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Revenue Account 1739/1741

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

25th March 1739 to 25th March 1741

Receipts			Irish £
			25th March 1739 to 25th March 1740				25th March 1740 to 25th March 1741
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balance in the Collector's Accounts at Lady-day, 1739			1,657	3	4	¾	0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time			83,710	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs Inwards	84,912	14	10	¾	93,381	6	8	⅛
		Customs Outwards	25,388	0	1	½	21,064	8	10	½
		Imported Excise	73,336	3	10	¼	79,360	1	6	½
		Prizage on Wines	3,627	19	0		3,640	0	0
		Light-House Duties	460	0	3		361	0	8
		Fines and Seizures	4,778	7	2	¼	5,794	19	2	⅛
		Casualties	606	0	4		1,243	0	1
		Inland Excise	69,675	12	0	¼	66,956	10	8
		Ale Licences	9,850	7	11	¾	9,365	12	0	¾
		Wine, &c. Licences	5,490	9	11		5,219	19	3
		Quit, &c. Rents	64,162	8	10	⅜	64,289	15	4	½
		Hearth-Money, clear of the Charge of Collecting	45,045	7	2		44,695	7	3
	Old Additional Duties	Tobacco	35,639	17	6	½	48,175	8	1
		Wine, First Duty	14,393	14	10		14,920	2	11
		Spirits	14,826	1	6		11,997	14	7
		Muslin	1,168	5	11		1,540	0	0
		East-India Goods	29	17	11		114	2	2
		Cotton Manufacture	0	0	0		0	15	1
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters	55,375	14	9		53,151	4	2
TOTAL Receipts for 1739/1741:							1,119,405	16	0	⅞

Payments			Irish £
			25th March 1739 to 25th March 1740				25th March 1740 to 25th March 1741
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment		51,935	12	10	¾	51,979	17	6	¾
	Incident Charges		13,510	10	3		15,040	19	1	¼
	Portage Bills to Masters of Ships		786	3	0		818	13	10
	Repayments to Merchants		3,795	6	8	½	3,898	10	5
	Repayments to Merchants on Beer Exported		35	18	0	¼	1	16	5
	Premiums paid on	Corn exported	1,898	18	0		420	17	6
		Flax-seed imported	3,758	15	10		2,353	7	1
		Sail-cloth exported	2,006	9	7		1,510	15	0
		Convicting Burglary, &c.	140	0	0		350	0	0
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors		762	18	0		876	18	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses		1,139	1	1		1,005	12	2
	Allowances claimed claimed out of the Produce per Contra for Gaugers and Hearth-money Collectors Balances		461	3	4	¾	496	14	5	¼
Drawbacks	Tobacco		113	3	0	½	80	0	10
	Wine, First Duty		274	10	2		343	0	2
	Spirits		1,800	9	4		1,470	10	7
	Muslin		21	6	5		0	0	0
	Ale, Beer, and Strong-waters		28	14	4	½	1	9	1	½
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers			0	0	0		845,490	4	9	¼
Balance on the Collectors Accounts at Lady-day, 1741			0	0	0		25,937	8	11	⅝
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Imported Excise		0	0	0		410	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors		0	0	0		20,220	0	0
	Hearth-Money		0	0	0		32,660	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents		0	0	0		31,570	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1739/1741:							1,119,405	16	0	⅞