. A treatise on the importance of extending the British fisheries [microform] : containing a description of the Iceland fisheries, and of the Newfoundland fishery and colony : together with remarks and propositions for the better supply of the metropolis and the interior, with cured and fresh fish; elucidating also the necessity of encouraging and supporting commerce and the general industry of the country. Fisheries; Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches; Pêches. 184 ADDENDA. I k. •It *i[ motives to recommend a property tax upon its former principles, or to admire the practical severity of its
. A treatise on the importance of extending the British fisheries [microform] : containing a description of the Iceland fisheries, and of the Newfoundland fishery and colony : together with remarks and propositions for the better supply of the metropolis and the interior, with cured and fresh fish; elucidating also the necessity of encouraging and supporting commerce and the general industry of the country. Fisheries; Fisheries; Fisheries; Pêches; Pêches; Pêches. 184 ADDENDA. I k. •It *i[ motives to recommend a property tax upon its former principles, or to admire the practical severity of its former arrangement, I have only to relate a fact vtrhich happened to me in that particular. Being engaged, some years since, in a large concern, I gave in the profits of that con- cern at more than they really were, (it having sustained considerable accidental losses) but this did not satisfy the Commissioners, and an order of a surcharge was made of S600, notice of which order ought to have been delivered by the col- lector in time for appeal, but who certainly ne- glected it, and a levy for the amount was decreed by the Commissioners, which was conclusive, and to which there was no appeal in any of the courts of law, therefore the £600 were forcibly exacted and paid; but what is very singular, (as money ill got i^ generally badly spent, and has more evils attending its injustice than one,) the tax gatherer ran off with the money, and most likely has by this time met with his just reward; but his poor securities perhaps have not met with equal justice. This shows that the best of things, if abused, may be bad in practice; but every just and good thing, if not perverted by the abuses of its prac- tical application, must be good. The salt duty can never have done any good, except that of contributing a revenue to the Government upon. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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