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Revenue Account 1781/1783

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1781 to 25th March 1782				25th March 1782 to 25th March 1783
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Balances on the Collectors Accounts at Lady-day, 1781						97,371	19	4	¾	0	0	0
The like [Balance on the Stamp Duties at Lady-day, 1779] as returned to Parliament last session						9,186	1	2	½	0	0	0
To which [Balance on Stamp Duties as returned] add a Deficiency discovered and applied by the Committee of Accounts						3,512	18	7	¼	0	0	0
Balance in the Hands of the Paymaster of Corn Premiums						273	15	10		0	0	0
Arrears on the Revenue, outstanding at said Time						139,913	5	1	¼	0	0	0
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Hereditary Revenue	Customs inwards				165,423	17	2	½	165,076	15	4
		Customs outwards				32,066	9	2		40,125	2	10	½
		Imported Excise				120,156	5	9	½	116,219	14	3	½
		Prizage on Wines				2,930	10	0		2,826	12	0
		Light-house Duties				914	14	4		1,149	17	0	½
		Fines, and Seizures				5,267	15	11	¾	6,693	10	6	⅞
		Forfeitures				783	0	8	½	437	3	3	¼
		Casualties				1,552	3	9		1,218	4	0
		Inland Excise				103,289	12	5	½	90,875	1	3	¼
		Ale Licences				9,358	6	3	¼	9,372	14	11	¾
		Wine and Strong Waters Licences, &c.				29,183	1	8		29,236	16	8	⅜
		Storage				222	15	3		323	8	9
		Quit, &c. Rents				64,815	18	4	¾	64,320	1	8
		Hearth-Money for the Years, payable the 21st January, 1781, and 1782				63,252	3	6		62,572	12	0
		Proportion of the Duties on Teas				7,300	0	0		7,300	0	0
		Received for a Merchant's Bond for Rum imported in 1776				331	16	4		0	0	0
	Additional Duties	Tobacco, 1st				52,487	11	0		1,298	12	1
		Tobacco, 2d				25,396	17	9		673	15	9
		Tobacco, consolidated				2,473	14	1	½	121,740	15	1	½
		Wine, 1st				42,891	0	1		990	0	8
		Wine, 2d				17,072	8	8		714	14	5
		Wine, consolidated				387	5	3		46,120	18	9
		Molasses and Treacle				0	0	6		0	0	0
		Muslin, 1st				1,268	2	2		886	11	3
		Muslin, 2d				1,303	17	9		847	6	9
		East India Goods				0	0	0		1	11	10
		Romals Foreign				13	3	11		761	2	8
		Paper Foreign				550	7	3		203	4	7
		Foreign Silk Manufacture				78	13	5		86	14	10
		Vinegar				2,405	15	8		1,992	11	10
		Hops				17,169	10	0		7,525	7	7
		Earthern, japanned and lacquered Wares				1,039	0	0	½	1,161	4	9
		Sugar, raw				46,012	16	3		0	0	0
		Sugar, refined				5,815	4	0		0	0	0
		Sugar, raw consolidated				259	15	1		72,578	7	10
		Sugar, refined consolidated				0	0	0		9,468	3	3
		Five per Cent. on foreign dry Goods				3,676	9	10		4,221	5	11	½
		Coffee, 2d				93	6	5		164	15	7
		Residue of the Duties on Tea, after applying 7300l. per Annum, to the hereditary Revenue, and 7500l. to the Linen Manufacture				17,897	19	3		38,473	15	2	½
		Linen Rags exported				0	0	0		2	12	0
		Soap exported				118	19	3		52	16	11
		Wheat, foreign imported				116	3	6		10	11	6
		Cider Licences				133	5	0		131	5	0
		Ale and Beer				41,900	18	11	¾	38,535	5	7	¼
		Soapers-waste, exported				0	0	0		2	0	0
		Sundry Articles in the Act for the Advancement of Trade				67	7	1		122	10	6
		Duty on Carriages for six months to Christmas, 1780, and for twelve Months to Christmas, 1781				2,632	15	0		5,032	10	0
	Stamp Duties	Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper and Value of Vellum, Parchment and Paper and Penalties				34,447	9	4	¼	35,010	16	2
TOTAL Receipts for 1781/1783:										2,161,375	10	8	¼

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1781 to 25th March 1782				25th March 1782 to 25th March 1783
						£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries on the Revenue Establishments					92,322	1	6		92,493	9	4	¼
	Incident Charges					59,460	14	1	½	79,674	1	0	½
	Portage Bills					1,467	16	11	½	1,643	19	8	½
	Drawbacks					5,787	19	10		7,345	0	8	½
	Drawbacks of inland Excise on Beer, Ale and Strong-waters exported					149	5	1	½	52	3	8	¾
	Rewards for convicting Burglarly					20	0	0		10	0	0
	Premiums on	Sugar refined exported				49	12	6	½	0	0	0
		Flax-seed exported				65	15	0		14	14	0
		Corn and Four exported				30,032	0	0		7,181	17	10	¼
		Inland Carriage of Corn and Flour to Dublin				52,762	7	9		31,467	18	5
		Corn and Flour brought Coastways to Dublin				11,965	0	1	¾	11,225	8	7
		Fishing Vessels				12,956	17	3		22,637	3	7
		Irish cured Fish exported				1,602	17	1	¾	4,193	10	11	½
		Irish Coals brought to Dublin				297	16	0		311	13	0
		Wrought Silk exported				1	14	10		65	19	5
		Silks and Stuffs exported				15	14	8	½	0	0	0
	Light-House Expences					2,267	13	9		1,872	6	6
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					1,028	2	0		1,069	10	0
	Quarantine Expenses					812	4	8	½	740	8	9	½
	Rewards for apprehending Deserters					593	0	0		332	0	0
	Arrears of Inland Excise					0	0	0		502	2	0	½
	Allowance claimed for Hearth-Money Collectors and Gaugers Ballances					546	12	6		1,655	0	1
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers					6,295	0	0		6,409	19	2
	Hearth-Money Incidents and Allowances to Constables					1,038	14	8	¾	1,032	3	6	¼
Drawbacks	Tobacco					0	0	0		127	0	1
	Tobacco, 1st					1	19	1		24	4	0
	Tobacco, 2d					0	13	7		12	11	1
	Wine					352	13	9		2,831	10	10
	Wine, 1st					3,658	12	0		85	0	0
	Wine, 2d					3,070	8	11		42	7	1
	Wine, 3d					24	18	3		42	4	1
	Spirits, 1st					3	5	2		11	17	8
	Spirits, 2d					0	18	8		2	10	4
	Spirits, 3d					0	0	0		2	10	4
	Spirits, above single Proof					4	17	2		0	0	0
	Muslin, 1st					20	7	6		26	0	4
	Muslin, 2d					20	7	6		26	0	4
	Muslin, 3d					0	0	0		19	0	3
	Vinegar					9	11	8		16	6	0
	Sugar, raw					101	6	11		206	2	1
	Sugar, refined					2	12	7		33	13	5
	Hops					34	0	1		28	14	7
	Coffee, 2d					20	5	0		502	17	6
	Foreign Wheat					0	0	0		95	7	0
	Irish Beer exported					51	14	10	½	30	0	10
	Five per Cent on foreign dry Goods					179	9	1		670	11	10
	Earthen-Ware					0	16	0		2	5	2
	Equalizing Duties					1	19	9		0	0	0
	Rape Oil					12	10	0		0	0	0
Management (Stamps)	Salaries to Stamp Officers					5,462	5	6	½	5,605	14	4
	Incident Charges					1,445	1	9	½	1,600	3	2	½
	Discount Allowed on Payments of 10l. and upwards, and Allowances					442	8	9	½	411	7	4
Payments made to the Vice-Treasurers in the two Years ended Lady-day	Ordinary Revenue					0	0	0		1,275,003	19	7	¼
	Quit, &c. Rents					0	0	0		234	14	5	¾
	Casualties					0	0	0		2,770	7	9
	Dimissed Collectors					0	0	0		511	7	9	½
	The like [payments to Vice-Treasuers on Account of Stamp Duties]					0	0	0		56,384	7	3	½
	Whence deducting 7500l. applied to the Linen Manufacture out of Duties on Teas					0	0	0		-7,500	0	0
Balances at Lady-day, 1783	Collectors Accounts					0	0	0		97,062	3	2
	Stamp Duties	In the hands of collectors of Excise				0	0	0		3,340	12	0	¾
		In the hands of Stamp Officers				0	0	0		7,465	4	11	¾
	In the hands of Pay-Master of Corn Premiums					0	0	0		2	0	3
Arrears at Lady-day, 1783	Dismissed and deceased Collectors					0	0	0		69,135	15	1	⅛
	Hearth-Money					0	0	0		44,072	0	0
	Quit, &c. Rents					0	0	0		32,044	3	9	⅜
TOTAL Payments for 1781/1783:										2,161,375	10	8	¼

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