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Chisholm's Account of Public Income and Exenditure 1755/1756

from the Great Return of 1868/69

25th March 1755 to 25th March 1756

Receipts				British £
				25th March 1755 to 25th March 1756
				£	s.	d.
Balances in the Irish Exchequer on 25th March 1755				384,324	9	7
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, and Taxes under Management of Excise			528,219	10	4
	Special Appropriated Duties	Customs, etc.	to Linen	11,734	0	0
			to Cambric	332	6	2
			(including Duty on Wrought Plate) to Tillage, etc.	3,813	4	5
			to Lagan Navigation	1,072	3	11
				149	11	8
	Poundage of additional Duties			2,030	15	4
	4s. Tax on Salaries, Pensions, etc. of Absentees			45	7	1
	Miscellaneous	Casualties		900	16	4
		Imprest Money repaid		4,036	15	2
TOTAL Receipts for 1755/1756:				936,659	0	0

Issues				British £
				25th March 1755 to 25th March 1756
				£	s.	d.
Interest, etc. of Public Debt	Interest of Loan Debentures			143	10	9
Civil Government	Civil List	Salaries and Expenses of State Officers, Law and other Civil Officers, and Incidental Expenses, including Extraordinary Payments by Concordatum		42,575	13	0
		Pensions, including French Pensions		37,439	2	4
	Other Civil Expenditure	Out of Special Appropriated Duties	To Linen Manufacture	11,895	6	3
			To Tillage, etc.	1,027	13	10
			To Lagan Navigation	1,072	4	0
			Protestant Schools	496	17	3
		Making up and passing the Vice Treasurer's Accounts		996	18	6
		Extraordinary Payments by King's Letters		32,569	16	5
		Parliamentary Grants	Linen Bounty	3,692	6	2
			Salaries, etc. of Officers of House of Commons	1,630	15	5
			Printing Public Accounts	103	7	8
Military Expenditure	Army Services	Army services by King's Letters		27,941	3	10
		All other army services		337,128	6	2
	Ordnance Services	Ordnance services by King's Letters		9,686	4	9
		All other ordnance services		6,162	9	9
Applied to the Reduction of Debt	Issued to pay off Loan Debentures, per 15 George II, c.2 and 19 George II, c.3			3,784	12	4
Balances in the Irish Exchequer on 25th March 1756				418,312	11	7
TOTAL Issues for 1755/1756:				936,659	0	0