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Revenue Account 1737/1739

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

25th March 1737 to 25th March 1739

Receipts			Irish £
			25th March 1737 to 25th March 1738				25th March 1738 to 25th March 1739
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balance in the Collector's Accounts at Lady-day, 1737			46,989	9	9	¾	0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time			80,660	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs Inwards	98,086	14	2	⅝	95,428	16	7
		Customs Outwards	26,131	6	6	½	24,414	16	4
		Imported Excise	87,302	18	10	½	79,203	0	9	¾
		Prizage on Wines	4,232	0	0		3,625	0	0
		Light-House Duties	350	8	2		304	9	6
		Fines and Seizures	3,573	6	2	¼	3,980	17	2	¼
		Casualties	415	6	6		544	18	5
		Inland Excise	70,787	15	7	¼	71,731	19	2
		Ale Licences	7,895	4	10	¼	9,197	1	11
		Wine, &c. Licences	5,026	4	7		5,326	1	4
		Quit, &c. Rents	63,977	17	3	¼	64,761	8	8
		Hearth-Money, clear of the Charge of Collecting	44,035	13	4	½	44,244	3	11
	Old Additional Duties	Tobacco	48,368	7	7		46,288	2	4
		Wine, First Duty	16,223	16	5	½	14,012	17	1	½
		Spirits	10,538	4	11		16,689	3	11	½
		Muslin	3,570	19	7		2,639	9	1
		East-India Goods	1,419	14	11		4	4	7
		Molasses	0	0	0		1	0	0
		Cotton Manufacture	0	0	0		3	0	2
		Romals	3	16	6		0	0	0
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters	56,114	12	10		56,895	1	11
TOTAL Receipts for 1737/1739:							1,214,999	11	9	⅜

Payments			Irish £
			25th March 1737 to 25th March 1738				25th March 1738 to 25th March 1739
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment		51,468	5	11		52,009	6	3	¾
	Incident Charges		12,016	11	4	¾	14,389	14	3	¾
	Portage Bills to Masters of Ships		906	16	5	½	898	2	0	½
	Repayments to Merchants		5,333	14	8		4,642	1	5
	Repayments to Merchants on Beer Exported		49	9	10		5	7	0
	Premiums paid on	Corn exported	3,082	1	6		3,047	18	3	½
		Flax-seed imported	4,115	10	0		2,677	2	10
		Sail-cloth exported	1,446	19	2		2,217	14	8
		Convicting Burglary, &c.	165	0	0		140	0	0
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors		964	4	0		952	19	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses of the Kingdom		1,123	5	0		1,138	4	0
	Allowances claimed claimed out of the Produce per Contra for Gaugers and Hearth-money Collectors Balances		96	17	3	½	176	4	3
Drawbacks	Tobacco		49	2	2		116	15	4
	Wine, First Duty		477	16	5		434	5	7
	Spirits		1,968	6	1		1,838	13	1
	Muslin		0	14	1		6	15	3
	Ale, Beer, and Strong-waters		39	11	10	½	4	5	6	½
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers			0	0	0		961,632	13	1	⅞
Balance on the Collectors Accounts at Lady-day, 1739			0	0	0		1,657	3	4	¾
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Imported Excise		0	0	0		410	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors		0	0	0		19,770	0	0
	Hearth-Money		0	0	0		31,970	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents		0	0	0		31,560	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1737/1739:							1,214,999	11	3	⅞