CHAP. IV. Of the Method of apportioning Taxes.
1. IF a Million is to be raised above the 300 000 l. last mentioned, then 375000l. is to be levied on the Stock, and 625000l. on the People.
The political anatomy of Ireland with the establishment for that kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant ... : to which is added Verbum sapienti, or, An account of the wealth and expences of England, and the method of raising taxes in the most equal manner ... / by Sir William Petty ...
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- The political anatomy of Ireland with the establishment for that kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant ... : to which is added Verbum sapienti, or, An account of the wealth and expences of England, and the method of raising taxes in the most equal manner ... / by Sir William Petty ...
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"The political anatomy of Ireland with the establishment for that kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant ... : to which is added Verbum sapienti, or, An account of the wealth and expences of England, and the method of raising taxes in the most equal manner ... / by Sir William Petty ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54620.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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| Of the 375,000. | on the Stock, |
| 216 | on the Lands, |
| 54 | on the Cattel, &c. |
| 60 | on the Personal Estates, |
| 45 | on the Housing. |
| in all 375 |
2. To raise 216,000l. out of 8,000,000 M. Rent, requires 1/37 of the Rent, and 1/27 of 1/37; but allowing the charge of Collecting, we may express it to a 1/3•• part.
3. To raise 5 1000 l. per annum, out of 36,000000 M. requires the annual pay∣ment of a 666th part of the whole value; but in regard of Charges, let it be reduced to a 600th part.
4. The like for the 60000l. of Personal Estates.
5. To raise 45000 l. per annum, from all the Housing worth 30 Millions, or 7500 for the Housing in London-Liberties, worth about 5 Millions, and whose Rent is 4,20 000l. per annum, requires but 1/33 of the annual Rent, which cannot be above 12 d. a Chim∣ney per Annum, reckoning 5 to each House. Without the Liberties, about 10 d. the Chimney will effect the same; 6 d. in the Cities and Market-Towns, and 4 d. else∣where.
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6. As for the 625,000l. to be raised by the People, it requires but 2 s. 1 d. per Pole per Annum, which let rather be divided in∣to a Pole of 6 d. a Head, and an Excise of 19 d. which is not the full 1/84 part of the mean expence, 6 l. 13 s. 4 d. so as the 11/84 of the value of Consumptions, will with the said 6 d▪ Pole, raise 625,000 l. per Annum.