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The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… which was Sir Edward Scott's; I gave him sixteen Hundred Pound for it: There is no Papist Officer in it, nor Irish … A. 'I was not the Adviser; I am sure I lost three Thousand Pound by it.' 8. Who advis'd the Declaration in Matters of …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… shy of loading the People with at least Six-pence in the Pound upon all the Lands in Great Britain, for building …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… much to ease the Landed Gentlemen of a Shilling in the Pound Land-Tax, if by the Controverting of Elections they …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Nor the 1,000,000, l. charged on the Deductions of 6d. per Pound. East India Company. By two Acts of Parliament 9 W.III. … Specie for ever. By an Act passed in 1697, a Duty of one Pound of Gunpowder per Ton, is laid on all Ships entering … 1l. 5s. Gallon of Molasses, 1s. 6d. Gallon of Rum, 2s. Pound of Cotton, 6d. Pound of Alloes, 1s. 6d. Cwt. of scraped …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… landed Gentlemen would think it hard to pay 4 s. in the Pound Land-Tax, during a Time of Peace, yet they would not … the last War: They know that by a Land-Tax of 2 s. in the Pound, we cannot provide for the yearly Supplies we think … I should think every Englishman too, that with 4 s. in the Pound Land-Tax, we could not raise 500,000 l. a Year more …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… of his late Majesty, by which an Inland Duty of 4 s. per Pound was laid on all Tea, without Distinction of Quality; … paid no Duty; and that the very high Duty of 4 s. per Pound, as well as the Inequality of its being laid, were the … Importation of Tea would be, to alter the Duty of 4 s. per Pound to a certain Rate ad Valorem, according to the Prices …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… necessary for our Home-Consumption at the Rate of 6 d. per Pound, which would probably be the Case, that Consumption … of the Captain's, or perhaps some of the Sailors, taking a Pound of Tea, or an Anchor of Brandy, Rum, or Arrack, from on …