In 1774, clipped and deficient gold
coin was called in to be exchanged for new coin.
Local taxes were collected for the church, the poor, county courts
of justice, borough administration, and highways. National taxes
included the income, customs, and excise taxes. When the
government tried to levy excise taxes on wine, tobacco, and then
on cider, there was a public protest with mobs demonstrating
against the power given to excise inspectors to search in people's
homes. These excise taxes were no longer levied.
Duties were placed on items for encouraging industries within the
country and to pay the expenses of government. There were more and
higher duties to pay for war. At various times there were duties
on hides, skins, seal skins, gilt and silver wire, malt, mum
(strong beer made from malted wheat), cider, perry, spices,
coffee, tea, cocoa nuts, chocolate, cocoa paste, snuff, chinaware,
drugs, calicoes, herrings, apples, oysters, raw Italian and
Chinese silk, gum arabic, gum senega, tallow, hogs-lard, grease,
beaver skins and wool, imported brandy, raisins, coals and coal
dust, coaches for one's own use or for hire (except licensed
hackney coaches); silver plate owned by persons, corporations, and
bodies politic; leases, bonds, and other deeds; licenses for
retailing wine, beer, and ale; 5% of salaries, fees, and
perquisites from office and employments including royal pensions
and gratuities over 100 pounds.
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