in some other line. The richest in every nation have poor relations, and those often very near in consanguinity.
The following table of progressive taxation is constructed on the above principles, and as a substitute for the commutation tax. It will reach the point of prohibition by a regular operation, and thereby supersede the aristocratical law of primogeniture.
Table I
A tax on all estates of the clear yearly value of £50, after deducting the land tax, and up
The foregoing table shows the progression per pound on every progressive thousand. The following table shows the amount of the tax on every thousand separately, and in the last column the total amount of all the separate sums collected.
Table II
An estate of:
After £500, the tax of 6 d. per pound takes place on the second £500; consequently an estate of £1,000 per annum pays £21, 15 s. , and so on.
At the twenty-third thousand the tax becomes 20 s.