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

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 506 pages of information about The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12).

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

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 506 pages of information about The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12).

SELLERS OF PLATE. 
Years of Peace.  L | Years of War.  L
1787 6,593 | 1793 8,178
1788 7,953 | 1794 8,296
1789 7,348 | 1795 8,128
1790 7,988 | 1796 8,835
------- | ------- Increase to 1790
L29,832 | L33,437 L3,555. 
Increase to 1791
1791 L8,327 4 Years to 1791 L31,616 L1,821.

[55]

AUCTIONS AND AUCTIONEERS. 
Years of Peace.  L | Years of War.  L
1787 48,964 | 1793 70,004
1788 53,993 | 1794 82,659
1789 52,024 | 1795 86,890
1790 53,156 | 1796 109,594
------- | ------- Increase to 1790
L208,137 | L349,147 L141,010. 
Increase to 1791
1791 L70,973 4 Years to 1791 L230,146 L119,001.

[56] Since Mr. Burke’s death a Fourth Report of the Committee of Finance has made its appearance.  An account is there given from the Stamp-Office of the gross produce of duties on Hawkers and Peddlers for four years of peace and four of war.  It is therefore added in the manner of the other tables.

HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS. 
Years of Peace.     L   |Years of War.   L
1789            6,132  | 1793        6,042
1790            6,708  | 1794        6,104
1791            6,482  | 1795        6,795
1792            6,008  | 1796        7,882
-------  |           -------
L25,330  |           L26,823

Increase in 4 Years of War L1,493

[57] This account is extracted from different parts of Mr. Chalmers’s estimate.  It is but just to mention, that in Mr. Chalmers’s estimate the sums are uniformly lower than those of the same year in Mr Irving’s account.

END OF VOL.  V.

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