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Refolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that the following duties fhall be paid for and upon all other wines imported into this kingdom, during the time aforefaid: If filled and imported by natives 28. 9. 10. if. filled and imported by frangers 30. 3. 21d. if uniilled and imported by natives 261. 35, 101d. if unfilled and imported by ftrangers 27. 125. 10. 2 by the tun, for every tun thereof, and fo in proportion for any greater or lefs quantity; the faid duties to be paid down in ready money net, without any difcount or allowance, and to be in lieu and full fatisfaction of all custom, excife or other duties payable to his Majefty for the fame by any act or acts of parliament heretofore, made in this king

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Refolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that bounties ought to be given on all plain Irish linens, and on all Irish linens and Irish callicoes and cottons, and cottons mixed with linens, printed, painted, ftained or dyed in this kingdom, being the breadth of twenty-five inches or more, and not exceeding, when plain and unpainted, unftained, unprinted or undy ed, the value of 15. 7. per yard; and alfo on Irish diapers and huckabacks, fheetings, and other linens above yard wide, and not exceeding 15. 7. the fquare yard in value, which fhall be exported from this kingdom to Africa, America, the Weft Indies, Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar, or Minorca, between the 25th day of December, 1783, and the 25th day of March, 1785, inclufive, after the rates following, that is to fay, a bounty of one half-penny per yard for all under the value as aforetaid of 5d. the yard; and a bounty of id. per yard for all of the value of 54. and under 6. the yard; and a bounty of Id. per yard for all of the value of 64. and under the value of Is. 7. the yard; and a bounty of one halfpenny per yard for all chequed and ftriped linen, not exceeding 1.74. nor under 7d. per yard in value; and a bounty of 1. for every fquare yard of diapers, huckabacks, fheetings, and other linens, upwards of a yard in breadth, not exceeding 15. 7. a fquare yard in value; and a bounty of 624. for every three ells of Frith made fail cloth or canvas fit for or made into fails,, which shall be exported by way of merchandize to any place except Great Britain, during the time aforelaid, and fo in proportion for any greater or lets quantities; the value of all fuch linen, if painted, ftained, itamped or dyed, or of fuch callicoes and cottons mixed with linen, whereupon they are to be refpectively intitled to the bounties aforefaid, to be deemed their value when in a plain ftate, and exclufive ef fuch painting, ftaining, ftamping, or dying.

Refolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that in order to encourage the growth of flax-feed in this kingdom, it will be expedient to difcontinue all bounties on the import of foreign feed, and to give bounties to encourage the cultivation of it at home.

Refolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that there fhall be raised, levied, collected and paid to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, during the time aforefaid, an additional impoft or duty, after the rate of 21. 10s. per cent. on the produce or amount of the duties payable on all teas imported, and on all wines imported, except wines of the growth of Portugal or the Madeiras; and an additional duty or impoft, after the rate of 51 per cent. on the produce and amount of the customs inwards and import excife, which fhall be due and payable to his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, during the term afore faid, and which fhall be collected in this kingdom for and upon any goods and merchandizes imported into the fame, except upon wines, teas, tobacco, hops, fugars, and the feveral goods or merchandizes of the product or manufacture of the British Colonies in America or the West Indies, or the British Settlements on the coaft of Africa, whereon any duties are impofed or altered this feffion of parliament; the faid additional impoft or duty to be paid upon their amount after the ufual discount and allowances have been made therefrom.

Refolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that towards raifing the fupply granted to his Majefty for the encouragement of English proteftant fchools in this kingdom, a tax be laid on all hawkers, pedlars, petty chapmen, or any other trading perfons going from town to town, or to other mens houses, and travelling either on foot or with horfe, or otherwife carrying to fell or expofing to fale any goods, wares or merchandizes, except fuch perfons as fhall deal only in felling acts of parliament, forms of prayer, proclamations, gazettes, almanacks or other printed papers, or fifh, fruit or victuals, or the real workers or makers of any goods or wares within this kingdom, who fhall deal only in felling fuch goods and wares, excepting alfo tinkers, coopers, glaziers, plumbers, harnefs-menders, and perfons ufually trading in mending kettles, tubs, household goods or

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Refolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that the faid tax laid upon all hawkers, pediars, petty chapmen, and other trading perfons, be 10s. on every fuch hawker, pedlar, petty chapman or other trading perfon; and alfo that the further fum of 10s. be laid on every hawker, pedlar, petty chapman, and other trading perfon travelling with a horfe, afs, mule or other beaft bearing or drawing burthen, for each horfe, afs, mule, or other beaft bearing or drawing burthen, he or the shall fo

travel with, over and above the firft-mentioned tax of 10s. from the 24th day of March, 1784, to the 25th day of March, 1785, inclufive.

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Refolved, That all duties of cuftoms inwards, import excife, and all other duties whatsoever payable on the import of any goods, wares and merchandizes, during the time aforefaid, shall be paid down net in ready money, without any discount or allowance for prompt payment.

Refolved, That for and upon all goods, wares and merchandizes which fhall be imported into this kingdom during the time aforefaid, except fugars, by any perfon being a retailer or confumer, there fhall be paid in ready money net, without discount or allowance for prompt payment, an additional duty after the rate of 10l. per centum on the duties payable ther on refpectively, over and above the full amount of fuch duties.

Refolved, That it is the opinion of this committee, that an additional duty be laid on all fteel and iron wire which fhall be imported into this kingdom during the time aforefaid, after the rate of 21. 10s. for every hundred weight thereof, and so in proportion for any greater or lefs quantity.

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in one or more bill or bills, purfuant to the faid refolutions and the refolutions of the committee of fupply; and that the Right Honourable John Fofter, the Right Honourable Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Prime Serjeant, Mr. Solicitor General, George Ponfonby, Efq; and Mr. Mafon, do prepare and bring in the fame.

A petition of the journeymen hofiers of the county and city of Dublin was prefented to the Houfe and read, fetting forth their deplorable fituation, arifing from enomous importations, together with the frequent want of that part of the petitioners raw material employed in worfted hofiery, and praying that the Houfe would grant petitioners relief, by palling a law for protecting duties to fupport their trade.

Ordered, That the faid petition be referred to the committee of the whole Houfe, appointed to confider further of ways and means for raising the fupply granted to his Majefty.

Mr. Burgh, Accountant General, prefented to the House, purtuant to their order, an account of the quantum of money paid in the year, ending Lady-day, 1783, on exchequer acquittances, by the feveral collectors of his Majefty's revenue, diftinguifting each collection.

The title whereof was read, and the account ordered to lie on the table for the perufal of the members..

The Houfe, according to order, refolved itfelf into a committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of ways and means for raifing the fupply granted to his Majefty; and after fome time spent therein Mr. Speaker refumed the chair, and the Right Hon. John Fefter reported from the committee that they had come to feveral refolutions in the matter to them referred, which he was directed to report when the House will please to receive the fame, and that he was alfo directed to move the Houfe for leave to fit again.

Ordered, That the report be received to-morrow morning.

Refolved, That this Houfe will, on Tuesday morning next, refolve itself into a committee of the whole Houfe, to confider further of ways and means for raifing the fupply granted to his Majefty.

Mr. Attorney General said, that when England imparted to this nation an equal enjoyment of her plantation trade, it was on condition that we fhould equalize the duties on all plantation goods imported into Ireland, to the rate of the duty laid upon the fame goods when imported into England. That agreeable to this covenant, the Houfe in the laft feffion had gone into a close investigation of the fubject, and had turned their attention chiefly to fugar, the principal produce of the Weft India Islands; that as to the Mufcovado fugars, the rates were easily settled; and that after long enquiry it had appeared, that 12s. Id. on refined fugars, was the juft equalizing duty between England and Ireland; by which the refiners of both countries might work to equal advantage. That confonant to this opinion, the Houfe tranfmitted to England a bill for equalizing the duties, laying 125 1d. on every hundred of British refined imported here, but that it had been returned altered to 9s. 44. that his opinion was, that 9s. 4d. was not fufficient to protect the refineries of Ireland, and he would now move to increase that fum to 125. id.

Mr. David Latouche faid, that though he did by no means think 12s. 1d. a true equalization, yet as administration had conceded fomething by reftoring the duty firft agreed to by the House, he would for the prefent reft content, in order to try its operation on the refinery, which if againft the next feffions it should appear an ineffectual duty, he was refolved himself then to move a further

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Mr. Fitzgibbon-I never was more atentive in my life to any fubject, than I was laft felfion to the fubject now before us, and I do affert, and the evidence will warrant that affertion, that every witness examined by the Houfe, eftablished this fact; that un

der the former duty of 9s. 4d. the Irish refiner had a decided fuperiority. I confider the refiners of Ireland as a national object, only fo far as they encourage a direct trade between this country and the plantations, otherwife they are no national object at all; and my view was, by the duty impofed, to drive our merchants into a direct trade with the islands of the Weft Indies, for if we are to continue in the old flovenly circuitous way, our refineries, inftead of being an advantage to the trade of this country, will be of but little fervice to it.

Mr. Hartley faid, we fhould follow the example of England in laying duties, amounting almost to a prohibition, on foreign manufactures. When we had permillion to trade to the Weft India Islands, there was a duty of 5s. 6d. carried for an equalizing duty; this was found to be too fmall, and on the question being re-confidered, it was found that 12s. 1d. was only adequate to protect the Irish refinery; but on this going to England, the English refiners had it referred to the lords of trade, who reduced it to 9. and 22. and this was adopted. The refiners of Britain could have but two motives for reducing our protection from 125. 1d. to 95. 4d. either an infidious intention to destroy our refineries, or a monopolizing with to poffefs our market. The Irish refiners proved that it would take 3 cwt. of raw to make one cwt. of refined; but this pofition you over-ruled. However, England herfelf, not long ago, fhewed you your error; for in laying on additional duties, the adopted the proportion of three to one. He acknowledged that the plantation trade was a gift, and that much gratitude would have been due, was it fairly imparted; but upon receiving this gift, we had been induced to reftrain ourselves from trading with the fugar colonies of every ftate but Britain-a reftraint under which we now feverely fuffered, for had we it now in our power to offer Portugal to receive fugars from Brazil (which could furnish on more advantageous terms than any plantation of Britain) we might fettle our trade with the Portuguefe on a very refpectable footing.

Mr. Beresford faid, he rofe not to oppofe the motion, but to explain the reafons of his former conduct, and the principles on which he had then acted, and from which he had not departed. He faid, that the direct importation had ever been his object, and the point to which his reafoning went; confonant to which the true equalizing duty was to make our duty upon British refined fugars equal to the British drawback; he had therefore originally aflerted that 35. 4d. was the true equalizing duty; he declared fo ftill, and that every thing above 35. 4d. was a favour.

He faid, he would not enter at large into the fubject; but as much evil had been prophefied, and many melancholy predictions made when the duty of 9. 44. had been laid on, he would just

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