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Revenue Account 1704/1706

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th December 1704 to 25th December 1705				25th December 1705 to 25th December 1706
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge	Produce	Customs Inwards				45,965	18	3	¾	54,815	17	1
		Customs Outwards				34,928	19	10		37,254	6	10	¾
		Imported Excise				40,766	18	9	¾	44,370	7	2	¾
		Additional Duty on Tobacco				32,867	17	1		36,065	5	3	½
		Additional Duty on Linen				3,253	4	6		3,012	13	3
		Additional Duty on Molasses				1	7	6		13	12	0
		Additional Duty on Silk				189	17	6		399	17	7	½
		Prizage				2,661	1	0		3,094	10	0
		Cash received for Support of the Light-Houses				145	9	0		309	6	5	¼
		Inland Excise (Hereditary)				66,217	0	0		65,976	17	7	¾
		Inland Excise (Additional Duty)				38,615	0	2		38,455	0	4
		Ale Licences				6,451	8	10	¾	6,498	16	2	½
		Wine and Strong Water Licences				1,829	15	5		1,782	16	2	½
		Quitt and Crown Rents				60,394	9	2	⅜	60,794	0	1	½
		Hearth-Money charged according to the Net Receipt in 1705, and gross Survey in 1706				28,735	4	6	¼	37,535	0	0
		Casual Revenue received				1,147	9	3	½	1,105	11	7	½
		Cash received for Fines and Seizures				345	8	11	¼	476	6	4	½
		4s. per Pound charged by a late Act of Parliament on the Lady Dorcester and Earl of Antrim's Quit Rents				1,028	8	0		0	0	0
		The like [4s. per Pound] Charge on the Duke of St. Albans, and other Pensioners				540	0	0		0	0	0
	Cash Received	Cash Received for additional Duty on Tobacco grown due between the 9th November, 1703 and 25th December following, received by Virtue of the Act passed after Christmas, 1703				40	0	0		0	0	0
		Cash Received on the former Years Hearth-Money in Collection				1,183	11	5	¼	2,370	6	11
	Sums brought forward from the Stated Account of each preceding Year	Balances on the Collectors Accounts				55,697	12	3	⅛	34,813	7	3
		Insolvent Arrears of Inland Excise and Licences due before Christmas, 1693				15,684	5	8	⅞	15,684	5	8	⅞
		Further Arrears on the Several Branches of the Revenue, viz.	Imported Excise			10,297	6	7	¾	9,570	15	8	¾
			Inland Excise and Licences			10,236	4	6		15,649	0	11	¼
			Quitt, &c. Rents			41,781	4	6		48,135	0	5	½
			Hearth-Money Farmers			16,010	5	11		14,330	5	2
			Dismissed Collectors			42,056	7	4	¾	42,462	3	9	⅛
		Arrears on the Subsidy				1,767	12	8		1,721	14	0	¼
		Arrears on the Grants charged at 4s. per Pound, pursuant to a late Act of Parliament				418	0	0		864	4	0
		Also on the Pensions charged in like Manner				540	0	0		0	0	0
		Additional Arrears on the Quitt Rents brought in Charge in each Years Account				294	3	6	¾	215	9	8	½
TOTAL Receipts for 1704/1706:										1,139,868	10	7	⅜

Payments						Irish £
						25th December 1704 to 25th December 1705				25th December 1705 to 25th December 1706
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Discharge	By Payments made to the Receiver General allowed in the Collectors Accounts, including the payments on Casual Revenue					327,775	2	10	⅞	332,757	0	0
	By two Years Charge of the Duke of St. Albans, and other Pensions to be deducted in the Treasury					1,080	0	0		0	0	0
	By Salaries allowed on the Establishments signed by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Revenue					36,433	1	0		36,971	8	3
	By Incident Charges allowed by said Commissioners					6,704	17	6	½	6,562	15	0	¾
	By Portage Bills allowed to Masters of Ships					556	9	7	¼	449	7	0
	By Repayments to Merchants on Goods re-shipped and Damnified					1,600	16	0	¼	2,750	9	3
	By Wine Warrants to Privy Councellors by Warrant from the Government					647	17	0		612	15	0
	By Allowances Given to Officers employed in collecting the Hearth-Money					0	0	0		3,780	8	1
	By Incident Charges belonging to that Branch [Hearth-Money], viz. for Stationary Ware, Gratuitities to Constables for their Assistance and otherwise					0	0	0		355	11	0
	By Cash Expended in building, repairing and furnishing the Light-Houses with Coals and other Utensils					233	18	9		503	0	0
	By Cash paid the Surveyor General, on Account towards rebuilding the new Custom-House in Dublin					2,550	0	0		0	0	0
	By Allowance given to some Collectors of the Revenue by Orders from her Majesty for Cash lost in the Fire of Enniskilling, and other Cash taken away by Robbers					0	0	0		0	0	0
	By Arrears chiefly in the Quit Rents struck off by Orders of Exchequer, and otherwise, being for wrong and double Charges					1,231	6	3		645	8	10	½
	By Arrears discharged by a late Act of Parliament for waste Land					17	6	5	½	0	0	0
Insolvent Arrears of Excise and Licences due before Christmas, 1693, as per Contra						15,684	5	8	⅞	15,684	5	8	⅞
Further Arrears standing out on the several Branches of the Revenue, viz. On:	Imported Excise					9,570	15	8	¾	7,592	4	8	¾
	Inland Excise and Licences					15,649	0	11	¼	16,963	17	1
	Quit and Crown Rents					48,135	0	5	½	46,825	17	4
	Hearth-Money in Farm from former Years					14,330	5	2		12,531	16	0	½
	Hearth-Money in Collection of the Produce of the Year 1706					0	0	0		2,935	14	7
	Dismist Collectors					42,492	3	9	⅛	43,003	4	8
Arrears	Arrears remaining on the Subsidy					1,721	14	0	¼	1,568	7	2
	Arrears of the Grants charged per Contra in the Accounts of the Collectors of the Revenue					864	4	0		0	0	0
Balances	Balances on the Collectors stated Accounts					34,813	7	3		43,103	11	11	¾
TOTAL Payments for 1704/1706:										1,137,688	14	5	¼

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