An Account of rock-salt from the 25th of Decemb. 1699, to the 25th of Decemb. 1700 This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A24599 of text T20653 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A220). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 4 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A24599 Wing A220 ESTC T20653 11948983 ocm 11948983 51358 2264201387

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A24599) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 51358) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 46:34) An Account of rock-salt from the 25th of Decemb. 1699, to the 25th of Decemb. 1700 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [S.l. : 1700] Date of publication from Wing. eng Rock salt. Rock salt -- Taxation. Broadsides -- England -- 17th century. eebo An account of rock-salt from the 25th of Decemb. 1699, to the 25th of Decemb. 1700. [no entry] 1700 1 491 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-11 Sampled and proofread 2008-11 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
An Account of Rock-Salt from the 25th of Decemb. 1699 , to the 25th of Decemb. 1700.

Bushels Gall. l s d Rock Entred and Delivered in Cheshirc — which Duty was paid 3 s. 4 d. per Bushel , at 75 l. each Bushel , or secured by Bond at nine Months . 246142 — Duty 41023 13 04 Rock Exported , part of the Sum above , which Duty was all drawn back and discharged by so much of the first Bonds given for the Rock . 19053 — Duty 3175 10 00 Rock Melted and Refined at the Works in England and Wales . — 208641 7 Duty 4773 12 11 Which Duty was discharged by the Drawback allowed , and satisfied by so many of the first Bonds given for the Rock . And the Salt made from the Produce of the Rock melted , was subject to the same Laws and Duties of Salt made from Brine . Rock Rest as Ballance at the Works , — for which the Bonds are out and will be discharged if the Rock shall be melted , by the Draw-back , otherwise must be paid . 18447 1 Duty 3074 10 05 246142 41023 13 04

This is the Account of Rock , ( viz. all that appears ) if more was used this Year , it neither paid nor secured any Duty .

Hence appear some Inconveniencies and Uncertainties to the Revenue .

First , If Rock be used in Specie , there is 19 l. allow'd in each Bushel .

Secondly , That Allowance is to the Refiner , which ( if melted in Sea-water ) produceth a much greater Quantity .

Thirdly , The whole Charge allow'd for Officers is lost , as is plain by shewing , that whatsoever Duty was paid from Salt refined , would have been paid from Brine Salt ; we never use more or less than there is occasion for , therefore whatever is paid for the one is rebated for the other .

'T is demonstrable that 56 l. Rock melted in fresh Water makes 56 l. of Salt , but 75 l. is allow'd the Refiner as Parr with 56 l. to the Maker from Brine : Therefore the Account of last Years Refining compared with Brine stands thus , for 70788 Bushel , which the 19 l. over made more , the Revenue was lessened 11798 l. besides the Charge of Officers .

It is to be known what the 12 d. per Bushel ( paid before the use of the Rock Salt ) amounted unto , and would give light into this Secret .

What is exported of it , hinders the Manufactory of so much Salt at least , if not double . But if not permitted to be dugg'd , no Frauds could be made .