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London, England, 1807-03-26 00:00:00

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IRISH BUDGET.

Sir Jortar NEWPORT Mk/Millle Order of the Tay
for the HO'use going into a Coinmittee-Of Ways and
Mealls,' for .iranting a supply to his Majesty. ..The
House went into a Committee accordingly; MT.
HOBHOUSE in the Chair.

• Str.loll.lV NEWPORT said, that arduous'as be
felt the duty inip6se4 upon, him, he was not the less.
ready to fulfil it, in calling the attention of the Com-
mittee 10 the points he proposed to submit to them,
on the subje& of Irish Finances. And here he.
must begin with recapitulating the state of the Irish
Supply for 1807, which are as follows

IRISH SUPPLY FOR 1807.
Interest, Sinking Fund, Management on the Debt
in England and Ireland, as it stood on sth fa.: • I
• nuary, 1807 - - • kz,t86,554
Unfunded Debt, liable to be demanded, but not
probable, being out-standing Lottery Prizes,
Old Treasury Bills, long since due, &c. - 3,7,000
Fot Inland Navigation (suppose) • - - • t00,,00
2-17ths of Contribution Account, 5,545,6771. Bri-' .
tish. „ - . 60°7,816
Interest and Sinking Fund on Two Millions Bri-
tish, borrowed as part of English Loan, at about
61. ss. 6d. British per Cent. - - - 141,916
Ditto, on 1,500' 0001. British separate Lean, In-
Stalments to be paid in
.Ireland, at 61. Bs. sd.
British - tos,olio
Ditto, on Treasury 13114 issued to Bank of Ireland,
at most - 4:7„000

X 9.561,286

With regard to the separate L6an of 1,500;0•001.
British money, which had been recently negotiated
. with individuals in this country, he had to observe,
that it had been contrafted for at a rate somewhat
.:exceeding Is, 94. per cent. more than the preced-
ing Loan of the last year. The rqason for
.making
this separate Loan arose out of the, circulmtanee
that it had been his object, that as this
million and -a half would be wanted for the imme-
diate service .of Ireland, he therefore feti anxious
`that the money should be in the-Bank of Ireland,
without the Irish Government being " obliged to
sustain the inconvenience of the Bank of Ireland
beirig•obliged to draw Money at an exchange in a
Way unfavourable ' however, the terms which were -
proposed by 'the Gentlemen who first' bid -for the
Load, not admitting of an agreement being made,
he was therefore under the necessity of resorting to
the former system, and of offering the'Loan for
Ireland to the Gentlemen who.had,contra6ted for
the English Loan, and, to form,this agreement at an
advance of about Is. 9d. ;
Thus the Irish Supply for 1807, it would appear,
amounted,to the sum of 9,561,2861.
He then proceeded to state the amount of the
produce of The additional Taxes and Regulations, at
300,0001. viz. •

One-third of the increase on Distilleries, in part '
of the produce of Tax'es for the, year iSoj - Z tze,ooo
Drawbacks of iCi per Cent. taken away - - 80 000
Duty on• Hats, levied at Custom-house, and pass.
ing from inanufaClurcr to retailer - . 5,043
House Tax, on new model - - - - :Zoioor)
Hearths augmentation, taunting Cars, Horses, Ser-
vants, and new regulation of -Collection in that
Departinent
Paper, by regulation, and rating Vats as well as
Engines • - - - -
Customs, Vinegar, Timber, Dye Stull; &c.
Auctions, new regulation of Duties - -
Stamps, some additional Duties, and much Regu-
' lation

WAYS AND MEANS.

- 40,000

S,ocio
lu,ooo
S,OOO

10,000

k 30 )000

He would next proceed to state the Ways and
Means-for the year.

Revenue taken at same rate as last year . - • ‘3.382,790
Surplus of Consolidated Fund on sth fan. 18°7 SOOOOO
From Grand Canal Company, for Treasury Bills
paid oil' - - . _ - !1054
Irish Proportion of Lotteries for 1807 - - 149,543
On Treasury Bills from Bank of Ireland - 11,000,000
New Taxes, and Produce of Additional Regulations 300000
Loan, 3,j0e,0001. British - - - 3,79 t,666

9,655,093
9661,2u6

Leaving a Surplus above the Supplies of - ‘123,807
He would now proceed to submit to the Committee
the-State of the Revenue of Ireland, for the. past
And current year, as far as the Accounts could be
made up. With regard to the a&ual produce of the
Revenue, be 110 the .SatisfaLaion to state to the
Committee, that it had, during the respetaive guar- .
tors of the last year, been gradually increasing to
the amount of upwards of 400;0001. for the year;
notwithstanding the;Sugar Duty Bill had not then
had its full died.. TheDatieS" 'on Customs, indeed,:
had somewhat decreased dutiQg the last year, which!
was occasioned, by some of the older duties falling,
off; and 'other incidental causes ; but the Duties on .
Exports to foreign.CountrieS. had increased above one.
third beyonll last year.

Revenue colleaed january,f4flc6: - -
,C 3,364,136
Estimated predud of Intifier Taxes not collectedloo,ooo

Taxes laid en in Session i8(.6, with produa Uf a's=4''36
Restilatlon, taken at

300 000

3,824036
Adual Projucc of Revenue, to January, 1807 3,846,88/

22,745

Thus it appears that. the Excise -of 1806 bad in-
creased over that of 1805, 154,7421. and that the
increase in tbe.Christaas quarter, 1806, as compared
with the Christmas, quarter, 1805, amounted to
65,6001. 'whiCh was more than one,third of the
increase in the preceding July quarter. But the
prosped for the present year was still more satis-
faaory.
Payments of Revenue in Branches of Customs,
Excise, and Stamps, from January 5, to Mardi
9, tBo7, amounted to—Customs and Excise - ,C 683,700
Stamps IIi,o:o

794000
Te stri&est measures had. been adopted in order
to secure the outstanding haltmves in the, bands of
the Collectors, so as to suffer as little loss as pos-
sible to the Revenue. With a view to the farther
reduetion of expences, he had also submitted to the
House, in the course 'of the present Session, a Bill
for the regulation and abolition of offices in the
revenue department in ~H.land, sixty-tbur .in wan,-
ber ; of which number thirty-eight were to be en-
tirely abolished on the deaths of the present pos-
sessors. Orders had also been issued, to carry into
effe6.l the recommendations of the Commissioners of
Inquiry ; and he trusted that, upon the whole sur-
vey, it
,would be found that his Majesty's Govern-
ment in Ireland-had not been detia7i;mt in- their duty
towards the 'public ; and he Could not but be sat'-
pine, -that, with proper care, the Irish ;mune