How without any Charge to the public, to Raise Four hundred thousand Pounds certain, from what is supposed to afford Two hundred and fifty thousand Pounds only.  
'tis generally thought there are Eight Millions of People in England; if one fourth part of these pay four Shillings per Head, 'twill amount to full Four hundred thousand Pounds, as abovesaid.  
Although it be very difficult to manage things so, as that in this Case, all People in the Kingdom pay just their respective shares; yet things may be so Ordered, that without doing much Injury to any, each County may pay very near in proportion, one to the other, if of every Shire be raised according to the number of it's Inhabitants.  
The Inhabitants of each County may be guessed at by the Poll taken some few Years ago, when the Act, or Acts had passed concerning Births and Burials, bachelors and widowers; for it may be supposed, each County affords Inhabitants proportionally as then, and so to each County may be allotted to raise it's proportionate share of the said Four hundred thousand Pounds.  
'tis supposed the Commissioners who shall be appointed for the Land-Tax, having also the ordering of this, will perform it without putting the public to any other charge than the Land-Tax requires.  
If the Commissioners have power to make all Inhabitants pay every one alike, except such Poor as receive Alms, and their Children under 16 years; And except poor House-keepers, who do not pay to Church and Poor, and their Children under 16 years, and also the Children of Day Labourers, and of all such as have Four or more, and are not worth Fifty pounds. They may do it at two Essays, by first Summoning each Parish to give in a List of all its Inhabitants; then by appointing to each Parish its respective Sum, in such proportion, that the whole County yield just what is required of it. In likelihood all this may be done, without making any one pay more than Four shillings; but if it require more, or if it require less, the said Commissioners may order the assessment accordingly, and then there can be no Deficiency.  
The greatest inconveniency they will meet with in this matter, is, that some Parishes have more Paupers, and such as are unquallified to pay then others in proportion to their respective Numbers. This may in some measure be remedied, by empowering the Commissioners of the County at large at a General Meeting, to relieve such Parishes according to the best of their discretion, by allotting somewhat less then full proportion to them, and some what more to others, who have not their proportion of Paupers.