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Revenue Account 1745/1747

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

25th March 1745 to 25th March 1747

Receipts			Irish £
			25th March 1745 to 25th March 1746				25th March 1746 to 25th March 1747
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balance in the Collector's Hands at Lady-day, 1745			72,383	11	5	⅛	0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time			86,630	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs Inwards	89,685	0	3		89,824	16	11	¾
		Customs Outwards	22,836	15	7		29,627	10	9	½
		Imported Excise	63,710	13	7	½	64,164	8	4	½
		Prizage on Wines	1,392	10	0		1,617	10	0
		Light-House Duties	566	12	1		688	1	9
		Fines, Seizures and Forfeitures	2,784	4	0		4,002	5	2	⅛
		Casualties	402	4	0		747	9	6	½
		Inland Excise	74,626	7	4	½	73,347	2	2
		Ale Licences	9,018	4	1	½	8,502	6	11	¼
		Wine, &c. Licences	4,909	10	5		5,213	12	7
		Quit, &c. Rents	64,042	13	5	⅝	64,704	13	4	¾
		Hearth-Money, clear of the Charge of Collecting	41,410	6	6		40,327	9	10
	Old Additional Duties	Tobacco	44,868	18	1		51,079	9	0	½
		Wine, First Duty	7,535	9	0		6,298	13	11
		Spirits	12,876	4	4		13,962	18	2
		Muslin	1,135	4	3		412	3	11
		East-India Goods	121	8	2		44	3	0
		Unstatutable Yarn	29	9	1		2	9	11
		Molasses	6	0	0		0	0	0
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters	59,564	17	0		58,803	7	9
TOTAL Receipts for 1745/1747:							1,173,906	16	0	⅛

Payments			Irish £
			25th March 1745 to 25th March 1746				25th March 1746 to 25th March 1747
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment		54,471	4	8		54,329	7	5	¾
	Incident Charges		17,388	19	7	½	15,543	18	0	½
	Portage Bills		816	16	9	½	743	12	0	¾
	Repayments to Merchants		3,982	16	7		2,600	9	7
	Repayments to Merchants on Beer Exported		27	19	11	¾	25	3	10
	Premiums paid on	Corn exported	2	17	6		7	11	0
		Flax-seed imported	1,893	12	0		2,589	8	6
		Sail-cloth exported	1,040	9	2		1,243	2	8
		Convicting Burglary	110	0	0		112	0	0
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors		706	16	0		865	4	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses		1,309	0	10		762	6	8
	Allowances claimed claimed out of the Produce per Contra for Gaugers and Hearth-money Collectors Balances		396	12	5	¼	396	2	11	½
Drawbacks	Tobacco		73	12	7		120	4	5
	Wine		318	6	2		190	5	8
	Spirits		1,223	19	6		749	11	6
	Muslin		6	11	8		0	0	0
	East-India Goods		0	0	0		8	7	10
	Molasses		6	0	0		0	0	0
	Ale and Beer		22	7	11		20	3	0	¾
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers			0	0	0		876,295	11	9	¾
Balance on the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1747			0	0	0		50,656	1	6	⅛
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Imported Excise		0	0	0		410	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors		0	0	0		18,850	0	0
	Hearth-Money		0	0	0		32,330	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents		0	0	0		31,250	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1745/1747:							1,173,896	16	0	⅛