The Inhabitants Of sfS6tsq6 houses taxed at '10 6isave
Î. rfv
28 3: per ann. amounting to
d i tto . 211,483 ditto iftp 160 . do W ditto : r
ditto 38,3.24 ditto ;:-v Si, Ö -do 46 0 ditto
ditto 25,919 ' di^o ‘ do S3 *
.ditto ' dittqj -7 f 42 0 do 64 8 ditto i\ -
ditto . ;5*>4«3 I ditto É g dó : 90 0
£: 42°440>^359631
I ,68^01
218*741
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Saved b.y Inhabitants of 682,077 Houses taxed m England and Wales, - - - - £.1^256^14
ditto - - 317,923 ditto untàxea in ditto - ditto - - - t*
ditto - - ditto » ■ Scotland and Ireland, &c. ------ - - '
Although thé fonégoing^lan-is founded qa the consumption of only 13,000,000 lb; per ann . there is great
reason to believe 18 or 2.0,000,000 of pounds of re a/ Tea wouldbe consumed at moderate prices* &stiris well
known that many millions of pounds of ash, sloe, and other leaves of trees are annually dyed and sold as Tea*
notwithstanding three acts df pârliMnenf, havfe bfeen made to prevent such practices, viz. about 1724» 17305
and j jÉjlgy.1**1- .
The inhabitants of almost every house in the kingdom drink some Tea; those who do not, will receive more
benefit than the amount of the tax from the increased.advantages already mentioned, the participation of
three-fourths of the profits on the -extra quantity of Tea that will be sold by the East-India Company,'the'
keeping in this their native country a very considerable sum per ann. that at present is. paid to foreigner^ for
Tea smuggled, besidefhe riationaladvantagetb accrue by building and repairing the increased number of
ships, making masts, sails, rigging, &c. the providing storès ôf various kinds for them, and employing above
2400 extra sailors. As the British shipping, trade, and profits .will be increased» if this plan-is adopted, those
fcf.qfhef nations will be decreased.
Observations necessary to attend' the Plan for taking off ibe Duties of Customs and Excise on Tea> imported
• •'' ■ | bytbeEitg^Sb Eadt-India Company.
The tjnderwriters at Lloyd’s CofFee-housexio not remember any foreign ship coming from China to Europe,
being lost during the Seasons 1772 to 1783,-therefore the quantities, of tea exported from China, as per
Plan, itr foreign ships, certainly arrived in Europe. .
Presumptive proofs -of the quantities of Tea, real and factitious], consumed in Great Britain and Ireland.
Almost all thee poor in the manufacturing towns, and on the sea-eoasts, drink tea constantly; as also the
greater part of most other towns and villages; the genteel’people in every part of the kingdom drink tea.
The poorest person uses.if to 2.ounces per Week, or 5 lb. to 6 | lb. per Annum. *
According to Dr. Price There "are 5,000,060 persons in England and Wales.
The Rev. Mr. Howleftt says 9,000,000 " —ditto
The Right Hon. Edmund Burke "supposes 6,000,000 ditto, or rather more.
Suppose only 6,ooo^o6s^, Snd that half of them ate child ren'and others who do not drink tea, which is making
aTSFp "allowance; there remains £,ooc^ooo persons at 5§ lb. each, at least,
or lb. 16,506,boo consumed in England and Wales. -
arid 1/500,000 exported annually, Chiefly to Ireland.
lb. i8,ooojooo
ESfetffSt^e of the .above, several millions of pounds weight are consumed annually in Ireland, Scotland, and
The Wdst Indies.
T h e following Statement, I believe, is true, and nearly agrees with the foregoing account.
Tea delivered annually from the Company’s warehouses for home consumption - - lb.' 4,560,000 |
Ditto Reported annually, chiefly to Ireland . - ' -■ . i»5®0*000
Ditto, smuggled, and manufactured |
Ditto vditto ditto
Ditto.| ditto ditto
•Ditto ditto ditto
Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall, about
Hampshire mid Sussex ditto
Rent - ~ - - ditto
Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk ditto
2,000,000
3,000,000
Consumed in Ireland, Scotland, th.e North of’England, and the West-Indies, beside the "1 Several millions of
_ fb. i,„5,00,000, afore- mentioned J pounds Weight#
So that all above lb. 2 3,360,000, = r thereabout, appear to be factitious tea.
* On the coasts of Dorsetshire, Devonshire, and Cornwall, &c. the poor cannot afford small beer 5 their
only beverage is smuggled Bohea Tea without sugar, mixed with skimmed milk:; those people, already miserable,
Would be much more so, if debarred from such cheap and wholesome drink.
Three acts of Parliament passédi/ïtófi^aDpuMi^^^^^^^^and' wfio
■•■should thereafter be convicted of dying, or altering tea, or manufacturing ash, sloe, or liquorice-tree leaves,
or any other leaves to represent tea. I presume the Parliament ‘had strong proofs oMtl$| practice)Wdf©^e them
at those times; if not, they might have of\C.iH'^::
mons was appointed to inquire into the pernicious effects of smuggling. Sir Stephen Theodore Jan|ei^pdp-|-
lislied their Report, withpbseryatipns. Similar evils now exist. The Lords of his Majesty’s Treasury may
order the officers of Customs and Excise in Great Britain to return an estimate of the quantities of tea, real
anid.fi&titibus, supposed to be consumed in their different districts annually: also the estimated proportion
of persons in each district who drink tea, with such-observations respecting tea as:may ^c|ur to them# The
- officers’-returns would probably support my e s tim a te s'll consumption.' j
If the English imported lb. of teg or upward» and '.sql^fh^^p^af ,lqw prices, as per plan, foreigners,
would import less in proportion, and the pash how lent to them would‘be paid hill#
*pn England ratb^bfexchange tnan-'^t present.
jÖTEe, enormous charges in India musfsqorfc^e, and? *it' is-, hoped,‘witr^^^er management,
-aided ’by the usual exports from England; afi^^proi^ding cargoes and supplying other settlements, may pay
pa^br me bond debt in India,
Whilst the price of bullionrcontinues high in England, and c^h scarce in China for remittance, which latte
r will.not probably exist longer than the presentseason (1783) the Company could have part of tJieir-China~
'cargoes
.Immediately upon-the bill being passed, a vessel should he dispatched privately to China, with instructions
jthèvsupercargo^,,.
^Also; ë^^ p ^ ^ ^ ^eraand/ to Bengal, Madras,, and Bombay, with^^^saro|^^iM#Mfi^^ith as much cash
and goods as convenient, without dr&wingi ^likejyis/2 |q avq^fain^gm^nt^^rbil|s^ under particular circumstances.
The costCinnCfiina of Injports 17573^0 1782 inclusive, at 5s. 3i, per dollar,kor jsn 3d. <pêr tale.
"-Nt. ,1b. 6/oöó,i,ö0o of Bofiea
Congou ' ^Sbp^hbng j I
700,000 of Hyson
l^^^lî^^iôrô.côoV7” ' -- ■ Æ^zz,2i;"
; 2,000 Peeu.ls of raw-silk, a t#,75 ^ jv-Pcgu^ . ? ^ - ; _■■ — , it - > ,20o,,oqq.
"2b,66© Pie,ces-N,aêkeen , ■. H ” -J - - - » %,iôb
;* ~ flhtnâ. wâré and sago for 20 s h i p s ' "'^4
>Xjha^eV^f^fr^aMlz^sferes_f5ï' fihe‘factory and for Sainik Hèlln^^ r /
Investment fojr&pne^ear - * s 1
These ArfciclÇsjmây ƒ E^o^rc^ahnuadly from Ei^p^f^^iihayab.öht^^ ^
■ ' be increased and-1 Pepper j^omj Bencoolen tqmtto: - ' diêto - I . 20,000
.produce a .profit. Ditto cotton, sandalwood, &c. from Bombay to ditto ditto -, - | - 1 . '3'ô.y@©.ô''
^SupposeBengal?(|n 'pbace) may send * ;. - _ - - , 5qo,6oo>
Bills of exchange and certificates to he drawn Ibf . - - - 350,000
The quantities of Tea arrived and expected to arrive in 1783 and 4, if all the Tea arrives that is ordered,
' will leave, after making a. small Sale for March 1784, as follow's:
Bohea ; ’ fe r22,;34©,oooi or 2 years consumptibn'1 ;
■Congou - 6,640,000 or
Souchong " 'i ’ -, 3 80,000 0È;^ à n ÿ 'j ditto. ,sN
Singlo : ' - -•.. ’ ,5,260,000 or I and f ditto b,
Hyson - ., ; - ... ^ 8fip,oo6 or. i anfi 1 -ditto ’ J
Nt. lb. 25,500*000 expected to be unsold in England previous' to September, 1784,
which at *13,000,000 per Annum, will nearly supply the Sales trt September, 1786 exclusive; therefore, if a
considerable part should not arrive till 1785, it would be iri time.