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examine how far œconomy has been had in view in the collection and management of them.

Exciſe			£ 237,212
Taxes; ſalaries of officers	41,790l.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	381,582
Do. Poundage	339,792l.
Cuſtoms			[1]177,423
Stamps; ſalaries of officers	16,792l.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	51,538
Do. Poundage	34,746l.
Poll-office			30,663
			£ 878.418

An additional revenue, therefore, of 44,000,000l. is collected for rather leſs than 2 per cent., according to the ſtatement above; but this would be a moſt unfair view of the ſubject, as a great part of this expence would have been indiſpenfably neceſſary for the protection of the old revenue. The increaſe in the exciſe is nearly altogether for the augmentation of the ſalaries of the officers on the eſtabliſhment, to enable them to exiſt, before the new taxes were impoſed. The expence for tobacco officers, as has been ſtated, has been much more than reimburſed by the improvement of the revenue, A conſiderable part of the increaſed charge in the Cuſtoms has ariſen from ſalaries

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1. A conſiderable part of this ſum ariſes from augmentations to ſalaries, in lieu of fees aboliſhed, to ſecure a better management of the revenue.

having