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Revenue Account 1719/1721

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1719 to 25th March 1720				25th March 1720 to 25th March 1721
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Cash in the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1719						53,890	0	0		0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time						92,836	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs Inwards				87,132	17	7	¼	72,941	17	9	¼
		Customs Outwards				34,442	18	3		29,175	10	7
		Imported Excise				76,020	7	10	¾	61,153	14	0	¼
		Prizage on Wines				5,600	0	0		3,928	10	0
		Fines and Seizures				3,153	13	8	⅝	3,159	14	2	¼
		Light-House Duties				303	4	8		234	5	1
		Casualties				438	4	10	¾	473	2	0
		Inland Excise				80,509	3	10	½	76,509	3	1	½
		Ale Licences				9,738	10	7	½	9,395	18	0	¼
		Wine, and Strong Water Licences				3,254	4	6		3,131	14	6
		Quit, &c. Rents clear of 600l. Annuity to the Lady Russel				64,751	18	11	⅝	64,742	11	0
		Hearth-Money, clear of the Charge of Collection and Insolvency				39,300	0	0		39,450	0	0
	Additional Duties	Tobacco				50,687	7	4		43,951	5	11
		Muslin				3,667	19	1		2,561	4	6
		East-India Goods				217	5	3		126	17	4
		Wine				16,104	8	6	½	12,009	19	7	¼
		Spirits, single and double				10,370	6	4		9,296	4	1
		Unstatutable Yarn				1,105	19	7	½	282	16	10	½
		Ale, Beer and Strong Waters				63,750	11	1	½	60,647	1	6
		Linen and Callicoe				2,274	17	1		1,071	18	3
		Twine and Cordage				132	9	11		14	3	11
		Tea, Coffee, Chocolate and Cocoa Nuts				660	10	10	¼	1,052	17	11
TOTAL Receipts for 1719/1721:										1,195,653	10	4

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1719 to 25th March 1720				25th March 1720 to 25th March 1721
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Expence of Management	Re-payments to Merchants					7,951	7	7	½	8,095	19	0	½
	Portage Bills					687	8	5	¼	583	11	9
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					1,098	15	0		888	12	0
	Incident Charges, chiefly in Rents and Repairs of Custom Houses, building and repairing of Boats, Charges of Supernumerary Tide-waiters and Boatmen, Postage of Letters, Stationary Ware, Printing Work, Fire and Candles, Law Charges, Carriage of Books, &c					9,386	11	9	¾	10,108	11	11
	Expences about the Light-houses					996	11	7		869	12	8
	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment					45,273	10	7		45,523	18	2
	Premiums pursuant to Act of Parliament					1,600	18	0		2,207	7	4
	Insolvencies, occasioned by wrong and double charges in the Quit and Crown Rents, Lands in Charge that cannot be found, and other unavoidable deficiencies					2,252	0	0		2,350	0	0
Drawbacks on the Additional Duties	Tobacco					306	17	10		100	12	0
	Muslin					9	19	8		82	2	2
	East-India Goods					8	9	5		0	0	0
	Wine					1,522	12	7	¼	1,611	5	6
	Spirits					2,284	8	2	½	2,082	5	4	½
	Linen and Callicoe					51	11	1		47	5	3
	Twine and Cordage					37	10	10		11	4	7
	Tea, Coffee, &c.					0	0	0		3	7	0
Payments made to the Receiver-General out of the Charge per Contra						0	0	0		888,114	4	5	⅝
Cash in the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1721						0	0	0		58,594	8	4	⅝
Arrears standing out at said Time, the greatest Part whereof has been since paid, and the Rest in a Course of Payment	Imported Excise					0	0	0		431	0	0
	Inland Excise and Licences					0	0	0		5,660	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents, Including the half Year's Gale due at Lady-Day					0	0	0		40,050	0	0
	Dismist Collectors					0	0	0		29,970	0	0
	Hearth Money, includinga Proportion of the present Year's Duty					0	0	0		24,800	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1719/1721:										1,195,654	0	3	½

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