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Revenue Account 1779/1781

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1779 to 25th March 1780				25th March 1780 to 25th March 1781
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balances on the Collectors Accounts at Lady-day, 1779						126,903	3	6		0	0	0
Short Return on Stamps at Lady-day, 1777						1,001	17	7	½	0	0	0
Balance on the Stamp Duties at Lady-day, 1779						4,844	1	5	¾	0	0	0
Balance in the Hands of the Paymaster of Corn Premiums						389	0	10		0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue, outstanding at said Time						93,742	11	3	¾	0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs inwards				156,489	14	2		177,079	16	7	½
		Customs outwards				40,272	11	0		40,587	7	3	¼
		Imported Excise				108,512	11	3		130,965	17	1	½
		Prizage on Wines				2,580	0	0		3,243	12	1
		Light-house Duties				712	18	11		977	3	2
		Fines and Seizures				10,115	4	1		9,924	4	2
		Forfeitures				546	3	9	¼	440	8	7	⅜
		Casualties				372	14	0		1,194	10	8
		Inland Excise				78,100	8	2	½	94,138	17	1
		Ale Licences				7,746	11	0	¼	8,419	19	0
		Wine and Strong Waters Licences, &c.				22,011	18	4		25,496	0	0
		Storage				247	5	2	½	238	11	10
		Quit, &c. Rents				64,665	2	1	⅝	64,868	18	0	¾
		Hearth-Money for the Years, payable the 21st January, 1779, and 1780				60,742	0	0		60,049	0	0
		Residue of the Duties on Teas				7,300	0	0		7,300	0	0
		Received from a Merchant of Dublin, a Restitution for Duties short paid				706	16	6		0	0	0
	Additional Duties	Tobacco, 1st				60,811	2	5	½	70,255	0	7
		Tobacco, 2d				0	0	0		23,496	17	2
		Wine, 1st additional duty				12,846	15	4		37,794	4	6
		Wine, 2d				16,249	17	10		1,647	12	2
		Wine, 3d				0	0	0		8,205	8	9
		Spirits, 1st				33,647	17	10		6,181	3	6
		Spirits, 2d, Brandy and Geneva				6,454	10	7		0	0	0
		Spirits, 3d, Brandy and Geneva				6,454	10	7		0	0	0
		Spirits, 2d, Rum				8,103	17	9		0	0	0
		Spirits, exceeding single Proof				6,562	11	8		1,254	0	7
		Muslin, 1st				868	11	9		1,667	14	11
		Muslin, 2d				0	0	0		1,289	1	0
		East India Goods				0	0	0		2	3	11
		Romals, foreign				0	4	6		71	10	4
		Paper, foreign				384	14	0		307	6	8
		Foreign Silk Manufacture				0	0	0		71	1	1
		Vinegar				0	0	0		859	3	9
		Hops				0	0	0		9,418	14	5
		Earthern, japanned and lacquered Wares				0	0	0		565	2	5
		Sugar, raw				0	0	0		18,965	2	7
		Sugar, refined				0	0	0		1,341	18	4
		Wheat, foreign, imported				113	18	11		12	4	5
		Five Pounds per Cent. on dry Goods				0	0	0		2,865	5	5
		Coffee, 2d				0	0	0		184	1	8
		Tea, above 4s per Pound Weight, and the Residue of the Duties				0	0	0		10,687	0	1
		Napkining				0	0	0		0	9	11
		Soap exported				55	8	11		109	0	10
		Equalizing Duties, not included in the above Articles				0	0	0		223	14	5
		Cider Licences				0	0	0		36	0	0
		Ale, Beer and Strong-waters, 1st and 2d				56,755	9	4		48,221	14	5	½
		Strong-waters, 3d				13,561	15	6	½	0	0	0
		Duty on Carriages at Christmas, 1778 and 1779				2,383	10	0		2,246	10	0
	Stamp Duties	Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper and Value of Vellum, Parchment and Paper				20,564	12	3		33,035	9	9	½
		Penalties				30	0	0		30	0	0
TOTAL Receipts for 1779/1781:										1,939,821	5	11	½

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1779 to 25th March 1780				25th March 1780 to 25th March 1781
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries on the Revenue Establishment					89,778	2	3	¾	91,045	10	10	¾
	Incident Charges					59,058	11	7	¼	58,258	13	2	¼
	Portage Bills					1,606	7	6		1,667	9	4
	Repayments to Merchants					1,695	19	1		5,995	19	7	½
	Repayments of inland Excise on Beer and Strong-waters exported					16	17	9	¼	21	13	1
	Rewards on convicting Burglarly					15	0	0		5	0	0
	Premiums on	Flax-seed imported				4,620	8	11		5,201	1	11
		Corn and Four exported				5,402	8	7	¾	9,537	19	1	¾
		Inland Carriage of Corn and Flour to Dublin				77,842	5	9		68,272	19	3
		Corn and Flour brought Coastways to Dublin				5,868	3	1	¼	7,738	3	5	¾
		Fishing Busses				15,403	9	0		18,547	6	4
		Irish cured Fish exported				1,320	13	8	¾	2,375	18	5	¾
		Irish Coals brought to Dublin				191	12	6		562	12	8
	Light-House Expences					1,549	9	7		2,033	10	8	¾
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					1,092	9	0		1,057	16	0
	Quarantine Expenses					492	14	0		403	0	8
	Rewards for apprehending Deserters					515	0	0		459	0	0
	Arrears of Inland Excise					0	0	0		477	11	0
	Allowance claimed for Hearth-Money Collectors Balances					283	0	0		0	0	0
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers					6,398	0	7	½	6,430	0	0
	Hearth-Money Incidents and Allowances to Constables					1,011	16	4	½	1,015	3	10
Drawbacks	Tobacco					95	19	1		29	7	4
	Wine, 1st					120	1	10	½	231	4	0
	Wine, 2d					0	0	0		28	14	6
	Wine, 3d					121	11	5		163	11	4
	Spirits, 1st					71	15	10		828	11	8
	Spirits, 2d					13	6	0		10	14	6
	Spirits, 3d					13	5	11		10	14	7
	Spirits, above single Proof					0	0	0		87	14	5
	Rum, 2d					26	6	2		23	19	3
	Vinegar					0	0	0		1	6	6
	Muslin					3	5	11		48	15	3
	Hops					0	0	0		8	6	6
	Paper, foreign					0	0	0		1	13	2
	Irish Beer and Strong-waters exported					6	5	6		19	8	7	¾
	Five pounds per Cent. on foreign Goods					0	0	0		16	18	6
	Tea, exceeding 4s. per Pound Weight					0	0	0		2	14	10
Management (Stamps)	Salaries to Stamp Officers					5,570	8	5	½	5,462	16	3	¾
	Incident Charges					1,075	16	9		1,738	12	6	½
	Discount Allowed on Payments of 10l. and upwards					244	17	4		353	7	8
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers in the two Years ended Lady-day	Ordinary Revenue					0	0	0		1,115,466	5	1
	Quit, &c. Rents					0	0	0		75	12	8	¾
	Casualties					0	0	0		1,567	4	8
	Dimissed Collectors					0	0	0		1,414	16	7
	Whence deducting 20,000l. applied to the Linen, and 9940l. 0s. 1d. to the Loan Funds					0	0	0		-29,940	0	-1
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers, in the two Years, ending at Lady-day, out of the Stamp Duties						0	0	0		32,791	14	10	¼
Balances on the Collectors Accounts at Lady-day, 1781						0	0	0		97,371	19	4	¾
Balances on the Stamp Duties						0	0	0		9,186	1	2	½
Balances in the Hands of the Paymaster of Corn Premiums						0	0	0		273	15	10
Arrears on the Revenue standing on	Dismissed and deceased Collectors					0	0	0		62,219	18	8
	Hearth-Money					0	0	0		43,041	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents					0	0	0		32,016	0	0
	Excise in a Course of Collection					0	0	0		2,636	6	5	¼
TOTAL Payments for 1779/1781:										1,939,821	6	3

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