The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

352 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759That the Income of Tax on Goods sold at Public Vendue is £1235:9:2.That on Settling the Tax for the Charges of Government for the YearEnding the 25th of March 1756 by Virtue of the Tax Law passed the 6th of July1756, Your Committee find a Surpluss in the Treasurer’s hands of £8740:10:5,of which £5965:15:3 is more than the Country’s Proportion and £302:16:6 morethan the Town’s Proportion of said Tax; the Other Part of said Surpluss is£2471:18:9 being a Ballance of the General Duty Fund and Tax on Goods soldat Vendue, which was applyed in Aid of that Tax, and belongs to the Publicin General.The Committee have not settled the Tax for the Charges of Governmentfor the Year Ending the 25th of March 1757, as the Treasurer informed themthat several of the Collectors in the Country had not finally settled with andpaid him their several Collections.Your Committee find that the Number of Certificates issued for Paymentof the Estimate annexed to the Tax Law for 1757 were 2000, amountingto £96628, of which the Treasurer produced 793 amounting to £38047,which your Committee with the Committee of the Council have burnt toAshes, so there remains 1207 of these Certificates amounting to £58581, to bebrought into the Treasury to be sunk.By the Report of the last Committee on the Treasurer’s Accounts therewas Outstanding 891 Tax Certificates amounting to £38662, issued in the Year1756, of which the Treasurer produced 409 amounting to £18863 which yourCommittee with a Committee of the Council have burnt, so there remains472 of those Certificates amounting to £19799 to be brought into the Treasuryto be sunk.Your Committee also find by the said Report that there remained outstanding210 Tax Certificates issued in the Year 1755 amounting to £10774, ofwhich the Treasurer produced 100 amounting to £4937, which your Committeetogether with the Committee of the Council have burnt to Ashes, so thereremains 110 of those Certificates amounting to £5837 to be brought into theTreasury to be sunk.Your Committee also find by the said Report that there remained Outstanding29 Tax Certificates issued in 1754 amounting to £1303, of which theTreasurer produced 22 amounting to £1077, which Your Committee and aCommittee of the Council have burnt, so there remains 7 of those Certificatesto be brought into the Treasury to be burnt which amount to £226.Your Committee also find by the Report of the last Committee that thereremained Outstanding 5 Tax Certificates amounting to £215 issued in the Year1753 of which the Treasurer produced 1 of £50 which Your Committee and aCommittee of the Council have burnt, so there remains 4 of those Certificatesamounting to £165 to be brought into the Treasury to be sunk.