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Revenue Account 1753/1755

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

25th March 1753 to 25th March 1755

Receipts			Irish £
			25th March 1753 to 25th March 1754				25th March 1754 to 25th March 1755
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balance in the Collector's Hands at Lady-day, 1753			48,036	11	10	⅜	0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time			83,690	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs inwards	186,990	6	1	¾	156,764	14	0	¾
		Customs outwards	26,770	10	0	½	30,485	9	10
		Imported Excise	131,906	12	10	½	119,965	11	6	½
		Prizage on Wines	5,601	6	3		5,230	0	0
		Light-House Duties	452	12	4		441	1	6
		Fines, Seizures and Forfeitures	8,352	5	1		9,335	9	7	¾
		Casualties	666	0	11		680	18	4
		Inland Excise	88,694	18	0	½	83,311	17	4	¾
		Ale Licences	10,223	9	11		10,153	1	0	¾
		Wine, &c. Licences	7,887	4	2		8,062	4	10
		Quit, &c. Rents	64,342	6	1		64,040	8	4
		Hearth-Money	53,405	0	0		53,789	8	0
	Old Additional Duties	Tobacco	47,170	17	1		54,847	12	9
		Wine, First Duty	25,254	7	11		22,221	13	9
		Spirits	46,895	4	0		28,764	19	5
		Muslin	587	11	5		415	19	1
		East-India Goods	102	11	0		119	5	10
		Romals	2	12	3		0	0	0
		Unstatutable Yarn	11	8	8	½	1	0	2
		Molosses	0	0	0		3	8	7
		Cambrick	1,428	1	2		1,349	16	1
		Foreign Silk Manufacture	2	19	6		79	13	9
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters	71,566	12	5	¼	67,155	2	4	¼
TOTAL Receipts for 1753/1755:							1,627,260	5	6	⅛

Payments			Irish £
			25th March 1753 to 25th March 1754				25th March 1754 to 25th March 1755
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment		56,972	2	10	¼	56,748	15	9	¾
	Incident Charges		14,062	8	1	¾	15,438	11	1
	Portage Bills		1,695	13	2	¼	1,506	8	9	½
	Repayments to Merchants		7,457	4	10	½	6,194	14	11
	Repayments to Merchants on Beer Exported		10	14	0		17	13	9	¾
	Premiums paid on	Corn exported	5	19	6		89	3	6
		Flax-seed imported	6,155	3	0		4,345	0	10
		Sail-cloth	731	8	0		0	0	0
		Convicting Burglary	10	0	0		15	0	0
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors		876	0	0		609	6	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses		1,043	3	9	½	956	19	6	½
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers		4,635	0	0		4,750	0	0
	Hearth-money Incidents and Constables		867	11	9		879	1	8
	Allowance claimed out of the Produce per Contra for Gaugers and Hearth-money Collectors Balances		47	8	0		333	12	6
Drawbacks	Tobacco		235	11	0		333	3	2
	Wine		575	3	2		543	4	4
	Spirits		2,547	4	6		2,537	12	9
	Foreign Silk Manufacture		2	4	4		6	17	8
	Cambrick		0	0	0		1	10	0
	Ale, Beer and Strong Waters		8	11	2		14	3	1
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers			0	0	0		1,280,760	4	6	¼
Balance on the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1755			0	0	0		69,780	10	3	⅛
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Imported Excise		0	0	0		410	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors		0	0	0		17,520	0	0
	Hearth-Money		0	0	0		34,370	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents		0	0	0		31,160	0	0
Charge of Management	Incident Charges and Quarantine Expences
TOTAL Payments for 1753/1755:							1,627,260	5	6	⅛