The Testimonies for Henry Harford - Page 19 - Transcript
Money, Quit Rents &c. The Reserves were Bodies
of Land which the Proprietor reserved to his own
use, usually on account of their superiour Quality
and thereby took them out of the general Condition
of Settlement, so that if any Person desired to have
a Quantity of Reserve it must be by Purchase
just like any other private Property.
Is unable to fix any average Value upon
the Reserves, but on reconsidering the Opinion he
gave of the Value of these to the Westward of Fort
Cumberland he thinks 3.s/ would be nearer the Value
than 4/6 as he before ment.d and that the Quantity
was 125,000 instead of 150,000 Acres.
Is asked what he thinks was the value of the
Barrens ab.t Baltimore. Says he thinks ab.t ⅙ Sterl.g
P Acre wou’d have been a moderate Value.
Being asked whether on a general Consideration
of the Subject he is of Opinion the Revenues were
likely to increase or diminish Says he is of Opinion
they were likely to have increased considerably
and taking the whole into Consideration he thinks
the Remittances wou’d have continued equal if not
beyond what they had been for 10 Years back.
Thinks there must have been a standing neat
Revenue in future of at least ￡10,000 P Ann: arising
as P Margin.
In 1752 he finds the neat Revenue was ￡10145 Sterling.
[in left margin]
￡
Quit Rents 7500
Tonnage Duty 1700
Al.n Fines 250
Fines & Forf.s 100
Land Office 700
10,250
[Transcribed by Kyle Roberts]
