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paid how : The sn is'one per cent..
denten will see, that it must be difficult to' estimate
aetiotikt of this Tax. qiit a tough guess
inOtint of eaiiital begneitlitti in Wills registered i.
ah9ut thirty tniflions. Deduefing five mil-
lions for' Legacies` charged on land; and five millions
collaterally, 'twenty" millions will then 'remain,
which, at" tine' per cent. will give a produce of
26C1,0001. The next is to supply an omission in
.the'Aft, 'Which could not be intentionall mean
the Legai*s'chirged on land—l propose to subjeet
theot'to the,iarne'Takt—that I calculate tvill yield
•roo,bool. The'only other sddifin'fi is oti"Legicies
to strangeis.in-bloosl—l prinpoie to raise the-Duty
-on'Legacies of this description from eight to'ten per
tent. which will furnish x SUM Of 30,6001. I will
-now recapitulate, first the aninunt of the Interest of
the'Losn,.ind next of the 'different Taxes by 'which
gykoritise to Meet the Charge created by the Loan.
It ECAPHutATioN.

.. . • , l . including
t etai It,trottnt of interest on ''Loan,
j peiCents. created for Loyalty Holders, and
Charges of Management , - - - .JC t, 07,192
Taxes proposed to meet the above CliJr.,Tes ;
Post‘ Office - * pC2.3(;,i300
Salt - - 490,6110
Ditto on Exportation to Europe Notooo , -
Hleasure I lorses - . ttotoso
usbandry ditto - . 320,500
Dire& Legacies - - 2000 ,
oo
Legacies charged on Land - too,ooo,
Ditto Strangers in blood - -30,00 a

r,566,00e

The Estimated Produce`of the Taxes will thuS be some'.
what. above 20,0001:beyond the sum wanted.
This, Sir, is the whole of the Siipply and Wake
and Means for the year. I shall not detain the
Ciitriniitiee by any extrinsic matter. The general
protperity of the Country, and the increase of our
Ttaile; in the. third 'year of the War, and after
such War, too, as the laßt, are- circumstances of
deep'ind general sat i,faElion. The resources and 'the
of the Country will, I have-no doubt, keep
Vice with every emergency ; they' are 'satisfied, we
have reast.n to know, with the system 'of raising
a large part of the Supplies within, the year ; and
they are impressed with the convietionohAtino
drifioes are toff great.to preserve and-perpetuate: the
blessings they enjoy. Should any 'Gentlemen be
desirous .of explanation' upon any part of the state.'
Went- I haire had the honour of subiiiiting,' I shall
liettiappy to give it. I Shall•cOnctude by moving my
firit,Resoltition."
11ir.:F0 X rose, not 'to`lithjea to the Motion that'
Nate justnbeeniatirle,-butio state a fe'N things which
fie :-thotight it' n'iceSsii), to submit on particular:
Ih.the 6'rly plat of hit'specch the Right'
Hononrable—Gentreitian had exPlessed. alieliet that
he would he hor6e out by theleneral sentitnent
of the Hui6e,' %Olen he said' that the state of the'
Cantinent' was int the nimoSt impirtance to this'
Country, intimarely conpeded with its 01.
tiitiate safety. To that opinion, generally,iteldinsell
; but -ise begged at'the same time, -
in irgrebing to the'Btidget of this day, to reserve his
jtilfinelit'as to the tiMe'and Manner, the amount, and
probWlei.consequenees otany engagements that may
be 'entered 'icito with Continental PoWera. There
i,ta*in this reitPi.,o, one circumstance altogether new
ilie Vote of 'Ways and Wins now piopo'sed...
die 1461 arid regular mode the House would have
deiderl •oti the pioitoiety of the application befure
it would hare' voted' themoney for the service, and
that in cotiforniny'with the:aettled •constitutional
maxim, that the Ways and Means should not exceed'
the Supply. If 'there had nut been some particular
reason fur bringing forward the whole ofthe Ways
and Means at an early period, he conceived
that course would have been rather in the present.
instance. He, thought it necessary, therefore, in
agreeing to the Resolutions, to guard against any
persona being misled. If it should oh a focure day
become a question, whether five millions of money
.shoold be expended in the way of Subsidy, it may be
said, that the manner of applying that sum may be..
come matter of question, but that the ability of the
Country to afford it could not be questioned, as it
had been voted. He, for one, begged leave not to
be, pledged to'rhat either, though he now agreed to
the vote, because he was not aware that any in.
convenience would result from it ; and if on a future
occasion he should objed, to. the time and manner of
applying it, to have his opinion wholly free 'as to
the amount also, and the mariner ofapplying, it. ,
dared to :say it' was intended, that this freedom
should remain wholly unaffected by' the vote; but
lest there should he any :misunderstanding, .he ex.
pressiv reserved, it. Having said thus, much, he
would also, remark, that he considered some of
the proposed 'Taxes eitrersiely objettionable:--
Firat,,that on noises, particulatly those employed,
for agricultural purposes : if the 'Honhurable Gen.
tleman inquired • more , particularly,,, he would
fiod, that the Tax an this head,- even as it stood
,present, ,was felt as a considerable
,Helaz,ked Upon the Tax on Salt also as objeCtiori.
able ; hut as the propriety of that would be discuas.
ed totcrwards, her. would not enter into it. There
was another, the ionSiderat!onof Which he was sorry
to be obliged to enter into,, because his refleetions
upon it .led to a result very different from that
which occurred to the sanguine, view of the Hon.
Geritlemari. The Hon. Gentleman had laid down,
that War Taxes, unleis vexatious in their amotinti
were wise -.and in his general view of the. W.: arm
cages of these Taxeshe was extremely sanguine.---
He, . differed from him. Except ' that on Salt,
there Was hardy one of them which, in a general
sense, could be considered as. of general consump.
tion. If a criterion was to be sought of, how
far .a Country was capable of bearing additional
hurthens, consumption was the only one which,-
iMposed limits on 'itself ; for when
.they became
excessive in amount the diminution of,the consump.
tion checked' their produce, and canceled the error.
When there was a diminution of only. t,200,6601.
on a revenue of thirty millions, he did niatiConsider
it alarming if it did'not increase arid continue. But
when a
not
to that amount existed, and. it
was ventured to make any further addition, he
did. think there was some ground rot apprehending
that our Taxes tan corisumpaon had reached the limit.
after, wbufli they could not be rendered more pro.
dative. Another point on which he had some ob.
servation' to Make,was, the addition to theYroperty
Tax. He was extremely sorry for this addition. For,
though it was not large+ there was thiirmialcartunt