An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations · Adam Smith
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From which the 1s. a-barrel is to be deducted 0 1 0 -------------- L.0 11 3-3/4 But to that there is to be added again, the duty of the foreign salt used in curing a barrel of herrings, viz. 0 12 6 -------------- So that the premium allowed for each barrel of herrings entered for home consumption is L.1 3 9-3/4 -------------- If the herrings are cured with British salt, it will stand as follows, viz. Bounty on each barrel brought in by the busses, as above L.0 12 3-3/4 From which deduct the 1s. a-barrel, paid at the time they are entered for home consumption 0 1 0 -------------- L.0 11 3-3/4 But if to the bounty, the duty on two bushels of Scotch salt, at 1s. 6d. per bushel, supposed to be the quantity, at a medium, used in curing each barrel, is added, viz. 0 3 0 -------------- the premium for each barrel entered for home consumption will be L.0 14 3-3/4 Though the loss of duties upon herrings exported cannot, perhaps, properly be considered as bounty, that upon herrings entered for home consumption certainly may. _An Account of the Quantity of Foreign Salt imported into Scotland, and of Scotch Salt delivered Duty-free from the Works there, for the Fishery, from the 5th of April 1771 to the 5th of April 1782, with the Medium of both for one Year._
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