >ojS 
1,427,110 
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