been progressively increasing, while our
colonial
East India possessions add considerably to the
great
mass of property which centres in the country.
the produce of the land, including
corn, cattle, horses, sheep, butter,
cheese, hay, wood, &c. &c. turns out,
upon close examination, to exceed
in value 95,000,000l. 2d. The produce of mines and minerals 7,000,000 3d. The net produce of manufactures,
after deducting the cost of the raw
materials, at least 90,000,000 4th. The value of food, obtained by
the coast, for horses, from labour 1,000,000 5th. The profit arising from foreign
commerce, and for horses 25,000,000 6th. The money remitted from colo-
nial and East India possessions, to
individuals residing in this country,
and thereby making a part of the
national income, 4,000,000 Total, 222,000,000l.
Such are the resources of the country, by which it
is enabled
(exclusively of the resources of Scotland
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ful tyrants that ever assailed the liberties of man-
kind, or afflicted the nations of Europe
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all, this income is confined to nine millions of people,
in England
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even including 10 per cent. upon income, they do
not exceed 18 per cent. upon the new property annu-
ally created; while the national debt in sterling
money is not yet much above two years value of the
national income, while the sinking fund, applicable to
its reduction, now amounts to twelve millions a year,
and from the accumulating operation which it pos-
sesses, is daily increasing.