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Revenue Account 1707/1709

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

Receipts						Irish £
						24th June 1707 to 25th December 1707				25th December 1707 to 25th December 1708				25th December 1708 to 25th March 1709
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge	Produce	Customs Inwards				31,679	0	3	¼	73,628	0	9	¼	16,558	5	5	½
		Customs Outwards				20,531	16	7	¾	34,318	10	3	½	7,240	17	5
		Imported Excise				21,408	11	1	½	56,035	17	6	¼	13,164	11	7
		Additional Duty on Tobacco				19,924	6	7	½	50,991	4	2		18,505	18	4
		Additional Duty on Linen				1,089	5	10		2,223	11	9	½	726	1	1
		Additional Duty on East India Silks, &c.				829	7	10		830	12	0		61	4	0
		Additional Duty on Molasses				0	0	0		6	18	11		0	0	0
		Prizage				1,324	8	6		4,195	12	0		1,069	0	0
		Light Houses				187	12	6		325	14	10	½	26	12	6	½
		Fines and Seizures				174	1	1	⅜	452	17	7	⅜	92	10	6	⅜
		Inland Excise (Hereditary)				34,301	14	5	¼	59,907	6	0		13,582	6	7	⅜
		Inland Excise (Additional Duty)				19,974	2	4	¾	35,691	0	0		8,091	17	5
		Ale Licences				3,494	18	9	¼	7,415	18	0		327	0	10	¾
		Wine &c. Licences				552	2	7		3,031	10	0		762	9	0
		Quitt and Crown Rents				30,399	5	5		60,789	5	5		30,394	7	5	½
		Hearth-Money				19,079	0	0		38,253	14	0		38,253	14	0
		Casual Revenue received				542	7	10	½	559	4	2	½	265	15	7	¾
Arrears and balances	Brought forward from the last Account delivered to the House of Commons	Insolvent Excise and Licences to 1693				15,684	5	8		0	0	0		0	0	0
		Further Arrears on all the Branches estimated insolvent in the former account				77,568	9	4		0	0	0		0	0	0
		Cash on the Subsidy insolvent				1,568	7	3		0	0	0		0	0	0
		Arrears estimated insolvent on	Imported Excise			1,500	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
			Inland Excise and Licences			12,800	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
			Quit and Crown Rents			37,400	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
			Hearth Money			4,400	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
			Dismissed Collectors			5,300	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
		Collectors Balances on the former account				37,000	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
		Additional charges issued in the year 1707				154	15	1	⅜	0	0	0		0	0	0
TOTAL Receipts for 1707/1709:														976,647	8	10	⅛

Payments						Irish £
						24th June 1707 to 25th December 1707				25th December 1707 to 25th December 1708				25th December 1708 to 25th March 1709
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Discharge	Payments to the Receiver General					177,293	10	8	⅛	343,230	17	5	½	78,698	14	10	½
	Salaries allowed on Commissioners Establishment					18,707	7	4		37,908	4	5		9,631	19	7
	Incident charges allowed by the Commissioners					4,208	3	5		9,190	14	10		2,400	0	0
	Portage Bills allowed by ditto					263	10	3	¾	661	4	10		130	0	0
	Repayments allowed by ditto					2,117	15	10	¾	4,681	7	3		1,000	0	0
	Wine Warrants by Appointment of the Government and Council					105	13	0		671	5	0		650	0	0
	Expences for the Light Houses					322	4	5	¾	475	15	1	¼	120	0	0
	Payments to the Surveyor General on Lord Treasurer's Warrants about the Custom House					522	18	5	½	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Allowances to Officers, and for incident Charges relating to Hearth-Money					2,135	13	2		4,310	0	0		0	0	0
	Discharged to the Collector of Lisburn, Money lost by Fire					85	10	4		0	0	0		1,100	0	0
	Discharged for wrong and double Charges chiefly in the Arrears of Quit Rents					898	17	9	⅞	0	0	0		0	0	0
	Allowed some Collectors on Account of the Subsidy					180	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0
	Arrears of Hearth-Money discharged					2,168	11	10	½	1,993	4	8		0	0	0
	Payments for the Work Houses in several Counties					0	0	0		485	0	0		0	0	0
	Payments on the Exportation of Corn					0	0	0		179	17	0		0	0	0
	Payments on the Exportation of Beer					0	0	0		75	16	10		0	0	0
Further charges	Further Charges of Management in collecting the remainder of the Year's Hearth-Money charged in Lady-day Quarter, 1709					0	0	0		0	0	0		3,180	0	0
Arrears	Arrears on Inland Excise and Licences to Christmas, 1693, insolvent as per Contra					0	0	0		0	0	0		15,684	5	8	⅞
In like Manner Arrears on the Subsidy insolvent by Estimate						0	0	0		0	0	0		1,557	0	0
Further arrears standing out, and upon Reports from the Officers appointed to each Branch by the Commissioners of the Revenue estimated to be Part solvent, and Part sperate, upon Reasons offered for desperate Arrear in a separate paper, No. III. viz.	Imported Excise	Solvent				0	0	0		0	0	0		610	0	0
	Inland Excise and Licences					0	0	0		0	0	0		12,200	0	0
	Quit and Crown Rents					0	0	0		0	0	0		48,100	0	0
	Hearth Money					0	0	0		0	0	0		27,500	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors					0	0	0		0	0	0		800	0	0
	Imported Excise	Sperate				0	0	0		0	0	0		1,110	0	0
	Inland Excise and Licences					0	0	0		0	0	0		800	0	0
	Quit and Crown Rents					0	0	0		0	0	0		15,400	0	0
	Hearth Money					0	0	0		0	0	0		2,300	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors					0	0	0		0	0	0		3,830	0	0
	Imported Excise	Desperate				0	0	0		0	0	0		5,800	0	0
	Inland Excise and Licences					0	0	0		0	0	0		9,520	0	0
	Quit and Crown Rents					0	0	0		0	0	0		16,565	4	6	½
	Hearth Money					0	0	0		0	0	0		13,748	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors					0	0	0		0	0	0		39,139	0	0
Balances	Cash in the Collector's Hands at Lady-day, 1709, over and above all Exchequer Acquittances drawn on them					0	0	0		0	0	0		52,210	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1707/1709:														976,657	8	10	⅞

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