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Revenue Account 1727/1729

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

25th March 1727 to 25th March 1729

Receipts			Irish £
			25th March 1727 to 25th March 1728				25th March 1728 to 25th March 1729
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Ballances remaining on the Collectors Accounts at Lady-day, 1727			47,689	15	7	½	0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time			77,250	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs inwards	84,699	15	8	¼	89,132	1	10	¾
		Customs outwards	30,049	0	1	¾	30,948	10	4	¾
		Imported Excise	72,729	8	10		79,060	16	4	¼
		Prizage on Wines	4,405	5	0		5,814	15	0
		Light-House Duties	317	9	2		307	16	8
		Fines, and Seizures	2,332	10	11		2,520	6	8	½
		Casualties	173	8	1	½	718	6	11
		Inland Excise	73,259	3	6		64,709	1	4	½
		Ale Licences	8,826	13	1		7,865	0	9	¾
		Wine, and Strong Water Licences	3,717	5	3		3,874	19	2
		Quit, &c. Rents,	63,852	14	1	⅛	63,493	3	4	⅛
		Hearth-money, clear of Insolvency and Charge of Collecting	42,937	8	4	½	42,342	9	9	½
		Quit, &c. Rents	37,230	12	11	½	31,682	7	10	½
	Additional Duties	Tobacco	15,610	12	11		18,800	1	10	¼
		Wine	12,666	15	6	¾	12,840	9	9	¼
		Spirits	3,032	8	2		2,301	7	5
		Muslins	78	11	3		82	14	2
		East India Goods	0	15	0		0	10	0
		Molasses	1,711	4	1		3,243	12	7
		Linen and Callicoe	2,278	0	9		5,066	16	11
		Tea, Coffee, Chocolate and Cocoa Nuts	57,917	17	8		51,079	12	2	½
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters
TOTAL Receipts for 1727/1729:							1,158,651	17	4	½

Payments		Irish £
		25th March 1727 to 25th March 1728				25th March 1728 to 25th March 1729
		£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Expence of Management	Re-payments to Merchants on Goods Exported	8,258	17	2	½	10,538	8	3	½
	Portage Bills to Masters of Ships	756	0	8	¼	775	13	11
	Expences in Keeping the several Light-Houses	1,015	2	2		993	12	8
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors	864	15	0		1,192	16	0	¾
	Premiums paid for importing Hempseed and Flax-seed, exporting Corn and Sail-cloth, conviciting Burglary, and tranporting priests, pursuant to certain Acts of Parliament	3,521	2	3		2,575	17	4
	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.	10,691	6	0		11,720	2	0
	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment	49,371	16	11	¾	49,638	10	8
	Insolvencies on the Ale, &c. Licences, Hearth-Money and other unavoidable Deficiencies computed at	442	11	7	¾	284	9	4
Drawbacks on the Additional Duties	Tobacco	303	4	2		183	19	10
	Wine	897	7	1		1,277	12	8
	Spirits	3,023	19	4	½	4,418	11	5
	Muslin	3	11	4		4	1	4
	Twine and Cordage	9	12	11		0	0	0
	Linen and Callicoe	3	15	4		29	8	7
	Tea, Coffee, &c.	55	14	0		1	19	9
	Ale and Beer	45	6	4	½	20	19	8	¾
Payments made to the Deputy Vice-Treasurer		0	0	0		877,882	5	9	⅜
Ballances on the Collectors Accounts at Lady-day, 1729		0	0	0		38,469	5	5	⅞
Arrears standing out at said Time on	Imported Excise	0	0	0		410	0	0
	Inland Excise and Licences	0	0	0		120	0	0
	Dimissed Collectors	0	0	0		11,660	0	0
	Hearth-Money	0	0	0		33,280	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents	0	0	0		33,910	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1727/1729:						1,158,651	17	4	½