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time he {poke of himfelf .as a very hand- 
fome man, it muft have been merely in 
jeft. Literary and biographical anecdotes 
‘are certainly amufing, and may be in- 
ftructive; but thofe who publith fuch anec- 
dotes, fhould pay fome regard to truth. 
H. 
Ee 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 
SIR, 
f ue the redemption of the land-tax 
will be attended with beneficial ef- 
fetts, both to the public and to individuals 
muft be very obvious if a fair and accu- 
rate inveftigation is made of the fubject. 
As to the public I fhall only obferve that 
the quantity of ftock which muft be 
bought up for the redemption or purchafe 
of the land-tax, muft neceflarily keep up 
the price of the funds, and the good ef- 
fects of this meafure are already apparent. 
Without dwelling on the falutary pur- 
pofes of this {cheme of finance to the pub- 
lic, I beg leave to dire&t your attention to 
the advantages ézdividuals will experience 
by redeeming their land-tax. 
And in the firft place it is to be obferved 
that every county or diftri&t is affefled 
not only for the Jand-tax, but alfo for the 
expence of colleéting that branch of re- 
venue. Individuals therefore who re- 
deem their land-tax, purchafe no more 
than that part of their affeflment which 
is paid to government, for the propor- 
tion which they contributed towards de- 
fraying the-expence of colle&ting cea/es. 
This will be beft illuftrated by aa example. 
In the fmall divifion of the kingdom 
where I refide *, the land-tax amounts to 
gool. 1s. 8d. per annum, and the expence 
of colleéting is nearly 1351. Therefore 
every perfon whofe affeflment amounts to 
115]. pays only rool. of land-tax, the re- 
maining 15]. being his proportion of the 
colleétor’s falary. In order to redeem 
-aool. of iand-tax, a landholder muft trans- 
fer 36661. 13s. 4d. of the three per cents. 
This quantity of ftock will yield him an 
income of rrol, he is therefore a gainer of 
sl. per annum or 166]. 13s, 4d. of ftock 
by the tranfaction. 
Secondly, I beg leave to give another 
view of this fubject. 
Eftates always fell in proportion to the 
_ free rent or net Income,_and in this part of 
the kingdom often at 40 years purchafe; 
Jandholders therefore by redeeming their 
Jand-tax will greatly augment their capt- 
tal. Thus, 115]. of yearly income from 
Jand is worth at leaft 25 years purchafe, 
or 28751. In order to redeem 115]. as 
already ftated, 3666]. 13s. 4d. ftock muft 
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Redemption of the Land Tax. 
295 
be transferred. If therefore a landholder 
buys 3 per cents. at 50, he pays down 
only 18331. 6s. 8d. or in other words in- 
creafes his capital rog1]. 13s. 1d. 
You will at once obferve that I differ 
from fome of your former correfpondents, 
(fee pages 18, and 239.) but I flatter my- 
felf I have demonftrated that the redemp- 
tion of the Jand-tax, will be highly bene- 
ficial to landholders. 
Renfrewfbire, 
December 15,1798. 
Iam, &c. 
H. 1A og 
ene eee 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE infertion of the following que- 
ries, in an early number of your | 
mifcellany, will oblige, 
, Yours, é&c. 1/C. 
Are there any villages that are yet 
without a Sunday fchool? if fo, what are 
the impediments ? 
‘ Would not a {mall circulating library 
be of ufe in country villages? If fo, 
what would be the beft plan for its con- 
ductor to purfue? 
What ‘‘{fchools” or ‘* houfes of in- 
duftry’? are there throughout the king- 
dom ? of what length ef time have they 
been ? what number of old or young poor 


in each ? what work are they employed in? 
and what is the probable faving per annum? 
Are there any jails in England where 
manufactories are-introduced ? If fo, how 
are they conducted? If upon the plan of 
Philadelphia ? 
Has the inoculation of the children of 
the poor been attended to throughout En- 
eland—-and if not, what are the names of 
thoie places that have not adopted fo efhi- 
cacious a method? it is much to be 
withed that the anfwer (if any) to the 
laft queftion may be made public, that we 
may know where the bills of mortality 
have {welled by voluntary negligence. 
In what towns are iriendly focieties 
eftablifhed for the relief of the poor? 
Are there any libraries in churches of the 
eftablifhment?~ or in the chapels and 
meeting houfes of diffenters? are they 
completely open? or under any reftric- 
tions? Are there any towns that have 
reading-rooms eftablifhed for young men 
to refort to, in preference of going to ta- 
verns, &c. after fhop hours ? 
Some friends of humanity even to the 
inferior animals are forming here, what 
may be called a ‘* Bee Society,”* in which 
the prefervation of the lives of thofe ufe- 
ful animals will be particularly attended 
to—but they wifh for the advice of your 
correfpondents on that fubject. 
Newsefile, February 75 1799. 
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