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OBjection , That there are not Five Beds to a House one with another , and therefore the Calculation must fall short . Answered , That Five Beds to each House , one with another , is as near a Calculation as can be made , without positive proof ; and there being allowod in the said Proposals above one third part of the Kingdom to pay nothing ( as being deemed poor ) then computing the remaining 800000 Houses mentioned in the said Proposals , which are more large . Now , if some of them have but 2 , 3 , or 4 Beds to a House , yet it must be granted , that abundance have 6 , 8 , 10 , 15 , 20 , or more , so there can be no great mistake in the Calculation . Object . That this Duty will fall heavy upon those Persons that depend upon Lodgers , and they ought to be excused as well as Inn-keepers ( which are proposed to pay no more for their Beds then what their Family use . Answ . Were all private Houses as lyable to quarter Soldiers as Inns , it might be reasonable ; but having Power to accept or refuse what Lodgers they please , there is more reason they should pay ; because they receive profit by their Beds , when others that must pay make no benefit by Lodgings . Object . This Duty will fall hard upon Day-Labourers , that have a great charge of Children , and consequently many Beds . Answ . This is a material Objection , and easily answered , for this Honourable House may except those Persons , or charge them as they shall see sit . Object . That to take the Number of Beds in the Kingdom , will occasion Officers to come into Peoples Houses , which cannot be indured . Answ . It is not intended , but the Master or Mistress of the House , to give in their own account of their Beds , to such Officers that will come to their doors for that purpose : And if any such Person give in a false Account , then to forfeit — for each Bed concealed ; whereby it may be supposed , no Person will bazard the forfeiture of — for wronging the King of Seven or Eight Shillings . REMARKS . This Duty may be supposed to reach the Abilities of Men , and may be charged according to Quality ; and so make it a more equal Tax then any heretofore has been . This Duty must be allowed to be as good and certain a Fond as can be found out , being the most general and necessary Commodity in England , for no Man but would lye upon a Bed or Quilt at Night ; and it cannot be supposed , that any Person would lye without it , on purpose to defraud the King of the Duty . It is Humbly Conceived , That this Duty will amount to so great a Sum that the Land might be excused this Year ; but if it be thought necessary not wholly to depend upon this , by reason it may be uncertain , then if 〈◊〉 the Land pay 2 s. in the pound , ( which would make one Million ) the Beds would make Six millions more , allowing Two Millions to fall short in the Calculation . This Duty , and that upon Land , may be Collected by 〈◊〉 the same Officers , but to lay several Duties upon several Commodities , which necessarily must be if this be not accepted , will create a great Number of Officers , and put the Kingdom to a vast Expence in Collecting , besides subject to many Frauds .