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Show [3] [2] (L Don't you think the diltribution of A. For the fupport of the civil and flamps, by poft, to all the inhabitants, military efiablifhments of the country, and very praéticable, if there was no oppo- fition P to difcharge the heavy debt contracted in the laft war. (L How long are thofe taxes to con- A. The polts only go along the fea- Coal'ts; they do not, except in a few in- tinue P Frances, go back into the country; and if A. Thofe for difcharging the debt are to continue till 1772, and longer, if the debt {hould not be then all difcharged. they did, fending for Pcamps by poft would occafion an expence of poftage, amount- lng, 1n many cafes, to much more than The others mutt always continue. that of the {tamps themfelves. Ck Was it not expected that the debt would have been fooner difcharged? foundland P A. It was, when the peace was made with France and Spain-But a frefh war breaking out with the Indians, a frefh load of debt was incurred, and the taxes, of courte, continued longer by a new law. Q Are not all the people very able to (L Are you acquainted with New- A. I never was there. Q‘ Do you know whether there are any polt-roads on that ifland? ' A. I have heard that there are no roads at all; but that the communication between one fettlement and another is by fea only. pay thofe taxes? A. No. The frontier counties, all along the continent, having been frequently ravaged by the enemy, and greatly impo- verithed, are able to pay very little tax. And therefore, in confideration of their diltreffes, our late tax laws do exprefsly favour thofe counties, exrufing the fuf~ ferers ; and I fuppofe the fame is done in other governments. . Are not you concerned in the ma- nagement of the Polt-Oflice in America? A. Yes. I am Deputy Pelt-Matter General of North-America. (LDon't (L Can you difperfe the ftamps by poft in Canada P A. There is only a pod between Mont- real and uebec. The inhabitants live f0 fcattered and remote from each other, in that vaft country, that pofis cannot be fupported among them, and therefore they cannot get ftamps per polt. The Englitll Colonies too, along the frontiers, are very ' thinly lettled. B a (Lme |