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The traveller's oracle; or, maxims for locomotion, part 2 (of 2)

Part 2 — DUTIES

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PAYABLE ON MALE SERVANTS.

Per Servant. Total per Year.

No. 1. £1 4 0 £1 4 0

2. 1 11 0 3 2 0

3. 1 18 0 5 14 0

4. 2 3 6 8 14 0

DUTIES ON HORSES.

Per Horse. Total per Year.

No. 1. £1 8 0 £ 1 8 0

2. 2 7 3 4 14 6

3. 2 12 3 7 16 9

4. 2 15 0 11 0 0

DUTY ON CARRIAGES.

With Two Wheels £ 3 5 0

With Four Ditto 6 0 0

The Duties on Servants, Carriages, and Horses, are collected by the same Officers that collect the House and Window Taxes; and are reckoned from one fifth of April to another; and if you keep a Horse or Carriage for a Single week, you must pay the Tax thereon for a whole Year.

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