Q. Is not the duty paid on the tobacco exported, a duty of that kind?
A. That, I think, is only on tobacco carried coast-wise, from one colony to another, and appropriated as a fund for supporting the college at Williamsburgh, in Virginia.
Q. Have not the assemblies in the West Indies the same natural rights with those in North America?
A. Undoubtedly.
Q. And is there not a tax laid there on their sugars exported?
A. I am not much acquainted with the West Indies; but the duty of four and a half per cent on sugars exported was, I believe, granted by their own assemblies.[91]
Q. How much is the poll-tax in your province laid on unmarried men?
A. It is, I think, fifteen shillings, to be paid by every single freeman, upwards of twenty-one years old.
Q. What is the annual amount of all the taxes in Pensylvania?
A. I suppose about 20,000l. sterling.