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Treasury Account 1777/1779

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

Receipts						Irish £
						25th March 1777 to 25th March 1779
						£	s.	d.
Balances at Lady-day, 1777	Ordinary Revenue					11,574	16	11	¼
	Appropriated Duties	Loan				47,356	5	7	¼
		Linen				329	17	7
		Tillage				5,020	1	1	¾
		Protestant Schools				18	15	11	¾
		Lagan Navigation				0	0	0
		Duncannon Fort				151	0	1	¾
Received from the Revenue Collectors	Ordinary Revenue					1,147,121	6	8	¼
	Appropriated Duties	Loan				84,721	0	5
		Linen				1,537	9	8
		Tillage				11,018	13	3	½
		Protestant Schools				2,521	14	3	½
		Lagan Navigation				1,600	0	0
Quit Rents						281	14	0
Casualties						1,622	3	0	½
Duty on on wrought plate						2,807	16	0
Dismissed Collectors						507	9	2	½
Duncannon Fort						890	0	0
Herring Fisheries						6	9	3
Stamps						27,055	19	9	½
Public Coal Yards	Dublin					1,233	7	10	½
	Cork					765	6	4
4s. Tax on	Salaries and Pensions					18,766	10	9
	Profits of Employments					3,389	8	0	½
Poundage Fee from Christmas, 1776, to Lady-day, 1779, inclusive						40,339	15	8	¼
Pells Fees from Christmas, 1776, to Lady-day, 1779, inclusive						7,989	17	3	¾
Received from the Vice Treasurers their ancient Salary and Allowance for Paper and Parchment, two years to Christmas, 1778						150	0	0
Received from the Clerk of the Pells his ancient Salary, two years to Christmas, 1778						60	0	0
						94	5	0
						166,000	0	0
						300,000	0	0
TOTAL Receipts for 1777/1779:						1,884,931	4	0	½

Payments						Irish £
						25th March 1777 to 25th March 1779
						£	s.	d.
Exchequer						47,795	7	1	¼
						6,509	15	2
Chancery						9,235	19	10
Common Pleas						5,218	15	0
State Officers						19,079	15	1	¼
Incidents						32,494	19	5	½
Custom Officers						8,158	3	9	¾
Perpetuities						3,136	0	8
Appeals						3,075	0	0
Pensions						119,962	17	7	¾
French Pensioners						1,437	7	6
Non-conforming Ministers						2,400	0	0
Concordatum						50,068	9	3	¼
Prizage						8,247	8	5	¾
Admiralty						1,000	0	0
Commissioners and Overseers of the Barracks, etc.						6,229	17	8	½
Commissioners of Imprest Accounts						5,600	0	0
Commissioners of Public Accounts						1,560	0	0
General Officers						47,845	11	5
Military Contingencies						17,482	15	5	¼
Army	Subsistence					444,909	11	8
	Cloathing					50,815	14	11
	Arrears					33,258	8	0
Warrant Men	Subsistence					16,644	18	2	¾
	Cloathing					5,671	0	2	¾
	Arrears					460	17	10	¼
Regiments Abroad	Subsistence					96,288	14	6	½
	Cloathing					881	2	4	¼
	Arrears					10,319	1	3	¾
Warrant Men Abroad	Subsistence					3,504	4	0	¼
	Cloathing					182	11	4	¾
	Arrears					73	9	0	½
Additional Pay for Dublin Duty						12,002	6	2
Additional Pay in Lieu of Treasury and Regimental Stoppages						18,837	14	8	¼
Firing and Candles for Guards and Garrisons						332	0	0
Military Incidents						120	0	0
Military Pensions						9,667	17	9	½
Garrisons						7,666	10	0
Half-pay Officers						40,096	8	11	¾
Widows of Officers						5,906	13	8
Ordnance						39,852	17	0	½
Battle-Axes						3,783	16	8
Barracks						61,873	12	3
King's Letters						219,948	1	0
Parliamentary Grants						76,015	4	10	¼
Parliamentary Payments	County infirmaries					6,425	0	0
	Public Coal Yards	Dublin				1,950	13	11	¼
		Cork				816	16	2	½
	Premiums for preserving corn on stands					287	0	0
	Army Baggage					2,836	12	10
	Loan	Principal				300	0	0
		Interest				73,414	8	6	½
	Life Annuities					70,105	12	10	½
	Trustees of the Linen Manufacture for Parliamentary Bounty					6,500	0	0
	Duties on Tea					15,000	0	0
Linen Manufacture						1,666	19	10
Tillage						9,781	16	9
Protestant Schools						2,540	0	0
Lagan Navigation						1,600	0	0
Duncannon Fort						448	9	9
North West Fisheries						6	9	3
Balances at Lady-day, 1779	Ordinary Revenue					115,328	18	7	½
	Appropriated Duties	Loan				10,413	3	4	¾
		Linen				200	7	5
		Tillage				9,064	13	8	¼
		Protestant Schools				0	10	3	¼
		Lagan Navigation				0	0	0
		Duncannon Fort				592	10	4	¾
TOTAL Payments for 1777/1779:						1,884,931	4	0	½

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