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Instruments of Warfare
— Advantages
of including them
in the Licence
Duty System. p.1.

1. Revenue

2. Police against Depradation

3. — against Treason
&c

4. — against
supply to foreign
Enemies

5 — by in respect
keeping up
the means of National
Defence

6. Information for
Revenue purposes

7. For particular advantages
see the
different articles viz.
Gunpowder 1. accident
2. Backing
3. Smuggling

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8. Gunpowder -, This
a fit object of taxation.
p.3.4

1. Not a necessary of life

2. Not evadible

3. No secrets-

Advantage

41. Accidents by
fireworks lessened

52. Poaching checked.

63. Against treason
the Duty operates
in corroboration of
the Police regulation
p.4.

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Existing regulations
They operate only as
against accidents —
thay do nothing in
favour of either Revenue
or Police
Crime preventing
Police. p.4

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Priviso requisite
with regard to the
use of it in mining
p.4

5.

4.InThe Advantages continued
- The Duty
would furnish information
with regard
to the sufficiency
to the supply
for National Defence
— p.5.

2(9)

Duty - that tendency it tends
to repel the information,
admitted —
but stronger, to procure
it. p.5.

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II. Small Arms. (viz: fire Arms) the duty on this article has all the advantages of that on Gunpowder, except what concerns Fireworks. p.6. — Propos Penalty proposal for having a without a Game-licence Add saving in favour of Farm against vexation, Birds &c. 6* Objection — Injury to Gunsmiths trade. Answer — Not to commence for 7 years. 7. This no infringement of the COnstitutional right of self-defence — p.6 No more than a duty on Insurance against Fire. p.6 8 Further measure proposed — a registration duty on the of Fire-Arms. p.7. 9 Stronger limitations on the right of Self-defence are established by the Bill of Rights — likewise by the 13 & 14 C.2.c.3. which gives powers for ing Arms. p.7.8.8* 8*2

Identifier: | JB/157/016/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 157.
Date_1	1799	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-22
Box	157	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	016	Info in main headings field	police bill 1799 intrody observations contents
Image	002	Titles
Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	tw 1794
Marginals		Paper Producer	francis hall
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	53386
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