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Such.being the. nature And magnitude.of the arrangements
which we are induced to propose, we trust it will be superfluous
'to state; that- we luxe not, embraced the determination of sub-
mitting to his 31a,jesty and to Parliament the measures by
which these important changes may be accomplished, without
the most mature and anxious consideration of their manifold
bearings and exten .:.ve consequences. For although it requires
but a superficial view of the revenheand commerce of Ireland,
in their present state, to perceive that nothing short of very gene-
ral alterations, both of system and practice, could effect the
purpose of assimilating the former to that of Great Britain; and
of regulating the latter so as 'to establiAoh that unrestricted in,
terchange of the products of British and Irish industry, which
was justly contemplated as one of the greatest benefits to he
derived from the Union : yet a nearer inspection developes also
the many objections which will:naturally be' opposed to such
general changes, some of which must come in conflict with
existing interests of great weight and importance whilst others
have to encounter the obstacles, never to be disregarded, of
deeply-rooted- prejudices and national feelings ; and all of them
are exposed to such difficulties of execution as require that
they should not be attempted, except with the greatest caution,
and after the most mature deliberation.
It was, therefore, not before we had carefully,weighed and
examined these obstacles and impediments, and communicated
with the official persons whom we deemed the most competent
to appreciate both the advantages and the objections attending
the measures which suggested themselves to us, that we re-
solved to submit them to your Lordships. In the progress of
our inquiry each step has, however, tended to diminish our ap-
prehensions of the difficulties opposed to these comprehensive
arrangements,whilst our conviction has been strengthened, that
they afford the only means of producing a complete and per-
manent uniformity in the collection of the revenue, and of re-
moving the embarrassments at
.present occasioned to the com-
mercial interests of Great Britain and Ireland. We now,
therefore, lay them before your Lordships, with a thorough
persuasion that every attempt to remedy the inconveniences and
defects of the existing system, upon a less extensive principle,
or to build a new one upon a less substantial foundation, must
terminate in disappointment, and produce the usual effect of
mere palliatives—that of ultimately increasing both thepeces-
sity and the difficulty of a more complete reformation.
Our present Report will be confined to the first of the above.;
mentioned general heads, and will exhibit the grounds upon
which we recommend the incorporation Of the'BritM‘and Irish
Revenue Establishments, and the mode in which we conceive
that it may be best effected with respect to:the ,Customs and
Excise.
If the Union of -Great Britain and Ireland could have been
completed at once in all its parts, the same Act by which the
Legislatures of the two kingdoms were united would probably
have provided, as in the case of Scotland, for a similar union of
their respective revenues. But it was not deemed consistent with
a due regard to the financial and commercial relations of the two
countries to carry that greatmeasure to so full an extent. The state
of Ireland rendered an interval of some years necessary before that
part of the United Kingdom could be justly required to contribute
to the common expenditure at the same rates, or by the same
modes of taxation as Great Britain, and also before the free in-
terchange of all manufactures could be permitted,without detri-
ment to existing interests of great importance on both sides.—
Under these, circumstances the Treasuries of the two countries,
although under the control of the same Government, continued
distinct authorities ; and the several departments subor-
dinate to them, for the collection of the Revenue, continued
to be distinct likewise. But when, by the Act of 1816,
the Treasuries had been united, and the Revenues were
so consolidated as to constitute only one -fund for the com-
mon expenditure of the United Kingdom, all necessity for
a separate administration of those Revenues in Ireland was re-
moved ; -and if it should now appear that no ohject, either of
economy or security, can be promoted by the continuance of
distinct establishments for that purpose, iewould seem, in every

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Persons better qualified in all respects for such a service
could not have been -selected ; and iris an important advantage
to us in the performance of the duty which we have now todis-
charge, that in forming our more-general views on the subject
of the Irish ,Revenue, we are enabled to avail ourselves of the
Minute inquiries into its details which those Gentlemen, from
their practical knowledge, were so peculiarly competent to
pursue.
Their proceedings Were conducted under the immediate
direction of the late Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant,
and their, Reports upon the two Departments now under- our
consideration,' together with the d6cuments by which they are
supported, exhibit the zeal and industry with which their re•
searches were carried on, and contarti'abundant matter to war-
rant the opinions which they have strongly expressed respecting
the state of Irish establishments.
There could hardly, indeed, be a more striking and convinc-
ing proof of the imperfect condition of these establishtnerifs,
than the very result and termination of that inquiry. 'After all
the information which it produced, and all the suggestionS it
gave rise to for the improvement of the Revenue I.)partments
in Ireland, the Government found so much remainino'to be
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done, that greater changes appeared to be necessary; and a fur-
ther investigation was deemedindispensalge. •
The prosecution of that investigation has been committed to
us, and we should ill discharge the duty thereby imposed upon
us, if we hesitated to state our own clear and conscientious con-
viction of the necessity of those more extensive changes, parti-
cularly in two f2Preat branches of the Irish Revenue 'now under
our consideration, the constitution and composition of which
must underg6 a complete alteratkin, beforelhe management of
those departments can be placed upon such a footing as the in-
terests of the Revenue and the accommodation of the public
imperatively require.
Under the head' of expence, the Wide difference between the
rates of management in similar derailments of Great Britain
and Ireland,' affords a Strong jiresumption at least of improvi-
dence in the management of the latter. Upon a comparison of
the revenues received, and the expences of managing-them in