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Treasury 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	Remains on the 25th March 1797	Appropriated Funds	Loan			17,104	8	7	¼
			Linen			6,431	0	4	¾
			Lagan Navigation			107	0	10
			Improving Dublin			466	15	6
			Irish fisheries			28,781	2	3	½
			Light house of Isle of Arran			1,251	9	6	½
			Light houses round the coast			5,846	3	9
			King's Inns			2,826	0	0
		Consolidated Fund				521,655	0	10	½
Consolidated Fund	Ordinary Revenue					1,009,398	9	10
	Quit Rents					109	2	10	¼
	Casualties					1,869	6	9
	Dismissed Collectors					1,358	8	0	¾
	Stamps					80,353	15	2	½
	Postage					23,427	6	8	½
	Duty on wrought plate					866	18	6
	Public Coal Yards					2,370	0	0
	Wool Licenses					211	10	0
	Four shilling tax on	Salaries and pensions				7,145	19	11	¼
		Profits of employments				1,196	9	3	¼
	Poundage Fee in one year to Lady-day 1798					21,218	19	9	¼
	Pells Fees, same time					4,243	14	3	¼
						100	0	0
						243,100	0	0
						1,625,000	0	0
						400,050	0	0
						500,000	0	0
		From 25th March 1797 and payable 24th June 1797, part of ditto				300,000	0	0
		From 24th June 1797 and payabe 25th December 1797, part of ditto				80,000	0	0
						6,118	0	0
						20,378	0	0
						139,150	0	0
						27,370	0	0
						200,000	0	0
	On first Lottery of 1797 in full of the subscription					151,500	0	0
	On second Lottery of 1797, ditto					151,500	0	0
	Voluntary contributions for the defence of the country					63,914	19	3
	From sundries, part of the advance made by the late Deputy Vice Treasurer					625	12	6
						8,448	12	5	½
						85,728	11	8
	From Messrs. King, Mills and Weaver, on account of Gold Mine in the County of Wicklow					970	0	0
						4,333	6	8
						221,808	14	4	¾
Appropriated Funds	Loan, from the several Collectors					494,315	0	9
						6	13	4
	Linen					205	14	3
	Lagan Navigation					200	0	0
	Improving Dublin					8,217	12	0
	Irish fisheries					1,308	18	0	½
	King's Inns					950	0	0
TOTAL Receipts for 1797/1798:						6,473,538	18	3	¼

Issues						Irish £
						25th March 1797 to 25th March 1798
						£	s.	d.
Consolidated Fund	Civil List	State Officers				60,176	2	5	¾
		Chancery				8,505	19	6	¼
		Exchequer				26,504	6	4
						6,741	15	1
		Common Pleas				5,300	0	0
		Custom Officers				5,007	10	0
		Incidents				2,507	5	6
		Commission of Appeals				1,319	1	5	½
		Court of Admiralty				700	16	5	¾
		Office of Imprest Accounts				4,152	1	3
		Barracks and Board of Works				4,237	10	0
		Non-conforming Ministers				7,689	18	5	¼
		Secret Service				5,206	3	9
		Concordatum				6,476	18	5	¼
	Pensions					124,207	2	10	¾
	Military Purposes	Army and Army Augmentation				901,132	9	3	½
		Additional Pay for Dublin Duty				5,481	0	0
		General and General Staff Officers				29,728	12	6
		Additional General and General Staff Officers				3,800	15	11	¼
		Muster-Master General, etc.				5,274	15	11
		Garrisons				4,270	7	11
		Recruiting, etc.				8,446	13	3	¾
		Half-pay Officers				11,882	4	3	¼
		Widows of Officers				1,990	6	11	½
		Extra Expense of Forage				58,736	2	11	¾
		Ordnance				405,884	3	1
		Barracks				214,090	16	11	¾
		Royal Hospital				26,804	2	5	½
		Royal Infirmary				2,053	16	1	¼
		Militia				732,469	10	10	½
		District Corps				333,294	12	7	½
		Manning the Fleet				31,752	11	4	½
	Vote of Credit					203,765	3	7	¼
	Permanent Grants	Public infirmaries				3,025	0	0
		Public coal yards				344	18	11	½
		Army Baggage				12,902	11	11
		Lottery expenses				13,091	17	6	¼
		Police establishment				19,514	4	7	½
		Bounties on the home sale of Irish manufactures				3,500	0	0
		Inspector General of Prisons				250	0	0
		Secretary to the Commissioner of Education				100	0	0
		Inland navigations				100	0	0
		Transportation of felons				1,813	5	7	¼
		Fees on auditing Treasury accounts				1,865	19	6	¾
		Imprest Office expenses on passing accounts				1,212	7	5
		Secret Service in detecting treasonable conspiracies				9,344	18	2
		Annuities and compensation allowances				2,700	8	3
		Judges' additional salaries				19,275	0	0
	Annual Grants	Officers of the House of Commons				9,768	1	4
		Public officers for several Services				2,130	0	0
		Public hospitals and schools				37,069	14	6	¼
		Miscellaneous services				113,095	1	8	½
		Linen and hempen manufactures				21,600	0	0
		Board of First Fruits				5,000	0	0
		Dublin Society				5,500	0	0
		Corporation for Paving and Lighting Dublin				5,000	0	0
		Commission of Wide Streets				16,000	0	0
	Prizage					3,092	15	7	½
	Lottery Prizes					198,700	0	0
	Principal of Loan Debentures					30	0	0
	Principal of Treasury Bills					1,110,500	0	0
	Sinking Fund					67,008	17	1
	King's Letter, allowed sundry sums advanced by the late Deputy Vice Treasurer pursuant to the Orders of Government and certified by the Auditor General and Clerk of the Pells					691,478	15	9	¼
Appropriated Funds	Loan	Interest on Government Stock				172,605	15	5
		Interest on Debentures				188,051	4	0	½
		Interest on Treasury Bills				48,889	1	1	½
		Life Annuities				49,557	0	0
		Bank Annuity				49,312	10	0
		Short Annuities				52,787	12	2
		Discount on prompt payments of loan deposits and other charges				46,471	16	9
	Linen					3,864	2	7	¾
	Lagan Navigation					307	0	10
	Improving Dublin					6,500	0	0
	King's Inns					2,826	0	0
Balances	Remains on 25th March 1798	Appropriated Duties	Linen			2,772	12	0
			Improving Dublin			2,184	7	6
			Irish fisheries			30,090	0	4
			Light house on the Isle of Arran			1,251	9	6	½
			Light houses round the coast			5,846	3	9
			King's Inns			950	0	0
		Consolidated Fund				280,916	3	1
	Loan Fund Deficient					-96,248	-16	-9
TOTAL Issues for 1797/1798:						6,473,538	18	3

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