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London, England, 1801-02-19 00:00:00

feparately provided for, i Hata carry Aft in the
firft year of it an opportunity has occurred for fix-
ing a precedent for the application of the rule.—
I Lament indeed the circtunftances which in this
inftance calls for it, but the event no lers enables
us to prove with what good faith and liberality
the Imperial Parliament will proceed in the inter-
pretation of every thing in which any diftintlion
and reparation of interefta can be found to exit!
between the two countries. • I

In the firft place, then, there is a deficiency in
the Income Tax, for which it will be recolleded,
I took credit at the rate of (even millions. Lail
year it has produced about fix millions, and from
all the information I have obtained from the exa-
mination of returns already made, I fhould not
conceive myfelf juftified to rely upon a greater
fuln for the laft and the prefent year. From all 1
can collet, however, I am perfuaded the refult
will not vary much from fix millions for the years
tBOO and tflot. Betides this there is. the ulna!
difcount on the Loan, and Lottery zoopool. The
deficiency of Malt 400,c001. There are likewife
outftanding a numbi.. of Exchequer Bills iffued
uppn the produce of the Affeffed Taxes, and the
Tax on Export's and Imports in the years 1798
and 1799. From various caufes thee Bills can-
not be immediately fatisfied upon the funds allotted
for them, though there is fufficient rearms to be-,
lieve that a canfiderable part of thole funds will
yet be available for their payment. Neverthelefs,,
as it appears inconvenient that any furns 'of this
kind fhould remain for any length of time unli-
quidated, I think it right to include a certain filth
for thefe Bills in the Supplies for this year. Upon
this then I fhall call for a vote to the amount of
t,350,5001. There is another head of deficiency
which we mutt remark with regret. It is the
growing produce of the Confolidated Fund. This
I took for the year iSoo, at 5,500,0501. By the ope-
ration of thefecanfes which Ihave already mention-
ed, the deficiency which has taken place will be ex-
plained. The duties on malt, upon beer, and (piths,
have been greatly reduced by the meafures which
a failure in the adequate fupply of food, &c. has
produced. Other branches of revenue have been
influenced in the fame manner. But I truft that
a deficiency which arifes from temporary circum-
fiances will ceafe with that preirure from which
we are entitled to expeet that we (hall, ere long,
be relieved. Several other caufes have contri-
buted to this circa, the extenfion of the period
for the repayment of advances made to the plan-
ters of Grenada, &c. On the principle I have
Rated, however, I think it moll eligible, in the
mean time, to pafs a vote for making good thole
deficiencies. This head of deficiency I Rate at
three millions; the produce of the Confolidated
Fund, having, to that extent, fallen lhort of the
furn of five millions, for which I took credit.
There different articles of feparate charge, then,
will Rand thus:—

Deficiency of the Income Tax - L. 'mope*
Difeount on Loan and Lottery - aoocoo

Exchequer Bills aural on Affelfed Taxes,
and Export and Import Tax - 1,350,000
Deficiency of Confohdated Fund 3,c00p00
Ufual Drfickney of Gtant% • 460 C-00
LaR of all, that funs ss Licit has been for
force time palt a vrel it iv yowl, and, I
era, will alwaysbe voted, in aid of
. _

the Fund for the eatinaion of tie
National Debt - - - 200,C ZO

Total of feparate Charge oa Great
Britain - -

6,6t0p00

The amount of Supplyabove ftatcd - 33,07400
Making the total Surply - £.42,T97,000
WAYS AND MEAT:S.

It remains to Rate the Ways and Means to meet
this Supply :
In the lint place there is theAannalLand and Malt £.2,750p50
Lottery - - 300,000
Next, the Income Tax, which I base takegi at
6.000 000 L; but, from this, there is tobe de-
durfted the intereft charged upon it, an too iit ing
to 1,740,0c01.; fo that there remains appli-
cable to the Supplies of the year - - 4,260p0s
The Export and Import Tax, comprehended in
which is the Tax upon Sugar to be Included
in the permanent Taxes I &all Sy-and-bye pro-
pofe,but the produce of the Export and import
Tax win, I as convinced, without the deduc-
tion which this will °coition, produce the fun
for which it was taken halt year, namely - x,ktoserzo
Next is the Surplus of the Confolidatcd Fund, cal-
culated up to April eiloa, all previom charges
being cleared of; as is prepofcd. The whole
produce of the remanent Taxes for the year
1800, is 22,044,c00L 'lle permanent charge
on it amounts to t0,r44,00:1. leaving a Into of ' '
,sieop:ol. applicable to the Ways and Means
of the year. The taxes Impeded in the year
'Soo, have not yet reached their WI produce.
They were taken for 350,0001. Their produce
for the three firlt quarters has been about
allopeol.; and front every ground of conjec-
ture we 'are entitled to ezpedt that their pro-
duce win foe the other quarter be mio,cool.
more. Among the cattle, of the deficiency
of the produce of the ,Coisfolidatcd Fund
too, was the remain' of the duties on sugar,
owing to a momentary prelTure of unfavour-
able eircurnftances. Thefe duties, the pay-
ment of which was furpended, win now be
available, and there is upwards of 300,0001.
due upon Bonded Sugars, which win be
fptedily recovered. There are (metal other
articles en which we are entitled to•expeet
an improvement for the future. The (Ades
to which is airiest the deficiency in the
Malt, Beer, and Spirit duties, win not, it is
fairly to be calculated, aged theirproduce for
the eafuing year. There is no reafon to exiled
that there will be any dim:notion in the eon-
fumption of Beer, and we may lately take
credit fur the average revenue from that arti-
cle. The enereafe of price In the material, in
coairequence of the eircumflanees mentioned,
may have juftified the manufaCtetrers in lay-
ing an additional charge upon the coniumers
of their commodity. but I have as hcfitation
in fay ins that when that raufe has maid to
operate, the public may julll look forward to
that encl....did charge as (applying the means
of confiderabk Revenue to chi State. Upon
the head of Britins Spirits too, we may calcu-
late at leaft.soopoci. more than was levied this
year; upon the whole, therefore, we may
take upon the head of furplus on the Confoli-
dated Fund, a fan of - - - - ;4004410
In the votes of credft for laft year there is a fun
of 500,0001. which has not been if ucd, and
believe there remains no claim by which it can
be affected. We may therefore Race this film
in aid of the Ways and Waal - - - geo,nen
Ntestaaof Grants - • - -