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Revenue Account 1731/1733

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1731 to 25th March 1732				25th March 1732 to 25th March 1733
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balance in the Collector's Accounts at Lady-day, 1731						7,312	3	1	⅝	0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time						77,760	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs Inwards				76,880	13	11	¼	87,395	12	7	½
		Customs Outwards				25,807	9	1		24,174	4	2	¼
		Imported Excise				74,259	9	1	¾	76,257	2	1	¼
		Prizage on Wines				5,347	10	0		4,351	8	9
		Light-House Duties				243	3	0		288	8	6
		Fines and Seizures				5,235	15	9	⅛	4,901	4	4	⅝
		Casualties				484	3	10		384	8	3
		Inland Excise				76,473	9	3	¾	74,835	0	5
		Ale Licences				8,703	7	6	½	8,634	19	1	¾
		Wine, and Strong Water Licences				3,789	18	4		4,100	17	11
		Quit, &c. Rents				63,697	9	7	¼	63,619	0	9	⅜
		Hearth-Money, clear of Insolvency and Charge of Collecting				42,810	1	9		43,550	3	2	½
	Old Additional Duties	Tobacco				36,565	12	9		45,238	3	6	¾
		Wine, First Duty				16,001	19	6	½	14,188	0	3	½
		Spirits, First Duty				7,102	17	7		11,849	11	9	½
		Muslin				3,077	10	0		3,710	17	2
		East-India Goods				75	11	10		212	16	6
		Ale, Beer and Strong Waters				60,374	0	11	½	59,284	14	4
	Loan Duties	Wine, Second Duty				8,647	10	5		10,603	7	11
		Spirits, Second Duty				2,633	15	7	½	0	0	0
		Silk Manufacture				348	1	9		227	3	1
		Vinegar				43	7	9		311	14	7
		Hops				716	0	2		2,067	17	8
		China, earthern, japanned and laquered Ware				37	3	6		254	2	10
	Linen Duties	Linen and Callico				1,787	13	2	¼	2,648	7	7
		Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, &c.				4,581	5	0		3,128	12	2
Produce	Tillage Duties	Received on the Duties applicable to the Tillage Act, 8732l 5s. 3d whereof 1818l 18s 7.5d was charged to the Accounts last Session, so remains				0	0	0		6,553	6	7	½
TOTAL Receipts for 1731/1733:										1,163,568	10	10	½

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1731 to 25th March 1732				25th March 1732 to 25th March 1733
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management, &c.	By Payments Made to the Deputy Vice-Treasurers					0	0	0		876,366	9	7	⅝
	Salaries to Officers of the Revenue Establishment					49,968	11	8	¾	50,096	19	9	½
	Incident Charges, consisting chiefly in Rents and Repairs of Custom Houses, building and repairing Boats, Charges of Supernumerary Tidewaiters and Boatmen, Stationary Ware and Printing Work, Fire and Candle, Law Charges &c.					11,242	11	11	¼	12,339	5	7	⅞
	Portage Bills Allowed to Masters of Ships					685	6	6	½	729	4	5	½
	Repayments to Merchants on Goods damnified and exported					4,266	13	3		4,350	8	10	⅜
	Premiums paid on	Hemp-seed and Flax-seed imported				1,733	15	5		386	18	1
		Corn exported				2,188	18	9		1,216	15	3
		Canvas exported				621	2	4		586	17	4
		Convicting Burglary and transporting Priests				189	0	0		165	0	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses					1,555	2	9		1,165	14	9	½
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					934	19	0		970	10	0
	Allowances claimed for Hearth-Money, Excise and Licences unaccounted for out of the Produce, per Contra					47	9	7	¾	190	17	4	½
Drawbacks on the Old Additional Duties, viz.	Tobacco					110	7	1		71	15	3
	Wine, First Duty					860	0	1		735	10	3
	Spirits, First Duty					1,099	10	4		1,146	12	3
	Muslin					50	10	5		8	16	2
	Ale and Beer					56	15	4	½	17	7	5	⅜
Balances and Arrears	Balances at Lady-day, 1733 in the Revenue Collectors Hands					0	0	0		16,133	3	9	¼
	Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time	Imported Excise				0	0	0		410	0	0
		Dismissed Collectors				0	0	0		13,800	0	0
		Quit, &c. Rents				0	0	0		31,870	0	0
		Hearth-Money				0	0	0		30,610	0	0
Drawback on the Loan Duties	Wine, Second Duty					49	6	11	½	312	18	1
	Spirits, Second Duty					8	6	8		0	0	0
	Silk Manufacture					1	3	6		0	0	0
	Vinegar					0	0	0		0	7	10
	Hops					0	5	2		26	11	2
Payments made to the Deputy Vice Treasurer out of the Loan Duties						0	0	0		25,012	3	10	½
Balances at Lady-day, 1733, in the Collectors Hand on the Loan Duties						0	0	0		479	2	0	½
Drawbacks on Linen Duties	Linen and Callico					2	19	7		0	4	8
	Tea, Coffee and Chocolate					36	4	11		140	12	6
Payments and Balances	Payments Made to the Deputy Vice-Treasurer out of the Linen Duties					0	0	0		11,724	13	8	¼
	Balances at Lady-day 1733, in the Revenue Collectors Hands on the Linen Duties					0	0	0		241	2	7
	Payments Made to the Deputy Vice-Treasurer out of the Tillage Duties					0	0	0		6,481	7	7	½
	Balances at Lady-day 1733, in the Revenue Collectors Hands on the Tillage Duties					0	0	0		71	19	0
TOTAL Payments for 1731/1733:										1,163,568	10	10	½

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