JB/150/304/004

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such part thereof as Parliament should approve of but also every
other Branch which in its nature requires an attention to
Police as well as Revenue and where regulations become necessary
with a view to the prevention of Crimes and to the protection of
the innocent part of the Community against fraud and depredation

The existing Revenues which appear to fall within this
particular description are these following. —

Present Income Expected Income
Net Gross

1 Hackney Coaches — 1000)
1400 ) £23700 — — £20,000

2 Hawkers and Pedlars — 2000. 5304 — — 13,000

3 Pawn brokers including an additional Duty of )
£10 & £5 for the permission to deal in Redeemed pledges ) 650 — 4598 — — 10,000
& old Metals — 3,000

4 Dealers in Horses — 200 931 — — 3,000
34533 54,000

Deduct the present from the expected income 34533
Supposed increase of Revenue under a new and improved System 19467

To which add the Licence Duties of the 11 Descriptions of Dealers )
detailed on the other side estimated at — ) 46,500
To which add also those other descriptions of Dealers — — 17,500 £83,467
Deduct to make good deficiencies — 13,467
Remains of presumed new revenue for Police purposes — 70,000
To which add the old Revenue at present existing as above stated 34,533
Presumed amount of the Revenue which according to the )
suggestions offered to this Committee would be placed under )
the arrangements of the proposed Board of Police Revenue ) £104, 533

In contemplating Systems of oeconomy & retrenchment
these considerations have weighed considerably in my mind while I venture
to propose a measure to the Committee comprehending in it structure
some conceptions which may appear to be novel though strictly in
Unison of the with the object of this inquiry ; since in order to
reduce police expenditure it is necessary to establish regulation for the
diminution of Crimes, and for this purpose not only to collect together
under one Management all those Branches of Revenue through which
offences are committed, but also to place them under a System
of Superintendance calculated to give energy to the arrangements
which may be formed for so useful and beneficial a purpose to
the Community.

Identifier: | JB/150/304/004"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	304	Info in main headings field	committee of finance - p. colquhoun esqr iid examination
Image	004	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	3
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / / / d4
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	see note to letter 1329, vol. 6	ID Number	50525
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