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Revenue Account 1723/1725

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1723 to 25th March 1724				25th March 1724 to 25th March 1725
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Ballances remaining on the Collectors Accounts at Lady-day, 1723						74,107	16	2	⅞	0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time						83,570	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs inwards				94,931	5	0	¼	78,299	9	7	¼
		Customs outwards				39,701	16	5		35,787	6	5
		Imported Excise				79,183	5	5		68,690	0	10	¼
		Prizage on Wines				5,031	0	9		4,872	0	0
		Light-House Duties				266	16	11		280	13	2
		Fines, and Seizures				2,596	11	5		5,274	9	3	⅞
		Casualties				338	0	8		444	9	5
		Inland Excise				80,261	9	1	¾	79,275	4	11	¾
		Ale Licences				9,433	11	4	½	9,399	12	3	¾
		Wine, and Strong Water Licences				3,642	4	11	½	3,704	16	11
		Quit, &c. Rents, clear of 1393l. 0s. 10.5d. yearly insolvencies				63,866	5	6	¼	63,858	6	4	¾
		Hearth-money, clear of Insolvency and Charge of Collecting				40,608	1	0		41,297	16	0
	Additional Duties	Tobacco				45,158	9	8	½	32,505	12	1	½
		Muslin				3,276	13	8		3,631	3	5
		East India Goods				199	16	3		61	12	5
		Wine				15,137	2	2		14,408	0	11	¾
		Spirits				13,025	0	7	½	10,243	19	3
		Molasses				3	6	8		9	12	5
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters				63,372	1	3	½	62,697	6	2
		Linen and Callico				1,511	3	6		1,761	1	9
		Twine and Cordage				27	18	11		8	19	2
		Tea, Coffee, Chocolate and Cocoa Nutts				2,932	12	7		2,326	17	0
TOTAL Receipts for 1723/1725:										1,241,021	0	3	½

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1723 to 25th March 1724				25th March 1724 to 25th March 1725
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Expence of Management	Re-payments to Merchants on Goods Exported					9,572	12	8	½	9,162	1	0	½
	Portage Bills to Masters of Ships					803	3	2	½	691	0	1	¾
	Expences in Keeping the several Light-Houses					1,066	17	1		1,017	2	2	½
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					862	16	0		1,046	11	0
	Praemiums paid for	Corn exported				830	4	9		848	19	6
		Hemp-seed and Flax-seed imported				544	19	2		758	15	0
		Canvas Exported				318	13	4		622	18	6
		Convicting Burglars and transporting priests				119	0	0		133	0	0
	Incident Charges, consisting chiefly in Rents and Repairs of Custom Houses, building and repairing of Boats, Charges of Supernumerary Tide-waiters and Boatmen, Stationary Ware and Printing Work, Fire and Candle, Law Charges, &c.					9,179	11	7	½	12,735	6	4	¼
	Disbursements on Account of the Quarantine Service					0	0	0		17,582	12	6	¼
	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment					47,394	10	7	¾	47,992	7	11
	Insolvencies on the Ale and strong Water Licences and other unavoidable deficiencies					216	1	6	¾	336	3	1	½
Drawbacks on the Additional Duties	Tobacco					228	12	10	½	49	0	0
	Muslin					46	12	2		13	19	8
	Wine					1,555	3	5		1,338	19	5
	Spirits					3,201	12	2		3,084	11	10
	Molasses					0	0	0		9	3	0
	Linen and Callico					6	11	4		17	19	10
	Twine and Cordage					4	10	0		0	5	0
	Tea, Coffee, &c.					8	9	7		14	18	8
Payments made to the Deputy Vice-Treasurers						0	0	0		939,669	1	3
Ballances on the Collectors Accounts at Lady-day, 1725						0	0	0		41,055	16	9	¾
Arrears standing out at said Time on	Imported Excise					0	0	0		410	0	0
	Inland Excise and Licences					0	0	0		5,750	0	0
	Dimissed Collectors					0	0	0		14,190	0	0
	Hearth-Money					0	0	0		27,580	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents					0	0	0		38,950	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1723/1725:										1,241,020	14	5

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