The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-21 00:00:00

REVENUE OFIRELAND.

It is with extreme pleasure that we lay before our
readers the official a!atemeut of the Irish Itevenue for the
year recently elapsed. ,
.1n Abstract of the Net Predece of the &venue of 'retort!, nt
Da id into the Eache,l•l, r 4te years ended Ain January,
I,:03, and sth January, 1.026. Brhult Currency.)

Vier mild Iry emlud
Jim. lb, 1105. in.l, 130.

Increase.

Decrease.

('mtoml • -
Ecciie
.
rust Vast -
31tsceitanwos

T 11,061,70 1t1.347.2118 It 2 .2W
1,6114.7.54 1,411110
460. ran
41,613 78,462
$79.775 210,315

1174,091
40,233

1:847

Total . . 11:3,C•90,60 1.C20,116

Ihiluct Increase . .

4:326.406

Decrease in Year ended sth Jemmy. 11116 . I
No-re,.—ln the Year 1821 npararJa of molly., a
the Crown, wu paid, and which 4 if deducted from thi
that Veer, will leave ma /wrens+. in the Revenue of the
sth January, IVA at about :UMW/.

X 261,116

I 1:65.190
debt due to
e Income of
Year ended

This account demonstrates that, notwithstanding the
large repeals sod reductions of duties by different Acts
of the last Session, the Revenue of Ireland for the
year IS VS has virtually exceeded that for Nor
has the augmentation arisen from a single source, but it
has embraced the most important branches of the public
Revenue.
The Customs and Excise, as our readers know. cannot
be fairly considered under their separate heeds, owing to
the narraters of duty recently made from the latter of these
departments to the former ; and it is therefore necessary
to take them together, thus—

lustoms--- and Excise
Ditto, •

Inerenge in 1825

1325

X2.R27.133
2,742,743

.C 84.378

The Stamp Duties have diminished, from causes which
it would be too long here to detail, but which manifestly
cannot imply any falling off in the general resources of a
country where the duties on. foreign importation and do-
mestic consumption are on the increase.
The Past Office exhibits an increase of 1,847/.

The Miscellaneous articles of 14'24 included the pay-
ment of a large debt due to the Crown. Deducting this,
the produce of the year would be about 92.5,000/. whereas '
that of lull is above 268,000/., giving au increase here of
above 40,000!.
This view of the Irish Revenue strongly confirms the
remarks made on Ireland in the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequeea speech on opening his last budget—" No part of
the King's dominions," said he, " holds out more powerful
inducements to the application of capital, no soil would be
more productive of vaitiahie fruit, none would more grate-
fully repay the labour of cultivation." The experiment of
cultivating it is in a course of trial: and the result is seen
in these gratifying financial stat.luel.ta.
But this is not the only use to be made of the document
before us. Let us see how it hears on the finances of the
United Kingdom. Ir. Robinson, in February last, esti-
mated the total produce of the year, including the sums
paid by the Trustees of Half-pay, at 56,445,37 UL, subse-
quently to which there was a return of duty on wines in
stock, which exceeded one million sterling, and there was
an emission to exact the duty on tobacco to the amount of
330,000/. ; which two deductions would reduce the esti-
mate to somewhat less than L 3,100,0001.. Now thesctual
produce of the revenue in England was 48.373,8191., and
in Ireland 3,644,10X1/., and the payment' by the trus-
tees 4,170,3701.• making altogether 4;668,09/. ; so
that the actual and estimated income will stand thus:

Actual Inmate for 1825 . Cti1.89.089
Estimated ditto (without deduetioets) 5G0115.370

Surplus product

X 223,6111

Or, more correctly—.
Actual Income for !WS
Estimated ditto (with deductions)

£56.1;138.9119
. 553U0,000

Surplus product - £1.668.9119
Again, if we compare the actual Income with the estimated
Expenditure, we shall still find a surplus :
Actual Income . .
Estimated Expenditure - 5d.001,13-12

Surplus Income - 1:667,147
It is to he observed, that Mr. Robinson only cook credit, in
his budget, for a surplus of 413,528/. ; so that the actual
result is W 3,619/. better than the original estimate ; and
this, be it remembered, in spite of all the commercial diffi-
culties incident to the late unprecedented panic.