The Case of the Farmers and Maltsters, upon the Shortness of Time Allow'd for the Payment of the Duty on Malt caption title

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A rare leaflet lobbying Parliament on behalf of English barley farmers and maltsters. The document explains that the three months allowed to maltsters for paying duties on their malts after the malts have been made is excessively short, harming both their business and that of the farmers from whom they buy barley. The petitioners ask for six months to be granted instead of three and only to those maltsters who can give reasonable Security for Payment of the said Duty. An

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