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Duties Account 1781/1783

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1781 to 25th March 1782				25th March 1782 to 25th March 1783
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Loan Duties	Balances at the start of Account period	In the Collectors Hands				34,245	10	9	¼	0	0	0
		Arrears of Excise in Course of Collection				1,174	14	9		0	0	0
	Spirits, single					24,268	14	3		27,505	2	1
	Brandy and Geneva, 2d					24,468	7	9		20,627	18	5
	Rum, 2d					3,966	7	1		6,849	13	11	½
	Spirits, exceeding single Proof					6,285	2	11		6,974	9	5
	Spirits, home made					86,535	12	8		73,813	1	6	¾
	Cards, 2d					2,797	7	0		2,616	15	0
	Foreign Silk Manufacture					0	2	6		0	0	0
	Four-wheeled Carriages to June, 1780					2,638	5	0		0	0	0
Linen Duties	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					1,109	18	6	¾	0	0	0
	Coffee, 1st additional Duty, Chocolate, and Cocoa-nuts					157	12	2		1,432	2	11
	Foreign Linens, &c.					203	14	11		124	4	4
	Raw Hides exported					89	14	6		99	4	0
	Linseed Oil					1,093	3	9		600	18	7
	Proportion of the Duties on Teas to Christmas, 1781					7,500	0	0		0	0	0
Tillage Duties	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					1,571	3	0		0	0	0
	Cards					2,797	7	0		2,616	15	0
	Dice					188	11	7		208	0	0
	Wrought Plate imported					631	14	2		499	8	10
	Received in the Treasury for wrought Plate					1,879	16	1		1,905	5	8
	One Year's Duty on Coaches, Chariots, Chaises, &c.					2,818	5	0		0	0	0
	The like for following year, etc.					0	0	0		2,713	15	0
Bounty on Linen and Canvas exported	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					4,799	0	10		0	0	0
	Five Pounds per Cent. on Customs inwards, and imported Excise					11,507	7	1	½	9,092	18	2
	Two Pounds ten Shillings per Cent. on the Duties on Teas and Wines					186	12	9	½	2,346	6	5
North-West Fishery	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					926	4	10	¼	0	0	0
	Additional Duty on Foreign Herrings imported					84	12	0		145	1	6
Encouragement of Irish fisheries	Additional Duty 2d, on foreign Herrings imported					0	0	0		305	4	0
Protestant Charter Schools	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					735	16	11	¼	0	0	0
	Duty arising by Licences granted to Hawkers and Pedlars					1,454	0	0		1,314	0	0
Improvement of the City of Dublin	Additional Duty on Coals, imported into the Harbour of Dublin					0	0	0		5,940	15	9
Lagan Navigation	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					271	15	3		0	0	0
	Additional Excise paid in the District of Lisburne					2,140	17	7		2,158	13	10
Dundalk Cambrick Manufacture	Balances in the Collectors Hands at start of account period					1	2	6		0	0	0
TOTAL Receipts for 1781/1783:										398,418	9	8	¾

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1781 to 25th March 1782				25th March 1782 to 25th March 1783
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Loan Duties	Drawbacks	Spirits, single				39	5	6		2,406	1	8
		Brandy and Geneva, 2d				35	16	10		17	2	5
		Spirit, 3d				4	17	4		6	7	11
		Rum, 2d				12	16	8		1,199	9	3
		Spirits, exceeding single Proof				0	13	3		0	0	0
		Spirits, home made exported				223	17	8	¾	12	12	6
		Five per Cent on foreign dry Goods				12	19	0		1	2	7
		Hops				1	9	7		0	0	0
		Wine, 2d				18	16	6		47	9	5
		Allowance claimed for Balances due by Collectors of the Carriage Duty				32	5	0		0	0	0
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers, including dismissed Collectors Balances					0	0	0		284,276	2	5	¼
	Balances at end of account period	Arrears of Excise in Course of Collection				0	0	0		1,158	4	10
		In Collectors Hands				0	0	0		35,259	14	9
Linen Duties	Drawbacks on	Coffee, 1st, &c.				245	0	7		873	17	1
		Foreign Linen				0	0	0		2	2	3
		Linseed Oil				2	19	5		0	0	0
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		0	0	0
	The like for the Proportion of the Duties on Teas					0	0	0		7,500	0	0
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		3,786	14	4	¾
Tillage Duties	Drawbacks on wrought Plate					3	5	0		3	12	6
	Salaries to the Stamp-masters					50	0	0		50	0	0
	Incident Charges					261	6	2		391	6	6	¾
	Hearth-Money Collectors Allowance for receiving the Duties on Carriages					83	0	6		76	19	6
	Allowance claimed for Balances due by Collectors of the Carriage Duty					31	9	6		124	3	0
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers including those on wrought Plate, and dismissed Collectors Balances					0	0	0		14,454	19	8	¾
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		2,299	18	10	½
Bounty on Linen and Canvas exported	Bounty paid on Linen and Canvas exported					2,072	8	4	¼	1,779	18	2
	Drawbacks on	5l. per Cent Custom and Excise				209	0	0		252	13	2
		2l. 10s. per Cent on Teas and Wines				0	0	0		49	11	8
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers, including dismissed Collectors Balances					0	0	0		20,123	3	1	¾
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		3,445	10	10
North-West Fishery	Drawbacks on foreign Herrings exported					0	16	0		2	7	0
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		1,134	0	5	½
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		18	14	11
Encouragement of Irish fisheries						0	0	0		305	4	0
Protestant Charter Schools	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers, including dismissed Collectors Balances					0	0	0		2,514	6	4
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		989	10	7	¼
Improvement of the City of Dublin	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		4,400	0	0
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		1,540	15	9
Lagan Navigation	Drawbacks on additional Excise					431	16	6		462	4	2
	Allowance to Officers for receiving the net Duties					85	8	7		84	16	8	½
	Interest and Arrears of Interest on 10,000l. borrowed pursuant to Act of Parliament					545	10	2		500	0	0
	Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		2,371	9	10
	Balances in the Collectors Hands at end of account period					0	0	0		90	0	8	½
Dundalk Cambrick Manufacture						0	0	0		1	2	6
TOTAL Payments for 1781/1783:										398,418	9	9	½

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