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Revenue Account 1798/1799

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1798 to 25th March 1799
						£	s.	d.
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
Produce for one year, ended at Lady-day	Duties, &c.	Duties Inwards				311,605	2	7	¼
		Customs Outwards				50,947	19	9	½
		Prizage on Wines				3,485	0	0
		Light-house Duties				4,286	17	10	¼
		Fines and Seizures				22,368	2	1	½
		Tar				112	18	9
		Casualties				3,155	6	11
		Wool Licences				105	0	0
		Wrought Plate received in the Treasury				1,103	6	3
		Quit, &c. Rents				65,063	15	5	⅜
		Hearth-Money				45,078	0	7
		Carriage Duty				43,760	14	9
		Wine				218,584	9	10
		Hops				15,591	10	2
		Earthern, japanned and lacquered Wares				3,561	15	2
		Beer imported				6,976	8	1
		Tea				111,671	1	7
		Ten Pounds per Cent. on Duties Inwards				22,038	12	1	¾
		Six Pounds per Cent. on Retailers				9,537	7	7	¼
		Storage				636	11	10
		Coffee				1,093	4	6
		Cards				2,661	16	0
		Male Servant Duty				6,009	9	3	½
		Inland Excise on	Auctions			2,354	6	6
			Coffee			920	10	0
			Hides, &c.			18,791	8	7	¼
			Glass Bottles			648	2	3
			Paper Hangings			882	3	10
			Writing, &c. Paper			4,717	5	6
		Licences	Ale			2,114	4	6
			Wine and Strong Waters			87,723	1	4
			Cider			61	0	0
			Tobacco Manufacturers			3,186	0	0
			Grocers			3,126	0	0
			Tanners			799	0	0
			Candle and Soap Manufacturers			599	0	0
			Spirit Factors			86	0	0
			Manufacturers of Paper Hangings			48	0	0
			Goldsmiths			89	0	0
			Coffee-houses			16	0	0
			Hawkers and Pedlars			1,576	0	0
			Gunpowder, &c. Retailers			51	2	0
			Malt-houses			10,840	0	0
			Auctioniers			100	10	0
			Spirit Rectifiers			1,021	2	2
			Tobacco Merchants			3	0	0
			Bottle Manufacturers			1	0	0
			Brewers			3,360	0	0
			Skinners			28	0	0
			Vellum and Parchment Manufacturers			9	0	0
	Stamp Duties	Stamped Vellum, Parchment and Paper, and Value of Vellum, Parchment and Paper				102,134	9	7	½
	Post Office	Postage of Letters and Expresses, and the Allowance from Great Britain in Lieu of Postage, &c.				79,471	2	5
TOTAL Receipts for 1798/1799:						1,646,588	13	5

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1798 to 25th March 1799
						£	s.	d.
Charge of Management	Salaries on the Revenue Establishments					113,285	2	1	½
	Incident Charges					76,802	7	10	½
	Salaries, Pensions and Gratuities					31,890	2	1	¾
	Drawbacks					7,824	1	6	¼
	Portage Bills					1,751	4	8	½
	Light-house Expenses					4,913	6	0	½
	Wines Warrants to Privy Counsellors					1,215	15	0
	Quarantine Expenses					170	10	0
	Rewards for apprehending Deserters					531	0	0
	Salaries to Hearth-money Officers					4,336	18	7
	Hearth-Money and Carriage Duty Incidents and Allowances to Constables					4,333	18	6	¾
	Allowance claimed for Hearth-Money Collectors Balances					674	5	2	½
	Arrrears of Inland Excise					1,869	8	10	¾
	Officers Fees on Bounties					6,241	11	10	½
	Salaries to Inspectors of Fisheries					825	0	0
	Militia Expenses					5,365	11	6	½
	Seamen's Wages, Greenwich Pensions, etc.					26,620	8	5	½
	Premiums on	Corn and Flour exported				45,375	2	5	¼
		Corn and Four exported from Dublin, paid per Pay-master				412	9	10
		Corn and Flour brought Coastways to Dublin				1,578	1	9	½
		Coarse Linen and Canvas exported				8,866	6	8
		Fishing Vessels				1,291	9	7
		Bark imported				294	19	3
		Irish cured Fish exported				29	4	9
		Irish fish Oil exported				252	1	5
	Payments made by the Receiver-General	Premiums on Coarse Linen and Canvas exported				9,084	14	5	½
		Premiums on Fishing Vessels				2,913	0	2
		Premiums on Bark imported				61	4	0
		Premiums on Irish cured Fish exported				19	2	8
		Premiums on Irish Coals brought to Dublin				60	0	0
		Drawbacks				9,612	19	7	½
		Salaries paid by Pay-master of Bounties on Corn exported from Dublin				640	0	0
Management (Stamps)	Salaries to Stamp Officers					10,035	10	6	½
	Incident Charges, etc.					6,286	2	5	¼
	Discount allowed					1,209	9	2	½
Management (Post Office)	Salaries to Officers of the Post Office, &c.					29,398	15	0
	Incident Charges, Allowances, &c.					31,492	19	11	½
Payments made to the Treasury	Ordinary Revenue					652,399	10	7
	Quit Rents					136	10	5	¼
	Casualties					3,155	6	11
	Wrought Plate					1,103	6	3
	Dismissed Collectors					150	0	0
	Wool Licences					105	0	0
	Stamp Duties					76,764	7	6	¾
	Post Office Revenue					23,918	7	3	½
Balances at Lady-day, 1799	On the Collectors Accounts					251,960	9	2	⅛
	In the Hands of Paymaster of Corn Premiums (Export from Dublin) including the Balance handed to him, due at 1798, by Paymaster of Inland Carriage					574	18	3
	In the Hands of the Receiver-General					14,449	9	10	¼
	Due by dismissed and deceased Collectors					96,883	10	2	⅛
	Deducting an Overpayment by Paymaster of Corn Coastways to Dublin					-69	-8	-8
	In the Hands of Stamp Officers and Collectors of Excise					65,386	16	4	½
	In the Hands of the Treasurer of the Post Office					12,106	2	10	½
TOTAL Payments for 1798/1799:						1,646,588	13	5

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