But the legislature, instead of a bounty, has imposed a tax of three shillings and threepence a-ton upon coals carried coastways; which, upon most sorts of coal, is more than sixty per cent.

但是立法机关并没有给予赏金， 而是对沿海运输的煤炭征收每吨三先令三便士的税； 其中，在大多数种类的煤中， 超过百分之六十。