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Revenue Account 1767/1769

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1767 to 25th March 1768				25th March 1768 to 25th March 1769
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balances in the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1767						80,148	9	0	⅛	0	0	0
[Balances in the Hands of the Paymaster of Corn Premiums						254	7	6		0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time at Lady-day 1767]						106,620	0	0		0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs Inwards				212,743	14	8	½	211,049	13	9	⅞
		Customs Outwards				39,754	1	7	½	40,045	7	2
		Imported Excise				155,258	9	7		157,241	10	1
		Prizage on Wines				5,206	5	5		4,950	16	8
		Light-House Duties				471	15	10	½	453	11	11
		Fines, Seizures and Forfeitures				5,926	0	3	⅜	3,856	18	6
		Amount of Bills enclosed to the Collector of Dublin in an anonymous letter				0	0	0		68	5	0
		Casualties				1,433	11	8		1,110	7	0
		Inland Excise				79,765	5	10		83,557	2	4	½
		Ale Licences				10,483	2	4	½	10,354	16	6	¾
		Wine, &c. Licences				15,472	4	0		16,717	5	0
		Quit, &c. Rents				64,192	7	7	⅝	64,348	2	7	½
		Hearth-Money				57,930	0	0		58,362	8	0
		Residue of the Duties on Tea, from Christmas 1767, to Lady-day, 1769				0	0	0		9,075	1	11
	Additional Duties	Tobacco				56,031	8	4		63,700	8	9
		Wine				19,957	11	9		19,696	4	6
		Spirits				87,737	15	3		89,932	8	7	½
		Muslin				3,712	12	1		3,650	2	4
		Foreign Paper				689	12	3		883	3	11
		Cambrick, 2nd additional duty				1,293	2	0		0	0	0
		Hops exported				2	0	0		0	0	0
		East India Goods				0	0	0		28	11	10
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters				65,536	6	7		69,147	4	3
TOTAL Receipts for 1767/1769:										1,978,849	14	7	¼

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1767 to 25th March 1768				25th March 1768 to 25th March 1769
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment					81,104	17	0	½	83,259	14	1	⅝
	Incident Charges					31,336	0	1	½	31,454	10	1	¼
	Officers Reward for Tobacco seized and sold					1,434	3	8		299	5	4
	Officers Reward for Tea seized and sold					2,671	2	5	⅞	2,353	12	1	¼
	Portage Bills					1,873	6	0		1,994	7	4	¾
	Repayments to Merchants					6,298	11	3		7,010	10	8	½
	Repayments to Merchants on Beer Exported					4	0	3	¾	2	15	11	¼
	Premiums on	Flax-seed imported				6,485	9	1		10,324	18	1
		Corn exported				0	0	0		1,411	14	3	½
		Inland Carriage of Corn				13,675	1	5		25,192	12	11
		Corn carried Coastways				0	0	0		3,278	10	0
		Irish Coals brought to Dublin				150	18	4		164	15	4
		Convicting Burglarly				30	0	0		20	0	0
		Fishing busses				3,169	4	8		6,162	2	0
		Fish Oil				4	17	6		0	0	0
		Fish exported				0	0	0		255	13	5
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					970	1	0		846	15	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses					1,077	5	6		1,077	1	10	½
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers					6,148	2	0		6,215	0	0
	Hearth-Money Incidents and Constables					964	19	8	¼	935	19	7	½
	Allowance claimed for Hearth-Money Collectors and Gaugers Balances, and Arrears of Inland Excise					237	14	7	½	329	7	6
Drawbacks	Tobacco					238	12	4		216	10	6
	Wine					357	16	7		290	4	4
	Spirits					2,887	6	9		3,658	6	4
	Muslin					55	13	5		0	0	0
	Foreign Paper					9	8	0		0	0	0
	Ale and Beer					3	4	3		1	16	9
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers						0	0	0		1,461,863	15	3	¾
From whence deducted so much applied to the Linen Manufacturers for Duty on Tea						0	0	0		-12,500	0	0
Balances in the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1769						0	0	0		77,587	16	3
[Balances at Lady-day 1769] And in the Hands of the Paymaster of Corn Premiums						0	0	0		2,144	3	4
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Imported Excise					0	0	0		410	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors					0	0	0		34,220	0	0
	Hearth-Money					0	0	0		35,480	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents					0	0	0		31,700	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1767/1769:										1,978,849	14	7	¼

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