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Revenue Account 1796/1797

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1796 to 25th March 1797
						£	s.	d.
Balances at Lady-day, 1796	On the Collectors Accounts					343,482	6	7	⅞
	Arrear on Malt Duty, not payable for one Month					39,869	14	0
						0	1	1
						1,240	11	5	½
	In the Hands of the Receiver-General					108,536	6	3
	Due by dismissed and deceased Collectors					88,019	2	5	⅜
	On the Stamp Duties	In the Hands of Collectors of Excise and of Stamp Officers				56,073	19	1	¾
	In the Hands of the Treasurer of the Post Office					15,515	2	4
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Duties, &c.	Duties Inwards				239,694	17	5	¾
		Customs Outwards				39,333	17	8	½
		Coffee				1,508	13	6
		Prizage on Wines				3,575	0	0
		Light-house Duties				5,148	10	10	½
		Fines and Seizures				30,097	18	6	½
		Forfeitures				437	2	8	¾
		Casualties				3,206	10	4	½
		Wool Licences				253	6	8
		Quit, &c. Rents				65,549	19	0	⅞
		Hearth-Money				38,104	2	3
		Carriage Duty				22,998	2	10
		Tobacco				126,689	5	6
		Wine				142,932	1	9
		Hops				13,866	13	4
		Earthern, japanned and lacquered Wares				1,876	13	1
		Raw sugar				146,797	16	7
		Refined sugar				2,636	14	7
		Beer imported				14,417	8	6
		Tea				54,957	18	7
		Six Pounds per Cent. on Retailers				9,018	10	1	¼
		Wrought Plate received in the Treasury				1,423	3	3
		Inland Excise on	Malt			331,576	3	0	½
			Tobacco			76,237	5	6
			Coffee			655	9	6
			Hides, &c.			19,595	10	11	½
		Licences	Ale			11,193	9	6
			Wine and Strong Waters			49,734	13	11
			Cider			184	0	0
			Tobacco Manufacturers			3,118	0	0
			Grocers			3,854	10	0
			Tanners			868	0	0
			Candle and Soap Manufacturers			667	0	0
			Spirit Factors			73	0	0
			Manufacturers of Paper Hangings			72	0	0
			Goldsmiths			97	0	0
			Coffee-houses			29	0	0
			Hawkers and Pedlars			2,234	0	0
			Gunpowder Retailers &c.			45	18	0
			Malt-houses			3,390	0	0
	Stamp Duties	Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and Value of Vellum, Parchment and Paper				109,035	4	3
	Post Office	Postage of Letters and Expresses, and the Allowance from Great Britain in Lieu of Postage, &c.				68,256	6	11	½
TOTAL Receipts for 1796/1797:						2,298,178	2	3	⅝

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1796 to 25th March 1797
						£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries on the Revenue Establishments					113,514	1	3	¾
	Incident Charges					92,924	16	1	⅝
	Salaries, Pensions and Gratuities					29,318	4	10
	Drawbacks					16,207	8	9	¾
	Portage Bills					1,406	7	4
	Light-house Expenses					8,586	5	4	½
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					1,273	16	0
	Quarantine Expenses					213	8	4	½
	Rewards for apprehending Deserters					674	0	0
	Rewards for Tobacco burned, which would not sell for the Duty					2	13	7
	Allowance claimed for Hearth-Money Collectors Balances					431	17	10
	Arrears of Inland Excise					574	13	0	½
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers					5,736	7	2	½
	Hearth-Money and Carriage Duty Incidents, and Allowances to Constables					5,487	2	8
	Officers Fees on Bounties					6,290	5	2	½
	Salaries to Inspectors of Fisheries					825	0	0
	Militia Expenses					4,698	19	6
	Seamen's Wages, Greenwich Pensions, etc.					13,609	13	9	½
	Deducting thereforom a Charge in last Year's Accounts of Payments for manning the Fleet, the same having been repaid by the Treasury to the Revenue Collectors					-11,500	0	0
	Premiums on	Corn and Four exported				8,355	4	5	½
		Inland Carriage of Corn and Flour to Dublin				59,000	0	10
		Corn and Flour brought Coastways to Dublin				36,616	8	2	½
		Fishing Vessels				2,661	19	8
		Irish cured Fish exported				40	17	3
		Coarse Linen and Canvas exported				11,330	19	6
		Bark imported				942	11	11
		Corn and Flour brought Coastways to Ulster				997	7	8
		Irish wrought Silk exported				0	11	3
	Payments made by the Receiver-General	Drawbacks				7,165	8	8
		Premiums on coarse Linen and Canvas exported				18,481	15	11
		Premiums on Fishing Vessels				3,600	4	5
		Premiums on Bark imported				999	18	6
		Premiums on Irish Coals brought to Dublin				57	14	0
		Premiums on Wrought Silk exported				17	17	0
		Premiuns on Irish cured fish exported				11	2	5
		Coal Gabbard Lighters				76	4	0
Payments made to the Treasury	Ordinary Revenue					1,065,852	14	9	½
	Quit Rents					234	13	5	½
	Casualties					3,206	10	4	½
	Wrought Plate					1,423	3	3
	Dismissed Collectors					276	7	3	½
	Wool Licences					253	6	8
	Stamp Duties					88,021	19	10	¼
	Post Office Revenue					18,529	17	11	½
Management (Stamps)	Salaries to Stamp Officers					10,050	6	8	½
	Incident Charges including 1738l. 13s. 1.25d. a Difference in the Stamp Account of 1796, now amended by the Stamp Office					9,535	8	7	¾
	Discount allowed					1,338	15	9	½
Management (Post Office)	Salaries to Officers of the Post Office, &c.					29,231	13	7
	Incident Charges, Allowances, &c.					21,422	5	2
Balances at Lady-day, 1797	On the Collectors Accounts					381,775	11	1	⅝
	Arrears on Malt Duty, not payable for one Month					43,083	13	1
						0	0	3
						624	3	3
	In the Hands of the Receiver-General					12,008	13	6	¾
	Due by dismissed and deceased Collectors					99,947	5	9	⅞
	In the Hands of Collectors of Excise and in the Hands of Stamp Officers					56,162	12	4	¾
	In the Hands of the Treasurer of the Post Office					14,587	12	7
TOTAL Payments for 1796/1797:						2,298,198	2	3	⅝

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