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Revenue Account 1759/1761

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

25th March 1759 to 25th March 1761

Receipts			Irish £
			25th March 1759 to 25th March 1760				25th March 1760 to 25th March 1761
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balances in the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1759			58,664	13	4		0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time			87,720	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs Inwards	148,445	0	5	½	150,997	11	5	¾
		Customs Outwards	33,673	6	6	½	39,419	2	3	½
		Imported Excise	116,831	16	6		103,225	4	0
		Prizage on Wines	4,479	3	4		2,786	9	7
		Light-House Duties	772	1	2	½	681	16	11
		Fines, Seizures and Forfeitures	4,889	15	7	¾	9,508	3	4	⅞
		Casualties	608	0	7		626	15	7
		Inland Excise	77,411	8	10	½	86,504	2	7
		Ale Licences	9,390	4	10	¾	9,703	4	2
		Wine, &c. Licences	7,564	8	1	½	7,049	17	5
		Quit, &c. Rents	64,836	4	8	⅜	64,938	6	4	⅜
		Hearth-Money	54,570	2	0		55,027	12	0
	Additional Duties	Tobacco	62,612	5	11		62,708	11	9
		Wine	21,502	12	9		11,222	12	3
		Spirits	23,142	4	2		30,071	14	6
		Muslin	889	14	5		774	14	7
		East-India Goods	73	11	4		54	6	0
		Foreign Paper	20	5	4		361	6	4
		Cambrick	1,126	7	2		1,298	10	8
		Foreign Silk Manufacture	136	13	3		0	0	0
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters	61,533	15	1	¼	69,119	19	6
TOTAL Receipts for 1759/1761:							1,546,973	17	0	⅛

Payments			Irish £
			25th March 1759 to 25th March 1760				25th March 1760 to 25th March 1761
			£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment		63,202	15	0	⅛	67,071	11	10	¾
	Incident Charges		18,922	5	8	¾	17,871	11	7	¼
	Officers Moiety of Tobacco seized		575	9	4	¼	1,132	16	2
	Officers Moiety of Tea seized		970	7	1	¾	3,953	1	4	½
	Portage Bills		1,376	17	10	½	1,417	13	0
	Repayments to Merchants		7,577	0	3		5,378	8	5
	Repayments to Merchants on Beer Exported		14	2	6	¾	43	10	4	¾
	Premiums on	Flax-seed imported	5,375	2	1		5,898	9	3
		Corn exported	279	2	0		312	4	8
		Inland Carriage of Corn	5,701	19	6		5,535	19	4
		Irish Coals brought to Dublin	146	14	3		107	15	6
		Convicting Burglarly	35	0	0		15	0	0
	Wines Warrants		893	11	0		858	18	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses		1,110	6	9		1,116	13	6
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers		4,880	0	0		5,585	0	0
	Hearth-money Incidents and Constables		933	13	8	¾	883	18	2
	Allowance claimed for Hearth-Money Collectors Balances		74	4	0		121	16	0
Drawbacks	Tobacco		169	13	1		362	17	2
	Wine		389	10	11		858	16	8
	Spirits		1,705	19	9		1,125	5	6
	Muslin		0	0	0		11	15	0
	East-India Goods		7	12	6		0	0	0
	Cambrick		24	10	11	½	0	8	10
	Foreign Silk Manufacture		2	0	0		0	0	0
	Ale, Beer and Strong Waters		11	5	11	½	34	16	2	¼
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers			0	0	0		1,147,850	3	10
Ballances in the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1761			0	0	0		76,856	2	1	¾
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Imported Excise		0	0	0		410	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors		0	0	0		21,150	0	0
	Hearth-Money		0	0	0		35,230	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents		0	0	0		31,400	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1759/1761:							1,546,973	17	0	⅛