Statistics^ 
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T,he amount of the land-tax assessed in respect of land, in the 
ypar ending March 25, 18 1 1, in the counties in England and Wales, 
was 1,226,321/. 5s.2^d, The amount then redeemed was 634,365/. 
8s. In Middlesex, which pays more than double any other 
county, the amount assessed was 171,665/. is. O^d. and the amount 
redeemed, 61,914/. 5s. 9c/. 
The stamped dollars issued by the bank of England from the 
19th of February, 1811, to the 13th of April, 1812, inclusive, at 
five shillings each, amounted to 424,584; and at five shillings and 
six pence each, to 21,340; the number of silver tokens for the 
same period, at three shillings each, to 722,446 ; and at eighteen-' 
pence each, to 3,361,171 : the whole making a value of 1,447,469/. 
4s. 6d. 
The number of re-issuable promissory notes, stamped in Eng- 
land during the year ending the 10th of October, 1811, was 
3,563,788. Of these 2,702,563 did not exceed a guinea in value, 
and 1632 were from 50/. to 100/. in value. This account does noi 
include stamps consigned to distributors. 
The number of stamps for promissory notes re-issuable from Fe - 
bruary 16, 1811, to the 5th of April, 1812, amounted to 3,323,180. 
Of those exceeding in value 50/. and not exceeding 100/. the num-* 
ber was 1396. The total number was 4,455,556. 
The number of licences renewed to existing baiikei’s in the 
year ending October 10, 1811, for the issue of promissory iiotet^, 
payable on demand, was 696, and to new banks, 83.. From the 
1 1th of October, 1811, to the 20th of April, 1812, the number of 
renewed was 735 ; and from October 11, 1812, granted to new 
banks, 52, In Scotland, during that period, the whole number 
was 50. The total was 824 for the year 1811, and 838 for tire 
year 1812, which last is the number of private bankers in Great 
Britain for that year (1812). 
The following is an account of the total amount of money 
Raised for the public service, in each of the years from 1791 to 
1810 inclusive. Raised in each Year. 
1791 
® G t9 
, * . 0 jjTi8,863,594 
19 
1792 
9 d « 
«... 18,832,465 
5 
1793 
» 0 » 
«... 22,050,898 
8 
2 
1794 
0 • e 
. . « . 32,102,168 
9 
1795 
. . » • 37,641,736 
12 
2| 
1796 
d • » 
.. .. 60,969,839 
8 
li 
1797 
0 « 0 
.... 49,931,120 
0 
Si 
3798 
p ® o 
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