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Chisholm's Account of Public Income and Exenditure 1774/1775

from the Great Return of 1868/69

25th March 1774 to 25th March 1775

Receipts				British £
				25th March 1774 to 25th March 1775
				£	s.	d.
Balances in the Irish Exchequer on 25th March 1774				57,689	5	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			664,132	16	9
	Special Appropriated Duties	Customs, etc.	to Linen	1,386	19	6
			(including Duty on Wrought Plate) to Tillage, etc.	6,398	18	1
			to Cambric	0	15	7
			to Lagan Navigation	1,027	7	8
				1,308	19	0
				2,350	10	4
	Stamps			10,984	19	3
	4s. Tax on Salaries, Pensions, etc. of Absentees			16,610	4	7
	Miscellaneous	Casualties		591	13	7
		Public Coal Yards		760	12	4
		Poundage Fees and Pells Fees		12,562	2	5
		Imprest Money repaid		2,794	10	5
		Sale of Barracks		143	1	6
Raised by the Creation of Debt	Raised by Tontine Life Annuities, to complete 265,000l. (Irish) at 6 per cent, per 13 & 14 George III, c.5			195,692	6	2
TOTAL Receipts for 1774/1775:				974,435	2	9

Issues				British £
				25th March 1774 to 25th March 1775
				£	s.	d.
Interest, etc. of Public Debt	Interest of Loan Debentures			31,249	18	7
	Tontine Life Annuities	payable in London		11,160	0	0
		payable in Dublin		553	16	11
Civil Government	Civil List	Salaries and Expenses of State Officers, Law and other Civil Officers, and Incidental Expenses, including Extraordinary Payments by Concordatum		78,826	11	0
		Pensions, including French Pensions		86,607	3	1
	Other Civil Expenditure	Out of Special Appropriated Duties	To Linen	951	12	6
			To Tillage, etc.	6,635	16	2
			To Lagan Navigation	1,027	7	8
			To North West Fisheries	2,350	10	4
			To Cambric	0	15	7
			To Protestant Schools	1,310	15	5
		Making up and passing the Vice Treasurer's Accounts		720	0	0
		Extraordinary Payments by King's Letters		51,650	19	2
		Parliamentary Grants	Bounty on Linen	13,846	3	1
			Inland Navigations	1,384	12	4
			Ballast Office Wall, Dublin	1,384	12	4
			Harbours, Piers and Bridges	2,557	9	10
			Dublin Improvements	1,580	6	2
			Salaries, etc. of Officers of House of Commons	3,738	9	3
			Hospitals	3,369	4	7
			Protestant Schools	6,851	14	1
			Public Coal Yards	1,628	4	7
			Preserving Corn on Stands	6,144	18	5
			Dublin Society, for Premiums	9,088	0	6
			Printing Public Accounts	1,715	8	5
Military Expenditure	Army Services	Army services by King's Letters		15,458	6	8
		All other army services		544,690	0	11
	Ordnance Services	Ordnance services by King's Letters		9,571	16	6
		All other ordnance services		15,485	8	4
Applied to the Reduction of Debt	Issued to pay off Loan Debentures			1,800	0	0
Balances in the Irish Exchequer on 25th March 1775				61,095	0	4
TOTAL Issues for 1774/1775:				974,435	2	9