470 
feamen had been voted, at 7]. per man 
permonth, it would require the fum of 
10,920,000l. to defray the expenditure 
under that head. “The total expences 
of the navy, he therefore ftated at 
13,642,0001. a fum nearly the fame as 
that which was granted laft year. He 
next entered into a detail of the expences 
of the other branches of the public ter- 
vice, as the army, the ordnance, mif- * 
cellaneous fervices, &c. He clofed this 
part of his fubje&t, by making a recapi- 
tulation of the fupplies for 1779. 
NAVY. ti 
120,000 feamen 10,920,000 
Oxdinarics - - - 693,000 
Extraordinaries - - - 729,900 
_Tranfport fervice - - 1,300,000 
ARMY ‘4 
The eftimates voted - 3,840,000 
Extraordinaries for 1799 - 2,000,C00 
_ To difcharge exchequer Bills ifued 
under vote of credit - 1T,000,c00 
Ordnance = - 1,570,900 
Mifcellaneous fervices - 600,000 
For the difcharge of the national 
debt 
Intereft due to the Bank on Exche- 
_ quer Bills, and on Treafury Bills 565,180 
Difcount on prompt payment of the 
= re 
200,C00 
Te k@ag - - - 210,000 
Tntereft on Exchequer Bills, efti- 
mated at - - 300,000 
Deficiences of land and malt, efti- 
mated at - - 300,000 
_ Total of fupply - - £295272,000 
ee 
Having: ftated the fupplies, Mr. Pitt 
next pointed out the ways and means for 
raifing them. The fum to be provided 
for, was 23 millions, of which he pro- 
pofed to raife 14 millions by a loan, and 
the remainder by a tax fimilar in its prin- 
ciple and operation to the aflefled taxes of 
lait year, which were meant to be re- 
pealed on account of the fhameful evafions 
which many of his majelty’s fubjects 
had made in’ the payment. But however 
the failure. of that meafure might be 
lamented, he believed the propriety of 
raifing a large fum within the year had 
been fully eftablifhed by the tranfactions 
‘which had taken place. He then entered 
into an elaborate detail of his new fcheme, 
of laying atax upon the whole of the 
leading branches of zzcome. ‘The income 
of every individual coming, within the 
bill, to be inveftigated by commiffioners, 
ip every diftri& appointed for that pur- 
- 
pote. 
State of Public Affairs. 
[ Dec. 
By the adoption of this plan, the fol- 
lowing will be, the Ways and Means for 


1799: ; ~ 
Sugar, tobacco, and Malt - - 2,750,000 
Lottery Lae - 200,000 
Confojidated fund = - 1,5C0,000 
Imports, exports, fugar and coffee 1,70c,0G0 
Ten per cent. on income - 10,000,060 
Loan - - - - 14,000,000 
Amount of affeffed taxes from Fe- 
bruary to April 1799 - 700,000 
From this fum - - 30,850,000 
Deduét interet on Loans_ for — 
1798 and 1799 - = ¥, 500,000 
Total Ways and Means - 29350,000 

The grounds upon which the chancel- 
lor of the exchequer built his eftimate of 
the produce of a tax upon income, were 
extremely curious ; but, certainly errone- 
ous in many initances, particularly in 
the eftimate of the profits on trade and 
manufactures, which are at leaft three 
times the fum ftated by the minifter. 
The following are the principal outlines 
of his eftimate; 
a ie 
The rental of the land he valued 
at 25 millions, but deducting § 
millions for incomes under 60). 
and. allowing for thofe under 
2col. there remained a taxable 
rental of : 29,000,008 
Compentation for Tythes 5,000,c0e 
Property in tythes, mines, tim- 
bers Cec. - - - 3,000,008 
Rent from houfes ~ ~ 5,COC,000 
Profeffions of law, phyfic, &c. 2,©00,000 
Income of Scotland as - \ 8 e0o,e00 
Rent of Irith abfentees = 1,000,000 
W eft India Iflands ~ - 7 5CCO,0CG 
Dividends fromthe funds - 12,000,000 
Profits on foreign trade and com- 
merce - = ~ 2) alee wees 
On éomettic trade - - 28,000,000 
Income of artizans, bricklayers, 
architedks, 2c. 
2,0C0,000 

3 
Income of the nation, after dedu@- 
ing all incomes under 60l. per 
annum, and allowing for the 
fmall fhare which thofe wauld 
pay under Zool. 102,000,000 
ee 

The total income without deduc- 
tion he eftimated at 135,000,000 
For the fake of an aliquot part, he took 
the taxable income of the nation at 109 
Py millions, 
