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Revenue Account 1771/1773

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1771 to 25th March 1772				25th March 1772 to 25th March 1773
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balances in the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1771						85,350	17	10	⅜	0	0	0
[Balances in the Hands of the Paymaster of Corn Premiums						1,359	16	1		0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue standing out at said Time at [Lady-day 1771] after deducting 14,060l. 14s. 10 5/8 [?]d. for dismissed Collectors Balances deemed insolvent, and struck off last session						87,649	5	1	⅜	0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs Inwards				199,368	12	7	¼	232,767	15	9	¾
		Customs Outwards				38,850	16	1	½	37,397	10	2
		Imported Excise				146,461	11	2	½	151,661	9	4	½
		Prizage on Wines				3,797	10	0		4,335	0	0
		Lighthouse Duties				451	13	6		495	8	2	½
		Fines, Seizures, and Forfeitures				3,729	7	3	⅛	5,179	19	8	¾
		Casualties				1,142	5	1		1,060	8	9
		Inland Excise				70,319	7	9		74,991	5	4	¼
		Ale Licences				7,898	9	8	½	7,887	6	0	½
		Wine and Strong Waters Licences				21,012	0	0		21,309	13	4
		Quit, &c. Rents				64,084	5	8	⅛	64,076	6	6	¾
		Hearth-Money				58,439	18	6		59,938	10	6
		Residue of the Duties on Teas, after applying 10,000l. thereof per Annum, to the Linen Manufacture				4,799	17	6		6,638	4	6
	Additional Duties	Tobacco				66,240	0	3		68,971	5	8
		Wine				16,429	11	0		19,454	12	3
		Spirits				83,080	9	10		71,305	11	6	½
		Muslin				4,056	12	11		6,414	14	8
		Foreign Paper				596	18	4		739	5	8
		Molasses				1	13	0		0	0	0
		East-India Silks and Stuffs				42	7	6		36	12	4
		Ale, Beer, and Strong Waters				48,971	3	10	¼	53,274	14	7	½
TOTAL Receipts for 1771/1773:										1,902,070	5	9

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1771 to 25th March 1772				25th March 1772 to 25th March 1773
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries to Officers on the Revenue Establishment					80,720	12	2	½	88,847	0	5	¼
	Incident Charges					26,052	13	8	¼	31,529	6	7	¾
	Officers Reward for Tobacco and Tea seized and sold					255	13	11	¾	0	0	0
	Portage Bills					1,944	14	4		2,145	18	0
	Repayments to Merchants					7,917	15	10		5,398	2	2
	Convicting Burglarly					0	0	0		35	0	0
	Premiums on	Flax-seed imported				6,874	6	9		9,405	2	7
		Flax-seed exported				0	0	0		52	0	0
		Inland Carriage of Corn, &c. to Dublin				39,560	15	3		44,508	16	4
		Irish Coals brought to Dublin Coastways				113	11	0		209	11	8
		Fishing Busses				9,424	2	5		11,012	12	4
		Irish cured Fish exported				511	9	10	⅝	663	15	2	¼
		Irish Fish Oil, and Whalebone				100	5	4		0	0	0
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					916	19	0		923	5	0
	Expences in keeping the several Light-houses					1,446	7	9		1,270	10	8
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers					6,308	0	0		6,367	18	4	½
	Hearth-Money Incidents and Constables					957	11	11	¼	940	17	3	¾
	Allowance claimed for Hearth-Money Collectors and Gaugers Balances					351	11	2	½	1,769	8	6
	Arrears of Inland Excise					21	5	8	¾	928	6	9	¾
Drawbacks	Tobacco					1,862	11	0	½	911	3	5
	Wine					193	7	3		199	15	0
	Spirits					4,222	18	1		1,476	12	3
	Muslin					11	15	4		1	15	5
	Foreign Paper					14	15	3		0	0	0
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers						0	0	0		1,350,572	1	5	½
From whence deducted so much of the Duties on Teas as are applied to the Linen Duties						0	0	0		-20,000	0	0
Balances in the Collectors Hands at Lady-day, 1773						0	0	0		82,483	13	8	⅝
[Balances at Lady-day 1773] And in the Hands of the Paymaster of Corn Premiums						0	0	0		1,901	4	8
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Imported Excise					0	0	0		410	0	0
	Dismissed Collectors					0	0	0		17,379	4	6	½
	Hearth-Money					0	0	0		39,127	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents					0	0	0		31,817	0	0
TOTAL Payments for 1771/1773:										1,902,070	5	9

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