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 eng Tin -- Taxation -- England -- History. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. 2020-09-21 Content of 'availability' element changed when EEBO Phase 2 texts came into the public domain 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2011-03 Sampled and proofread 2011-03 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
AN ACCOUNT OF THE Duty on Tin Exported from Anno 1610. to the Year 1698.

THE Pewterers Grievance (under which they have long laboured) is, That Foreign Nations buy our Tin as cheap as our own Subjects; with which they make their adulterated Pewter, and ſo do underſel us in their own and all other Foreign Markets. Which (is humbly conceived) cannot be prevented any other way than by laying ſuch an additional Duty on Tin Exported, that it may come ſo much the dearer to them, as may ballance their gains by Allay.

The Duty on Tin Exported: As appears by the Cuſtom-Houſe Books from Anno 1610 hath been as followeth (viz.)   s. d. 1610. King James the firſt Book of Rates per hundred weight of Tin 7 4   And Pewter 5 2 1635. King Charles the Firſt, the ſame 7 4   And Pewter 5 2 1642. to 1657. Ordinance of Parliament, Tin 7 4 And Pewter 5 0 The Common-Wealth Parliament from 1642 to 1657, Tin paid 7 4 And Pewter 5 0

In the Year 1657 the Pewterers then complained, as now, that Foreign Nations ſo Allayed the Tin bought of us, that they underſold the Engliſh in all Foreign Markets.

  s. d.   And thereupon in that Year an additional Duty was laid on every hundred weight of Tin Exported 12 8   So that Tin then paid 20     And Pewter but 5   1660. But Anno 1660 upon the Reſtoration; Tin was reduced again only to 7 4   And Pewter remained at 5 0   And ſo it continued until the laſt Parliament, when inſtead of increaſing the Duty on Tin, to encourage the Manufacture, there was taken off Tin 4 4   And off Pewter but 3 0   So that Tin now pays but 3 0   And Pewter 2 0

Though Tin may well bear 8 or 10 s. per Cent more without any prejudice to the exportation of it.

Which will relieve the Pewterers of England, and increaſe the Conſumption of Tin, and alſo augment the Kings Cuſtoms 8 or 10000 Pounds per annum.

An Anſwer to ſome Objections againſt Returning and Raiſing the Exportation Duty on TIN.

THAT the Act for Tonnage and Poundage laid but 12 d. in the Pound, or 5 per Cent. on all Goods according to their Value, and Tin paid 4 s. for every Hundred Weight Coynage Duty, and at, and before the Duty was taken off, 7 s. 4 d. the Hundred, Cuſtom. In all 11 s. 4. d, which is about 20 per Cent. according to the Value of Tin, which was then but 2 l. 8 s. or 2 l. 10 s. a Hundred to the Tinner.

As to the Coynage Duty, it is by antient Cuſtom paid to the Duke of Cornwal, and hath no relation to the Duty ſetled in the Book of Rates by the Act of Tonnage and Poundage, but is paid by our own Subjects as well as Foreigners, in the Country where the Tin is got.

And as to the 12 d. in the Pound by the Act of Tonnage and Poundage, it was not according to the true and real Value of the Goods, but according to ſuch Value as was ſet upon them by that Act in the Book of Rates, wherein Tin is valued at 7 l. 6 s. 8 d. the Hundred; though the true Value of it, Anno 1660, when that Act was made, was not near ſo much.

Beſides, if it be enquired what Cuſtom other Goods Exported pay, ſome will be found much: to exceed 12 d. in the Pound, or 5 per. Cent. As for inſtance, Lead Exported, paies 10 l. Cuſtom for every Hundred Pounds in Value: And if Lead (the Exportation whereof cannot be in Prejudice of any Engliſh Manufacture) pay 10 per Cent. 'tis hop'd it may not be thought unreaſonable, that Tin (the Exportation whereof at ſo low a Duty as now, being plainly prejudicial to the Manufacture of Pewter) may pay 15 per Cent. which (at the Price of Tin now in London) is about 11 s. 6 d. the Hundred Weight Cuſtom, and is 8 s. 6 d. the Hundred more than the 3 s. a Hundred it now pays, and which Tin may well bear, without leſſening the Foreign Vent of it.

That a great Duty on Tin Exported, will ſo raiſe the Price, that it may diſcourage the Uſe, and ſo leſſen the Conſumption of it in Foreign Countries; or elſe encourage them to bring Tin from Eaſt-India (there being great Quantities of it in that Country, as good as the Engliſh Tin) which will much leſſen the Foreign Vent of our Tin.

This is but barely alledged, and cannot be demonſtrated; but the contrary may be made appear, That Tin will not only bear the return of the Duty of 4 s. 4 d. the Hundred, but yet 'tis manifeſt to the moſt experienced Men in that Trade, that the Demand for it there is ſo great, that it will yield in Eaſt-India and other Countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope, from 3 l. 10 s. to 5 l. the Hundred Weight; and therefore impracticable to bring it into Europe as Merchandize: Though ſometimes when no better Kentilage can be got, ſome ſmall quantity is brought as Ballaſt to ſtiffen the Ship, and can be neither more or leſs, by laying and Additional Duty of 8 or 10 s. the Hundred Weight on our Tin exported: Beſides, 'tis not ſo good in Quality as ours, for the Dutch give 3 or 4 s. the Hundred Weight more for the Engliſh, than the Eaſt-India Tin at the ſame time.

And 'tis evident ſuch an Additional Duty, will not ſo advance the Price of Tin, as to diſcourage the Foreign vent of it; either by diſcouraging the Uſe, or Conſumption of it, in Foreign Countries, or by encouraging them, to bring Tin from Eaſt-India: For ſince the taking off the Duty the laſt Parliament; the Tinner hath advanced the Price of Tin, near 20 s. the Hundred to the Foreigner, as well to as our own Subjects: The Tinners Price being then but 48, or 50 s. the Hundred; and the laſt C • riſtma • Coynage it was advanced to 3 l. 7 s. the Hundred; beſides the Coynage Duty. So that 'tis plain that 8, or 10 s. the Hundred, Additional Duty, will not diſcourage the Foreign Vent of Tin; ſince that will not advance the Price to the Foreigner one half ſo much as the Tinner or Merchants hath advanced it, ſince the taking off the Duty.

And the difference only is, that the Duty is to the King and for the good of the Publick, and the 20 s. per Hundred, now advanced in Price, is to the private Gain and Advantage of the Tinner and Merchant, who make this Objection againſt the Return and Increaſe of the Duty; which is not only much to the Kings Advantage, but alſo the only remedy for the Pewterers Grievance.

If a higher Duty be laid on Tin, it will ſo ſink the Price of it, that the Tinner muſt bear all that is added to the duty: And conſequently greatly impoveriſh them, who are too Poor already.

If the Conſpumptioner of any Goods bears the Duty (as is generally agreed, ) then the Duty advanced will not be born by the Tinner, nor any of our own Subjects; but by the Foreigners beyond Sea, who conſume our Tin exported. But if it ſhould any way affect the Tinner (which cannot be admitted) they may well bear it out of the 20 s. per Cent. they have advanced to themſelves in Price, ſince the 4 s. 4 d. per Cent. was taken off the Duty.

It cannot be denyed, but that there is Yearly Exported out of England, upwards of 1000 Tuns or Tin, one Year with another. And therefore every Shilling the Hundred added to the Duty, will increaſe the Kings Cuſtom above 1000 l. per Annum. So that 8 or 10 s. the Hundred added to the preſent Duty, will increaſe the Kings Cuſtoms upwards 8 or 10000 per Annum.