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35,000.
Brought over
these facilities which elude detection. The... goes to a very great
extend since these Dealers not only purchase stolen property but
circulate base Money to a great extent. They were estimated
before the War in Town & Country to amount to 1500 but here
they are taken at
1000} 1000
& and general Licence of 201
Dealers by Wholesale in Old Iron old Brass Old Copper — Pewter
Solder Lead or other second Hand Metals or articles made the
Those Dealers are the Great Medium through which pilfering
to a great extent is encouraged & kept alive. They are Generally
known by the name of Old Gun Shops which is understood as
a kind of Signal to held out to every Class of plunderers pointing
out where they may go to dispose of stolen property of every
kind without the of detection or enquiry.
These Receptacles before the war increased very rapidly
for in 20 or 25 years they are said to have multiplied from 300 or nearly 3000, but since the War commenced they numbers have
not increased so rapidly although on the Peace if no regulations
are established to keep them in check a very considerable augmentation
may be expected.
The Wholesale Dealers in old Metals generally purchase from
the retail Shop Keepers in the same Line — They are all either fraudulent
or promote fraud to a great to a great extent by encouraging Children
Apprentices, Servant Journeymen & to Steal and purloin their masters
property as well as Labourers & inferior Officers in the Public
This Trade in Old Metals goes to an remediable extent and is
understood to be extremely profitable. Estimated number
1500}
Town Licence 5£} 5000
Country Licence 2£ 10}
Dealers by retail in Old Iron & other Metals — This class are not only
more numerous but in some Respect more fraudulent than the Wholesale
Dealers because they are the immediate recievers from every person
who has any stolen property to dispose of which they resell to the
wholesale Dealers as soon as a collection is made of a quantity of
Metals worth their attention. There are whole... of very different
kinds of Metal. The Old Iron is generally sold to large
Dealers who send it to the Country & purchase old... The
Carried Forward 41,500
Brass
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