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Brought forward ... fs. 252,800 – fs. 103,000,000

Cost of Collection ... fs. 23,217,698
of which, deduction to be made for the Collection of the Salt Duty ... } fs. 5,000,000 fs. 18,217,698 fs. 18,470,498
which is 18 per Cent on the Gross, and 21 4/5ths on the Net Revenue, fs. 84,529,502

But, there there is to be deducted from this, for
Drawbacks and Premiums on Exportation (see Budget of 1832) } fs. 10,000,000
fs. 74,529,502
making, at the Exchange of fs. 25.50.c pc £ Sterling – £2,922,333,8.2 Stg.
The Official value of the Imports into France, is about 20 Millions
Sterling, and the Duty received, averages nearly 4 Millions, or 20 per
Cent in the value. The official estimate of the Imports into
Great Britain, is 44 Millions, producing to the Revenue nearly
20 Millions, – or, nearly 48 pr Cent on the value. If, therefore,
the Imports into France were as productive as those of England,
instead of 4 Millions, they would produce 9 1/2 Millions; – and if
the consumption of foreign articles were as great, and the Duties
could be collected to the same extent in France as in England,
the amount would be nearly 20 Millions.*
The

* The American Official Returns present facts illustrative of the
effects of a prohibitory System upon consumption.

In U.S. 1815, Free Trade, Net Receipts 36,306,022 }
1816, Free Trade Net Receipts 27,484,100 } average 31,895,061

In 1817, the Tariff began to act, and produced 17 1/2 Millions of Dollars,
and it has never reached the amounts of 1815 and 1816, within more
than 7 Millions of Dollars; – the average of 1829 and 1830 being
only


Identifier: | JB/015/117/002
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Date_1

1824-04-19

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

015

Main Headings

deontology

Folio number

117

Info in main headings field

deontology

Image

002

Titles

Category

rudiments sheet (brouillon)

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

Watermarks

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

5333

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