Chisholm's Account of Public Income and Exenditure 1717/1718
from the Great Return of 1868/69
25th December 1717 to 25th December 1718
| Receipts | British £ | ||||||||
| 25th December 1717 to 25th December 1718 | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | |||||||
| Balances in the Irish Exchequer on 25th December 1717 | 19,854 | 18 | 6 | ||||||
| Net Receipts of Public Income, deducting Drawbacks, etc., and Charges of Collection and Management | Customs and Excise, including Quit Rents and other Revenue of the Crown Lands | 420,944 | 15 | 10 | |||||
| 4s. Tax on Salaries, Pensions, etc. of Absentees | 6,953 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| Miscellaneous | Casual Revenue | Green Wax | 314 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Sheriffs' Fines | 24 | 18 | 6 | ||||||
| Reduced Fines | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Reduced Recognizances | 1 | 15 | 1 | ||||||
| Remembrancer | 31 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| Pipe Summons | 79 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| Assizes | 8 | 16 | 5 | ||||||
| Estreats | 2 | 14 | 11 | ||||||
| Hanaper | 30 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| Seizures | 0 | 18 | 5 | ||||||
| TOTAL Receipts for 1717/1718: | 448,249 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Issues | British £ | ||||||||
| 25th December 1717 to 25th December 1718 | |||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | |||||||
| Interest, etc. of Public Debt | Interest on Loan of 50,000l. Irish | 3,751 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Civil Government | Civil List | Salaries and Expenses of State Officers, Law and other Civil Officers, and Incidental Expenses, including Extraordinary Payments by Concordatum | 32,151 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Pensions, including French Pensions | 29,253 | 16 | 7 | ||||||
| Other Civil Expenditure | Trustees of Linen Manufacture | 3,080 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Making up and passing the Vice Treasurer's Accounts | 332 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| Extraordinary Payments by King's Letters | 6,378 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| Parliamentary Grants | Officers of House of Commons | 1,430 | 15 | 4 | |||||
| Military Expenditure | Army Services | Army services by King's Letters | 2,990 | 14 | 8 | ||||
| All other army services | 343,792 | 12 | 4 | ||||||
| Ordnance Services | 4,458 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Balances in the Irish Exchequer on 25th December 1718 | 20,628 | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| TOTAL Issues for 1717/1718: | 448,249 | 2 | 9 | ||||||