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At the former period the duty was 30/. per ton ; at the latter 95/. 
The average price at the latter period 192/. 145. per pipe : so that 
under both the increase of duty and the increase of price the con- 
sumption had increased. He could liardly adduce a more striking 
instance of general prosperity. The average consumption of tal- 
law, fortlie three years- en^lin gin 1787, was 210,174 cwt. The ave- 
rage for the three years, ending in 1809, was 347,870 cwt. The 
price at the former period was 2/. 8.9. 8r/. per cwt.;, at the latter pe- 
riod, 4/. 11 5. being one third more. Nor did this increase in the 
consumption of tallow arise from any decrease in the consumption 
of oil. The average consumption of oil for the three years, end- 
ing in 1787, was 9,730 tons; the average consumption for the 
tiu’ce years, ending in 1809, was 19,126 tons. The price at the 
former period was. 19/. I85. 9d. per ton; at the latter; period 
32/. 8s. The average quantity of tobacco; annually imported 
for the three years, ending in 1787, waa, 6,553,000/. The annual 
average for the three years ending in 1809, was 12,491,0007 
The price at the former peripd was 8\d. a pound at the lat- 
ter I5. 7^d. He was aware that these details were very tedious, 
but he had the consolation of knowing that they were at the sam,e 
time very satisfactory, as they afforded the most convincing evi- 
dence of the gradual but great increase of the riclies of the country. 
On the 17th July, Mr. V'ansittart, the firo temfiovL\ Ghancellor 
of the Exchequer, brought forward the budget of the year 1812^ 
and it presented the following series of items : 
The expences of the navy 
/ 19,702,399 
'rhe army 
17,756,160 
Army extraordinaries « 
5,200,000 
The ordnance = - „ 
5,279,897 
Extraordinary services 
10,2.50,000 
Sundry charges ° 
4,187,892 
Total expences of warlike establishments 
The charges of the interest of the debt and 
V 
62,376,348 
the civil list are 
36,356,000; 
Total for the year 
/ 98,732,348 
The means of raising this enormous minimum.^ for, after all, it 
is but the minimum of the true amount, are taxes and inquisitions, 
^n evcrv act of life, and on all articles either of necessity or luxury^ 
