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manner of computing, and then the remaining quan- 
tity ufed in malt muft be in a greater proportion to 
the remainder of the wheat ufed in food than Three 
to Two. 
If then we aflume this, that the barley ufed in malt 
is to the wheat ufed in food at home, as Three to Two, 
though I believe the malt is in a greater proportion 
to the wheat, we fhall then be able to compute the 
quantity of each of them in this manner: The Malt- 
tax from the year 1747 to the year 1753 inclufive, 
amounted to the fum of 4,2 5 ’ 48 i 3 /. of which the 
feventh part, the Tax for one year, is 607830/. and 
as the Tax is four {hillings upon every quarter of bar- 
ley, it follows, that there are 3039150 quarters of 
barley confumed yearly in malt ; and therefore, by 
what has been faid above, that this quantity cannot 
be in a lefs proportion to the wheat than Three to 
Two, there muft be 2026100 quarters of wheat con- 
fumed at home. Now, as it is known, arid I have 
obferved it in the country, that labouring healthy 
people, at an average, confume about one quarter of 
wheat in the year, which is about 512 pounds of 
dower, or one pound and fix ounces in a day, we 
may allow that healthy and unhealthy, grown people 
and children, do not confume the half of that quan- 
tity, one with another. And therefore, that we may 
make the confumption of each perfon at an average, 
as fmall as can reasonably be imagined, we will fup- 
pofe that three people, children included, do not con- 
fume more than one hearty labouring perfon, that is one 
quarter in the year, or each perfon about feven ounces 
in a day 3 and by this fuppofition, the above number 
of quarters of wheat 2026100, confumed at home, 
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