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Duties Account 1777/1779

from Journals of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1777 to 25th March 1778				25th March 1778 to 25th March 1779
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Loan Duties	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					4,125	10	3	¾	0	0	0
	Wine, second					16,540	10	0		10,972	8	3
	Vinegar					1,080	4	10		787	16	2
	Hops					2,427	5	9		4,012	17	6
	Earthen Ware, lacquered and japanned Wares					1,052	0	8		778	1	9
	Foreign Silk Manufacture					348	11	7		95	1	8
	Coffee, second					136	2	3		167	9	5
	Linen Rags exported					2	18	6		3	11	6
	5l. per Cent on foreign Dry Goods					3,903	10	3		3,153	15	3
	Inland Excise on Strong Waters					9,393	17	0	¼	9,115	12	9	½
	Inland Duty on Cider retailed					440	8	10	½	222	8	0
	Cider Licenses					190	5	0		120	5	0
	Four-wheeled Carriages for years ending at Christmas					3,324	0	0		3,241	0	0
	Muslin, second, Chintz, and Callicoe					2,917	0	6		1,052	0	1
	Tea, exceeding in value 4s. the Pound Weight					3,311	3	11		2,566	0	7
	Cards, second					2,535	18	0		2,362	19	0
	Residue of the Duties on Teas					262	7	4		0	0	0
Linen Duties	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					460	4	7	¾	0	0	0
	Coffee, 1st, Chocolate, and Cocoa-nuts					538	12	9		575	11	7
	Foreign Linen and Callicoe					291	13	6		82	1	11
	Hides untanned, exported					99	16	0		65	12	3
	Linen Proportion of the Duties on Four-pence and Six-pence the pound on Teas					10,000	0	0		10,000	0	0
Tillage Duties	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					1,325	15	1		0	0	0
	Cards					2,535	18	0		2,362	19	0
	Dice					214	10	0		106	15	0
	Wrought Plate imported					1,096	17	1		439	7	2
	One Year's Duty on Coaches, Chariots, Chaises, &c.					3,083	2	0		0	0	0
	The like for following year, etc.					0	0	0		2,976	5	0
	Receipt in the Treasury on account of Duty on wrought Plate					1,536	4	1	½	1,271	11	10	½
Dundalk Cambrick Manufacture	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					1	2	6		0	0	0
Protestant Charter Schools						864	17	0	¾	0	0	0
	Duty arising by Licences granted to Hawkers and Pedlars					1,436	0	0		1,113	0	0
Lagan Navigation	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					273	18	5	¼	0	0	0
	Additional Excise in the District of Lisburne					1,201	11	1	¾	1,211	15	4
North-West Fishery	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					184	13	2	¼	0	0	0
	Additional Duty on Foreign Herrings imported					994	4	11		769	5	6
	Overpaid by Collectors at Lady-day, 1779					0	0	0		117	11	7	¾
TOTAL Receipts for 1777/1779:										137,873	18	5	½

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1777 to 25th March 1778				25th March 1778 to 25th March 1779
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Loan Duties	Drawbacks	Wine, second				201	19	5		123	18	10
		Hops				1	15	2		13	3	10
		Foreign Silk Manufacture				109	0	10		2	16	5
		Earthen and lacquered Wares				1	10	11		0	0	0
		Muslin, second				1	16	8		0	0	0
		5l. per Cent on foreign Dry Goods				129	11	10		100	18	10
		Coffee, second				11	6	5		50	2	0
		Tea, exceeding in Value 4s. a Pound Weight				14	0	0		0	0	0
		Allowance claimed for Balances due from Hearth-money Collectors on the Carriage Duty				130	0	0		92	0	0
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		84,745	0	5
	The like on Account of the Duties on Tea					0	0	0		262	7	4
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		4,651	12	10
Linen Duties	Drawbacks	Coffee, first				16	19	7		75	2	11
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		1,537	9	8
	The like on Account of the Duties on Tea					0	0	0		20,000	0	0
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		484	0	5	¾
Tillage Duties	Salaries to Stamp-masters					50	0	0		49	6	8
	Re-payment of the Duty on wrought Plate imported					2	4	0		20	3	9
	Hearth-Money Collectors Allowance for receiving the Duties on Coaches, etc.					101	0	0		95	10	0
	Allowance claimed for Balances due from Hearth-Money Collectors					101	12	0		79	14	0
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		13,851	16	3	½
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		2,597	17	7	½
Dundalk Cambrick Manufacture						0	0	0		1	2	6
Protestant Charter Schools	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		2,521	14	3	½
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		892	2	9	¼
Lagan Navigation	Drawbacks					89	0	0		525	1	0
	Officers Allowance for receiving the net Duties					55	12	6	½	34	6	9
	Interest paid on 4635l. borrowed pursuant to Act of Parliament, at 5l. per Cent from the different Periods of Time the Principal was borrowed					0	0	0		231	15	0
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		1,600	0	0
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		151	9	7	½
North-West Fishery	Drawbacks					1,312	1	1		747	4	11
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		6	9	3
TOTAL Payments for 1777/1779:										137,873	18	5	½

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