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 eng Glass manufacture -- England -- London. Tariff -- Great Britain. Coal trade -- Great Britain. 2020-09-21 Content of 'availability' element changed when EEBO Phase 2 texts came into the public domain 2012-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2012-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2012-08 Sampled and proofread 2012-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2013-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The CASE of the Glaſs-makers in and about the City of London.

I. THE Glaſs Manufacture is very beneficial and advantagious to this Nation, and might be much more improv'd, if ſufficiently encourag'd, and much greater Quantities exported, if Foreigners were not enabled to underſell us in Foreign Markets; which they can do, not only from the high Duties on Salt Petre, Berilla, Foreign Aſhes, and other Materials uſed in the ſaid Manufacture, N.B. Saltpetre is double the Value in London to what it is in Holland. but from the Difference between the Duties on our own Coals brought Coaſtwiſe, particularly into the Port of London, and on thoſe exported abroad.

  s. d. The ſeveral Duties on Coals ſpent at London, amount to per Chaldron 9 2 The Duty on Coals exported, (if laid on London Meaſure) is but per Chaldr. 3 0 The Difference in favour of Foreigners, is per Caldr. 6 2

Which conſidering the great Quantity of Coals ſpent in the working of a ſmall Quantity of Glaſs, makes a very great Difference in the Value of it when wrought.

II. Beſides the Advantage given to Foreigners, by furniſhing them with Materials for underworking us at cheaper Prices than to our Natives; the Duties on Exportation of Britiſh Glaſs is a great Hindrance to its being exported abroad, whilſt the French King, for the enabling his Subjects to afford their Glaſs cheap, gives to the Manufacturers thereof their Fewel gratis.

III. As there are continually new Manufactures of Glaſs ſetting up in the Northern Parts of Europe, particularly Muſcovy, Hamburgh, Pruſſia, &c. it is neceſſary alſo to regulate the Duties on Foreign Glaſs imported, ſo as that Foreigners may not be enabled to underſell us at home as well as abroad, which would be the total Ruin of the Manufacture.

IV. The Duties now laid on the Importation of Foreign Glaſs are ſome of them too low, particularly thoſe on Normandy or Crown Glaſs, which as the Duties now ſtand would in Time of Peace be imported cheaper from France than our own Crown Glaſs can be afforded at; and others of them, particularly all Looking-glaſs Plates of above 12 Inches in Length (which was the largeſt Size known when the Act of Tonnage and Poundage paſſed) pay Duties ad valorem, which is to be proved by the Oaths of the Importers; and there are but too many inſtances to prove, that ſuch Oaths are little regarded, whereby the Intent of the Duties will be loſt. Whereas were the low Duties advanc'd, and the Duties now laid ad Valorem put upon the Meaſure and Size, according to which the Value of Glaſs Plates is ſettled, the ſame would effectually prevent any Colluſion or Avoidance of the Duties.

The Glaſs-makers therefore humbly pray the Honourable Houſe of Commons to give them ſuch Relief in the Duties abovementioned, as they ſhall think moſt proper for the Encouragement of ſo uſeful a Manufacture.

THE CASE OF THE Glaſs-makers, Relating to the Duties on COALS, and on GLASS Exported and Imported.