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Revenue Account 1797/1798

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1797 to 25th March 1798
						£	s.	d.
Balances at Lady-day, 1797	On the Collectors Accounts					381,775	11	1	⅝
	Arrear 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 Stamp Officers and Collectors of Excise					56,162	12	4	¾
	In the Hands of the Treasurer of the Post Office					14,587	12	7
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Duties, &c.	Duties Inwards				191,326	8	2	¼
		Customs Outwards				56,256	2	2
		Prizage on Wines				795	0	0
		Light-house Duties				4,171	16	2	¾
		Fines and Seizures				12,114	14	10	¾
		Forfeitures				441	11	1	¼
		Casualties				1,869	6	9
		Wool Licences				211	10	0
		Quit, &c. Rents				64,687	18	3	⅛
		Hearth-Money				40,249	11	2
		Carriage Duty				24,623	1	3
		Tobacco				177,994	16	9
		Wine				46,048	12	3
		Hops				27,559	10	9
		Earthern, japanned and lacquered Wares				984	9	10
		Raw sugar				203,655	9	9
		Refined sugar				18,489	8	6
		Beer imported				10,925	5	11
		Tea				60,221	9	9
		Six Pounds per Cent. on Retailers				7,415	14	10	½
		Ten Pounds per Cent. on Duties Inwards				17,005	2	8	½
		Storage				266	2	8
		Coffee				4,084	3	0
		Tar				63	16	8
		Wrought Plate received in the Treasury				866	18	6
		Cards				3,263	9	1
		Inland Excise on	Auctions			1,291	10	5	¾
			Tobacco			113,017	12	9
			Coffee			965	4	6
			Hides, &c.			20,300	18	8	½
			Glass Bottles			944	15	7	½
			Paper Hangings			1,098	13	9	½
		Licences	Ale			10,718	11	11	¼
			Wine and Strong Waters			51,537	5	4
			Cider			87	0	0
			Tobacco Manufacturers			3,092	0	0
			Grocers			3,451	0	0
			Tanners			848	0	0
			Candle and Soap Manufacturers			634	0	0
			Spirit Factors			101	0	0
			Manufacturers of Paper Hangings			64	0	0
			Goldsmiths			84	0	0
			Coffee-houses			28	0	0
			Hawkers and Pedlars			1,718	0	0
			Gunpowder, &c. Retailers			64	2	0
			Malt-houses			14,100	0	0
			Auctioniers			117	0	0
			Spirit Rectifiers			443	12	6
			Tobacco Merchants 1l. Bottle Manufacturers 1l.			2	0	0
	Stamp Duties	Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and Value of Vellum, Parchment and Paper				101,265	13	10
	Post Office	Postage of Letters and Expresses, and the Allowance from Great Britain in Lieu of Postage, &c.				78,755	11	4
TOTAL Receipts for 1797/1798:						1,988,510	15	10	⅝

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1797 to 25th March 1798
						£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries on the Revenue Establishments					113,637	2	8	½
	Incident Charges					86,805	0	8	¼
	Salaries, Pensions and Gratuities					34,153	1	7	½
	Drawbacks					7,896	6	4	½
	Portage Bills					1,636	13	4
	Light-house Expenses					4,217	14	8	¾
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					1,250	8	0
	Quarantine Expenses					131	19	3	½
	Rewards for apprehending Deserters					602	0	0
	Allowance claimed for Hearth-Money Collectors Balances					2,657	13	11
	Arrears of Inland Excise					17	0	7	½
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers					5,376	0	9
	Hearth-Money and Carriage Duty Incidents and Allowances to Constables					5,394	6	2	¾
	Officers Fees on Bounties					6,057	19	9	¼
	Salaries to Inspectors of Fisheries					487	10	0
	Militia Expenses					12,390	15	5
	Seamen's Wages, Greenwich Pensions, etc.					19,570	2	10	¾
	Premiums on	Corn and Four exported from Dublin, paid pay-master				802	16	4
		Corn and Flour exported				51,835	11	4	¾
		Inland Carriage of Corn and Flour to Dublin				24,483	2	6
		Corn and Flour brought Coastways to Dublin				20,115	10	1	½
		Corn and Flour brought Coastways to Ulster				73	19	2
		Coarse Linen and Canvas exported				8,078	5	6	½
		Irish cured Fish exported				17	10	8
		Fishing Vessels				2,196	15	2
	Payments made by the Receiver-General	Premiums on coarse Linen and Canvas exported				6,550	9	1	½
		Premiums on Irish Wrought Silk exported				4	13	0
		Premiums on Bark imported				98	6	0
		Premiums on Irish Coals brought to Dublin				134	17	0
		Premiums on Fishing Vessels				2,178	1	10
		Drawbacks				7,193	15	6
		Salaries paid by Pay-master of Bounties on Corn exported from Dublin				586	13	4
Management (Stamps)	Salaries to Stamp Officers					9,992	16	9	¾
	Incident Charges including 1340l. 12s. 1.5d. Difference in the Stamp Account of 1797, now amended by the Stamp Office					8,350	18	1	½
	Discount allowed					1,182	19	7
Management (Post Office)	Salaries to Officers of the Post Office, &c.					29,257	8	6
	Incident Charges, Allowances, &c.					23,213	6	0
Payments made to the Treasury	Ordinary Revenue					1,009,287	2	4
	Quit Rents					109	2	10	¼
	Casualties					1,869	6	9
	Wrought Plate					866	18	6
	Dismissed Collectors					1,358	8	0	¾
	Wool Licences					211	10	0
	Stamp Duties					80,353	15	2	½
	Post Office Revenue					23,427	6	8	½
Balances at Lady-day, 1798	On the Collectors Accounts					184,891	8	5
						16	17	9
						508	13	1	½
						610	10	4
	In the Hands of the Receiver-General					12,655	17	1	¾
	Due by dismissed and deceased Collectors					98,721	7	5	⅛
	In the Hands of Stamp Officers and Collectors of Excise					57,547	16	6
	In the Hands of the Treasurer of the Post Office					17,445	2	8	½
TOTAL Payments for 1797/1798:						1,988,510	15	10	⅝

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