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fion from them than that jut ‘mentioned ; 
but the faétappears to be, that the returns 
of the furvey ors of houfe'and window-du- 
ties, though probably not much below 
the truth with refpe&t to the number of 
houfes paying thefe taxes, gave little fur- 
ther information. It js’ ‘true, returns 
were made of the houfes excufeéd on ac- 
count of poverty ; but the number was 
probably much'lefs than the truth, as it 
cannot be fuppofed the coll¢étors are very 
careful in keeping an account of houfes 
from which they do not ‘colle&t any thing. 
As to ‘houfes not liable to thefe taxes, 
which in fome parts of the country are 
very numerous, theymuft have been en- 
tirely excluded from the‘account. © Hence 
it appears, that many perfons have mif- 
On the Population, (3c. of Great Britain. 
taken the nature of thefe accounts, by. 
confidering the number returned of havfes 
excufed on account of poverty, all which 
are houfes liable to the tax, as the total 
Number of houfes not paying the tax; 
whereas the houfes exempted from the 
houfe and window taxes are far more nu- 
merous than the houfes returned as ex- 
cufed paying them, and the two clafles 
together are equal to the whole number of 
houfes paying taxes, as’ will appear by 
the following ftatement. 
By an Account prefented to the Houfe of 
Commons, in 1797, of the number of per- - 
fons paying affefled taxes, the total was 
791,802. Some perfons pay affeffed- 
taxes who do not keep honfe ; but there 
are probably a greater numberof perfons 
who pay for more than one houfe, The 
number of houfes for which affeffed-taxes 
_ dre paid, muft therefore exceed the num- 
ber of perfons paying thee ; and there is 
reafon to believe s5coo will not be too 
great an addition to the above number on 
this account. The numbers will then 
ftand as follow: 
Houfes paying affefied-taxes, — 
Houfes not paying ditto, =. 
796,302 
7953905 
Total houfes in England and 
Oe. de a ee f 1,593,707 
The enumeration, therefore, by afcer- 
taining the number of houfes of all de- 
{eriptions, has deitroyed the appearance 
of a diminution of their number fince 
1690, and fully proved a confiderable in- 
creafe.  - e280 
Another circumftance that caufed con- 
fiderable difagreements in the eftimates 
which kad been. previoufly formed on this 
fubje&, was, the want of ii fiicient means 
[May 1, 
of determining the proportions of perfons 
to alioufe. Dr. Davenant and Dr. Bra- 
kenridge reckoned fix perfonis to a houfe ; 
while Mr. G. King allowed rather more 
than 42 in Londen, 4,4, in the cities and 
marker-towns,: and 41m the villages. Dr. 
Price afferted, that 6 to a houfe for Lon- 
don, and 5 toa houfe for ail England, 
was ‘too large an allowance ; but the 
truth now appears to be as follows : 
In England, —. AB kN) 
Wales, par ei ade 
England and Wales, 2 53 
Scotland, ia ete 5S 
Great Britain, | - on: 
The proportion of inhabitants, to .a 
houfe appears to vary confiderably inthe 
different counties of England) viz. 
Perfons to a houfes 
Northumberland, 6 
Durham, - 6 
Cumberland, « Se 
Weftroreland, . 52 
Lancafier, > ot" 
Yorkhhire, + een eit Py.) 
Lincoln, 3 et 
Nottingham, 1'4.°"' "> 53 
Derby, a 2p 
Chefter, : ‘Se 
Salep, ° BS es 
Hereferd, : Les 
Monmouth, 7 5 
Worcefter, aa 
Warwick, ' 5 
Stafford, < igs 
Leicefter, : § 
Rutland, ~ . iy 
Northampton, |. 5 
‘Huntingdon, |. 53 
Cambridge, © . ss 
Norfolk, eee See 
Suffolk, © ta 6 
Effex, b 6 
Hertford, Adprin. = 
Bedford, : sh 
Botkinghain, > Toor eee 
Oxford, Se gh 
Gloucefter, ae eer ae ™ 
Somerfet, - Sas eee 
Wilts, . aay a 
Berks, . p 3 
Middlefex, - 7x 
Surrey, . 52 
Kent, : 6 
Suffex, ey. 63 
Hampfhire,. ~ . «5B 
. Derfet,  . . | 5 
Devon, ‘ie 6 
Cornwail, : my: a 
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