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Show 256 Examination 9" Dr. Franklin bty'are we [A: D. T.] 11. There are taxes on all efiates real and‘per- {onalg a poll tax; :1 tax on all ofhces, profefhors, trades and butiiieflés, according to their profits ;an excife on all wine, rum, and other lpll‘lts; and a duty often pounds per head on all negroes imported; with fome other duties. 57 Q) Are not you concerned in the management of the jig/Z-qfirr in America .59 1]. Yes. I am Deputy Pof't-Mal‘ter General of .Nart/J zZ/mrz'w. Q; Don't you think the ditti‘ibtltiori of Ramps, .2.) For what purpofes are thofe taxes laid P A. For the fupport of the civrl and rmhtary eftablithments of the country, and to ditchurge the heavy debt contraé‘ted in the laft wnr. 9. How long are thofe taxes to continue ? A. Thofe for difcharging the debt are to con- tinue till 1772, and longer, if the debt fliould not be then all dilbliarged. The others mutt al. ways continue. .12., Was it not expeé‘ted that the debt wouln ' have been fooner difcharged P A. It was, when the peace was made With France and Spain. Hort/é q/‘Commom 2'72 1766._ But a freih war breaking out with the Indians, 21 frefh load of debt was incurred; and the taxes, of courfe, continued longer l1} fig/i, to all the inhabitants, very praoticable, if there was no oppofltion P fl. The polls only go along the fea-coai'rs; they do not, except in 21 few inl‘mnees, go back into the country; and if they did, fending for Pumps by pof'c would oeenlion an expence of pottnge, amounting, in nmny cafes, to much more than that of the {temps themfelves. .1) Are you acquainted with [\futty‘eznzd 1:12;! 5' /1. 1 never was there. Q}. Do you know whether there are any pofb roads on that illund? 12. I have heard that there are no roads at all ; but that the communication between one little- ment and another is by fen only. Q) Can you dilperte the {bumps by poft in by a new law. Canada ? 2. Are not all the people very able to pay thofe taxes? .4. No. The frontier counties, all along the ‘ A. There is only a poll between 1M'022trra/aud Q1/5136. The lnhebimnts live to feature. : mote from edeh other, in this: Lil): country, that continent, having been frequently ravaged by the potts CJllllO‘C be lhpportei .1 3.71:3 them, :11le there~ enemy, and greatly impoverifhed, are able to pay very little tax. And therefore, in confideration of their diftrefl‘es, our late tax laws do expretsly fore they cannot get Ruins ; :r V-o.":.- l‘heL/xéx‘ffl) cat/mfg; too, along the ilOllthiS, are very thinly t‘ettletl. favour thofe counties, excufing the fufl'erers; and I fuppofe the fame is done in other governments. 52., Are K, From the thinnel‘s of the buck lettlexnents, would not the Stem up Act he titti‘emely inconve- nient to the inhabitants, it‘ executed ? ‘ L 1 1 To |
