406
The Wealth of Nations
But to that there is to be added again, the duty of the foreign salt used in curing a barrel of herrings, viz. |
0 | 12 | 6 | |||
So that the premium allowed for each barrel of herrings entered for home consumption, is |
£1 | 3 | 9¾ | |||
| If the herrings are cured with British salt, it will stand as follows, viz.: | ||||||
Bounty on each barrel brought in by the busses as above |
£0 | 12 | 3¾ | |||
From which deduct the 1s. a barrel paid at the time they are entered for home consumption |
0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| £0 | 11 | 3¾ | ||||
But if to the bounty the duty on two bushels of Scots salt at 1s. 6d. per bushel, supposed to be the quantity at a medium used in curing each barrel, is added, to wit: |
0 | 3 | 0 | |||
The premium for each barrel entered for home consumption will be |
£0 | 14 | 3¾ | |||
Though the loss of duties upon herrings exported cannot, perhaps, properly be considered as bounty, that upon herrings entered for home consumption certainly may.
