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Revenue Account 1747/1749

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

25th March 1747 to 25th March 1749

Receipts			Irish £
			25th March 1747 to 25th March 1748				25th March 1748 to 25th March 1749
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balance in the Collector's Hands at Lady-day, 1747			50,656	1	6	⅛	0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time			82,840	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs Inwards	95,819	2	3	¼	109,840	13	1
		Customs Outwards	26,486	8	7	½	31,329	11	11	½
		Imported Excise	84,916	0	4	¾	88,463	12	0
		Prizage on Wines	3,975	0	0		3,825	0	0
		Light-House Duties	607	12	10		684	18	10	½
		Fines, Seizures and Forfeitures	4,490	2	0	⅜	3,811	8	1	½
		Casualties	505	16	1		804	5	8	¼
		Inland Excise	84,282	0	5	¾	88,817	4	8	¾
		Ale Licences	9,257	8	7		9,328	16	1
		Wine, &c. Licences	5,629	0	5		5,706	0	8
		Quit, &c. Rents	65,140	13	2	⅜	65,474	11	7	¼
		Hearth-Money, clear of the Charge of Collecting	40,960	5	2	¾	42,180	10	8	½
	Old Additional Duties	Tobacco	46,675	18	7	½	45,434	4	10
		Wine, First Duty	16,564	17	0		12,676	4	10
		Spirits	10,508	8	9		16,912	0	0
		Muslin	743	5	11		951	12	7
		East-India Goods	54	8	6		98	3	1
		Unstatutable Yarn	4	14	5		28	12	4	½
		Molasses	0	0	0		0	18	0
		Wide Cambrick	0	0	0		9	15	9
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters	67,895	12	6	½	71,648	12	1	¾
TOTAL Receipts for 1747/1749:							1,296,039	14	6	⅜

Payments			Irish £
			25th March 1747 to 25th March 1748				25th March 1748 to 25th March 1749
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment		54,386	15	0	¾	54,328	17	7	¾
	Incident Charges		12,051	12	9		11,979	19	2	½
	Portage Bills		942	14	4	¼	984	13	4	¾
	Repayments to Merchants		2,930	7	7		4,953	0	1
	Repayments to Merchants on Beer Exported		19	6	0		10	12	1	¾
	Premiums paid on	Corn exported	163	8	3		414	8	0
		Flax-seed imported	3,357	10	0		4,581	19	2
		Sail-cloth exported	1,458	14	0		1,958	5	8
		Convicting Burglary	50	0	0		35	0	0
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors		665	17	0		1,047	0	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses		1,061	9	8		1,257	4	0
	Allowances claimed claimed out of the Produce per Contra for Gaugers and Hearth-money Collectors Balances		79	12	6		66	6	10	¾
Drawbacks	Tobacco		132	14	2		99	1	2
	Wine		452	15	9		783	17	2
	Spirits		431	2	8		867	15	7
	Muslin		0	0	0		7	10	0
	Ale and Beer		16	5	1		8	9	8
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers			0	0	0		998,000	6	0	½
Balance on the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1749			0	0	0		57,605	3	10	⅜
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Imported Excise		0	0	0		410	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors		0	0	0		18,680	0	0
	Hearth-Money		0	0	0		28,410	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents		0	0	0		31,350	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1747/1749:							1,296,039	14	6	⅜