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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12)

Note 43 — LETTER III. ON THE RUPTURE OF THE NEGOTIATION; THE TERMS OF PEACE PROPOSED; AND THE RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE WAR. (continued 2)

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Years of Peace.£Years of War.£

17871,761,42917932,043,902

17881,705,19917942,082,053

17891,742,51417951,931,101

17901,858,04317962,294,377

£7,067,185£8,351,433Increase to 1790 £1,284,248.

1791 £1,880,4784 Years to 1791 £7,186,234Increase to 1791 £1,165,199.

Years of Peace.£Years of War.£

1787219,9341793222,887

1788215,5781794283,644

1789252,6491795317,072

1790308,6241796187,818

£996,785£1,011,421Increase to 1790 £14,636.

1791 £336,5494 Years to 1791 £1,113,400Decrease to 1791 £101,979.

Years of Peace.Tuns.Years of War.Tuns.

178722,978179322,788

178626,442179427,868

178927,414179532,033

179029,182179619,079

The additional duty of 1795 produced that year 736,871l., and in 1796, 432,689l. A second additional duty, which produced 98,165l. was laid in 1796.

Years of Peace.£Years of War.£

178711,167179311,016

17887,375179410,612

17897,202179513,321

17904,953179615,050

£30,697£49,999Increase to 1790 £19,302.

1791 £13,2824 Years to 1791 £32,812Increase to 1791 £17,187.

In 1795 an additional duty was laid on this article, which produced that year 5,679l., and in 1796, 9,443l.; and in 1796 a second, to commence on the 20th of June: its produce in that year was 2,325l.

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