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Revenue Account 1755/1757

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

25th March 1755 to 25th March 1757

Receipts			Irish £
			25th March 1755 to 25th March 1756				25th March 1756 to 25th March 1757
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Ballances in the Collector's Hands at Lady-day, 1755			69,780	10	3	½	0	0	0
The like on the Loan Duties			2,472	0	6	½	0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time			83,460	0	0		124,428	3	4	¾
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs inwards	147,469	12	8	¼	28,569	6	6
		Customs outwards	26,884	3	4	½	84,049	7	10
		Imported Excise	98,262	10	3	½	2,092	12	3
		Prizage on Wines	3,544	2	0		401	18	0	½
		Light-House Duties	302	11	0	½	6,570	15	5
		Fines, Seizures and Forfeitures	5,353	6	6	⅝	854	9	8	½
		Casualties	975	17	9		73,296	9	0	¼
		Inland Excise	80,728	15	3	½	9,345	16	11	½
		Ale Licences	10,048	10	10	¼	7,319	11	8
		Wine, &c. Licences	7,623	18	8		64,059	3	7	⅞
		Quit, &c. Rents	64,051	3	11	⅝	54,153	0	0
		Hearth-Money	54,283	13	0		62,714	12	11
	Additional Duties	Tobacco	45,254	5	11		9,381	1	4
		Wine	14,799	1	10		25,120	0	2
		Spirits	38,605	12	9		181	15	0
		Muslin	314	16	10		45	12	0
		East-India Goods	93	7	4		851	9	5
		Cambrick	1,380	2	0		18	11	7
		Foreign Silk Manufacture	43	11	6		0	0	0
		Vinegar	0	13	4		0	0	0
		Hops	4	19	1		0	0	0
		Earthen ware	0	5	3		58,716	11	5	¼
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters	65,042	4	4
TOTAL Receipts for 1755/1757:							1,432,950	4	9	⅜

Payments			Irish £
			25th March 1755 to 25th March 1756				25th March 1756 to 25th March 1757
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment		57,288	18	0		58,263	16	0	¾
	Incident Charges		14,786	3	5	¼	17,346	2	8	¼
	Officers Moiety of Tobacco seized and burned		0	0	0		247	13	3	¼
	Portage Bills		1,407	0	4	½	1,166	15	4	½
	Repayments to Merchants		5,029	17	7	¾	5,254	15	10
	Repayments to Merchants on Beer Exported		5	8	7	½	12	15	7	¾
	Premiums paid on	Corn exported	157	8	6		0	0	0
		Flax-seed imported	5,450	6	4		4,423	8	5
		Convicting Burglary	20	0	0		90	0	0
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors		969	12	0		837	18	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses		1,210	14	8	½	1,095	19	10
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers		4,758	13	1		4,840	0	0
	Hearth-money Incidents and Constables		872	19	3		888	17	10
	Allowance claimed out of the Produce per Contra for Gaugers and Hearth-money Collectors Balances		113	6	8	¼	149	9	2	⅜
Drawbacks	Tobacco		207	16	3		136	8	10
	Wine		420	0	10		451	0	6
	Spirits		1,365	4	3		2,067	1	5
	Cambrick		0	8	10		1	9	4
	Hops		5	9	5		0	0	0
	Ale, Beer and Strong Waters		4	6	10	¼	10	4	6
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers out of the Revenue			0	0	0		1,094,448	12	3	¼
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers out of the Loan Duties			0	0	0		2,210	3	6	½
Balance on the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1757			0	0	0		60,283	17	0	⅞
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Imported Excise		0	0	0		410	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors		0	0	0		18,800	0	0
	Hearth-Money		0	0	0		34,350	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents		0	0	0		31,090	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1755/1757:							1,432,950	4	8	½