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alluded to from whom by means of Licence Duty considerable resources might
be drawn for Police Expenditure — Such as —

Dealers in Second Hand Naval stores
Dealers in and Stuff & Rags
Dealers in Second hand wearing Aparel & Bed & Table Linen & c
Itinerant Dealers in the same Articles
Dealers in old Iron Brass Copper Lead Tin and other Second Hand Metals
Manufacturers purchasing Old Metals from unlicenced dealers
Founders and Others keeping Crucibles.
Persons keeping Draught and Truck Carts for conveying the above Articles

To which may be added

Persons Licenced by the Act of 23d Geo. 3d to Slaughter Horses &
Persons keeping Livery Stables.

As the chief part of the vast multitude of smaller offences as well
as not a few of the more atrocious crimes are committed in consequence of
the facilities afforded more or less by some of the above descriptions of Persons.
Placing them under regulations and imposing on each Class a moderate
Licence duty would answer the two important purposes of adding to the
finances of the Country and of improving the Police.

It is however humbly suggested that the first step
towards this object would be the institution of a Police Revenue Board for
without a proper System of Superintendance where two great objects
are in view the prevention of Crimes and the Collection of Revenue
no correct execution could be insured especially as the number of Licences
in Great Britain would probably exceed 40,000. The Labor of watching
so many individuals would therefore be immense but if the whole
Revenue alreadmentioned as connected with Police are put under this
Board the expence of this Establishment and its officers would not
probably much exceed 1 Per Cent on the Sum annually paid into
the exchequer estimating the whole amount at about one hundred
thousand pounds.

Identifier: | JB/150/303/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1	1798-03-05	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	303	Info in main headings field	committee of finance - p. colquhoun esqr 1st examination
Image	003	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	3
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	see note to letter 1329, vol. 6	ID Number	50524
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