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Revenue Account 1717/1719

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

24th June 1717 to 25th March 1719

Receipts				Irish £
				24th June 1717 to 24th June 1718				24th June 1718 to 25th March 1719
				£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge	Balances and Arrears	Cash in the Collectors Hands at Midsummer, 1717		17,650	0	0		0	0	0
		Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time		99,619	10	0		0	0	0
	Produce	Hereditary Revenue	Customs inwards	76,569	515	5	¾	61,094	6	0
			Customs outwards	36,512	6	7	½	28,143	15	7
			Imported Excise	68,313	3	11		40,844	2	5
			Prizage of Wines	5,249	0	0		2,832	0	8
			Fines and Seizures	1,787	17	7		1,262	18	6
			Light-House Duties	266	12	10		189	15	4
			Casualties	617	0	2	¾	235	3	6
			Inland Excise upon Ale, Beer and Strong Waters	84,957	4	9	¼	63,524	5	1
			Ale Licences	10,005	17	2	½	10,875	8	1
			Wine and Strong Water Licences	3,077	18	8	½	3,100	18	0
			Quit, &c. Rents, charged by the Rent-Roll	60,380	0	0		45,285	0	0
			Quit-Rent returned to the Crown by the Death of the late Countess of Dorchester, clear of an Arrear of 1377l. 17s. 6.5d due to the Lady Letitia Russell, and of her annuity of 600l. per Annum, to Lady-day, 1719	0	0	0		4,993	14	9
			Hearth-Money, clear of the Charge of Collection and Insolvency	37,100	0	0		27,830	0	0
			Alnage Duty for the Quarter ending at Michaelmas, 1717	156	10	0		0	0	0
		Addtional Duty on	Tobacco	35,098	9	10		44,065	5	10
			Muslin	3,586	4	1		2,423	9	2
			East India Silks	1,493	17	10		707	6	1
			Molasses	8	19	3		50	4	3
			Wine	14,273	19	7	¼	8,250	16	3
			Spirits	9,280	10	7		7,054	10	8
			Ale, Beer and Strong Waters	60,402	5	11		50,446	7	2
			Linen and Callico, appropriated to the Service of the Linen Manufacture	2,246	10	10	½	2,140	17	11
			Twine and Cordage, appropriated to the same Service	44	16	6		33	12	4
TOTAL Receipts for 1717/1719:								1,034,107	9	5

Payments				Irish £
				24th June 1717 to 24th June 1718				24th June 1718 to 25th March 1719
				£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Discharge	Deductions from the Hereditary Revenue	Re-payments to Merchants for Goods exported and damnified		6,695	7	6	½	7,514	16	4
		Portage Bills		741	19	6		1,565	5	7	½
		Wine Warrants allowed to Privy Counsellors		1,087	10	0		982	4	0
		Incidents, chiefly in Rents and Repairs of Customs Houses, building and repairing Boats, Charges of supernumerary Tide-Waiters and Boatmen, Postage of Letters, Stationary Ware, Printing Work, Fire and Candles, Law Charges, Carriage of Books		8,128	18	3	½	5,913	4	9	½
		Expences about the Light-houses		721	2	0		894	0	8
		Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment		43,306	12	11		33,258	1	4
		Premiums pursuant to Act of Parliament		1,365	17	0	½	1,318	7	3
		Insolvency in the Quit, &c, Rents, and other Branches of the Revenue		2,282	0	0		1,713	10	0
	Deductions from the Additional Duties	Tobacco		266	17	0		175	18	0
		Muslin		40	3	7		120	18	1
		East India Silks		54	6	0		646	5	6
		Molasses		8	19	3		50	4	3
		Wine		994	18	2	½	1,232	14	4	¼
		Spirits		1,817	6	1	¾	2,196	18	9
		Ale, Beer and Strong Waters		0	0	0		18	2	0
		Linen and Callico		648	0	7		146	3	11
	Payments made to the Deputy Vice-Treasurer out of the Charge per Contra			0	0	0		761,449	10	11	¼
	Balance	Cash in the Collector's Hands at Lady-day, 1719		0	0	0		53,890	0	0
	Arrears remaining uncollected at the said Time, and in a Way of Payment on		Imported Excise	0	0	0		471	0	0
			Inland Excise and Licences	0	0	0		5,810	0	0
			Quit and Crown Rents	0	0	0		54,350	0	0
			Hearth-Money	0	0	0		27,350	0	0
			Dismist Collectors	0	0	0		4,590	0	0
			Alnage Duty	0	0	0		265	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1717/1719:								1,034,082	3	10	¼