A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions: Shewing the nature and measures of crown-lands, assessements, customs, poll-moneys, lotteries, benevolence, penalties, monopolies, offices, tythes, raising of coins, harth-money, excize, &c.; with several intersperst discourses and digressions concerning warres, the church, universities, rents & purchases, usury & exchange, banks & lombards, registries for conveyances, beggars, ensurance, exportation of money [&] wool, free-ports, coins, housing, liberty ofPetty, William, Sir
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A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions: Shewing the nature and measures of crown-lands, assessements, customs, poll-moneys, lotteries, benevolence, penalties, monopolies, offices, tythes, raising of coins, harth-money, excize, &c.; with several intersperst discourses and digressions concerning warres, the church, universities, rents & purchases, usury & exchange, banks & lombards, registries for conveyances, beggars, ensurance, exportation of money [&] wool, free-ports, coins, housing, liberty of
Petty, William, Sir
Finance -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688; Taxation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800
_An Enumeration and description of the several Branches of
the Publick Charge._ Page 1
_The Maintenance of Governours ought to be in greater splendour
then private Callings can reach to._ Ibidem
_The honour of being trusted, and the pleasure of being feared,
is reward enough for some Offices._ p. 2
_The Pastorage of Souls ought to be a Publick Charge even upon a
Civil Account._ Ibid.
_The use of Schools and Universities, as they are a publick
charge._ 3
_The common and general Causes, which encrease and aggravate
the burthen of paying Taxes._ 4
_The Causes that excite Forreign and Offensive Wars._ Ibid.
_The Causes of Defensive and Civil Wars._ 5
_A Cause of unnecessary Ecclesiastical Charge, is the not
sizing of Parishes according to the Alterations which have been
in Religion and Trade._ 6
_That five thousand Parishes are enough for_ England _and_
Wales, _so as to give unto each but a thousand Parishioners,
and so as that none need go two miles to Church._ 7
_Antiquated Offices and overgrown Fees a Cause of unnecessary
Charge in the Government, and administration of Justice._ 8
_Registers for Conveyances of Lands and Depositories for
moveable Pawns, as also Banks of Money will lessen the Charge
of Law-suits and Writings._ 9
_How the number of such as relate to the Faculty of Medicine
may be adjusted._ 10
_How the number of Students in the Universities intending to
make Learning the way of their livelihood may be adjusted._ Ibid.
_An Use propounded for the choice Parish-Children and Foundlings,
to force on an useful Work, which hath hitherto been but
perfunctorily pursued._ Ibid.
_That the number of unnecessary Merchants and Retailers be
retrenched._ 11
_The careful Maintenance and Education of exposed Children,
and concealing their names and Families, is a matter of great
consequence._ Ibid.
_A Proposal of several Employments, for Beggars and such as
have now no Work._ 12
_Great Works of Labour though in themselves unnecessary, are
nevertheless of advantage to the Publick._ 13
_The mending of Highwayes, building Bridges and Causeys, and
the making of Rivers Navigable in_ England, _would make English
Horses an exportable Commodity, and help to vend the
Commodities of_ Ireland. Ibid.
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