The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-06 00:00:00

ENIJIN

THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUART

No. I.—An Abstract of the Not Produce of the Revenue of Great Britain in the Years and Quarters ended 5
or Decrease on each head thereof.

JULY 5, 1844.

th of July, 1843, and

Ith of July, 1844) showing the Increase

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QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ' QUARTERS ENDED YEAR 1 y Quarter ended July 5.
Year ended Jul 5.
ended , .
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Oct.
10, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5, July 5, ' Oct. 10, Jan. 5, April 5, July 5; July 5, • • . ,
1841 1843 1843 , 1843 1843 1843 1811 184.1 184-1 1814 Increase. -. , Decrease. • Increase. . 'Decrease. . .
Customs :- -.-
Consolidated Duties ... 4,647,472 3,274,000 3,193,556 3,301,473 - 4,276,151 3,674,424 3,529,551 3,802,521 - - - .
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Sugar Duty to Consoli. • • ~. _.. _ -
dated Fund • - - 262,546 1,252,733 - - - 420.796! 1,066,714 - . - - _ _
Ditto to Supplies ' 1,296,505 910,089 '763,405 - - 1,253,357 1,092,544 654,100 - • - • - „_. - ._ _
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Total Customs 5 943 977 4,214,089 4,219,537 ,4,557,20 • 18,9 '4,809. 5,529,568 4,766,968 4,604,447 4,869,215 19,770,155 CUstorims
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Excise ....... ....... .. .... . . 3,726,035 3,022.008 1,767,373 3030,.13 14'4%7,29 3,4)66550 3,030,771 1,852,682 ;11%592 11,965,602 Excise . - ' 420,073 ' • • ,-.. • -
. 8.1.179' Stamps. . •1,631,480 1,561,751 1,503,126 1,659,010 6,445,370 1,650,366. 1,523,653 4639,011 1,705,133 6,518,063 Stamps .. . 7.2.a0 1 ' • -
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Taxes ' - , 177,437 1,886,163 142,69,3 1,981,831 4,191,129 19410 e 1,868,857. 144,035 1,989,874 ' 4,197,516 Taxes...". ..... 6,387 . „„..., • 5:p4.3
Property Tax 313,844 257,212 1,885,232 861,709 3,317,997 2,047,004 454,415 1,992,859 752,4f45 5,247,663 Property Tax 1,929,666 -
9,224
Post Office ... .... - 168,000 , 141,0044 144,000 • 145,000 598,00') 160,005 143,000 174,000 155,000 632,000 l'ost Office ... 34,000 -
Crown Lands 12,500 40,000 25,000 32,5' 0 120,000 :.0,000 30,0' 0 65,.4:0 30,000 145,1:00 Crown Lands 25,000 - -, -, ? • 2,500
Miscellaneous 20,994 21,537 541,553 IOM 524 1 647 541 17,714 11,917 41,292 422,186 113,14 4 Miscellaneous •, , , , - 1,154401 • 641,337:
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Total Ordinary Revenue 11,994197 11,143,763 10,0,522 13,333,`93 46,800,375 1;586,172 11,82;581 10,51;983 13,139,406 4;969,142 Total... 3,323,16/3,. 1,134401 , - 418,574 653 #361...,.. ,
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Imprest Moneys, &c...... 1,11,070 107,197 16,907 , 67,100 30?,254 34,305 50,135 ' 54.244 49.018 187,703 Imp. lif .neys .... . 114,551 , . .--- . 18,112
Repayments ofAdvances 180,211 • 235,241 '124,0-18 1/8,207 677,713 230,932 332,030 226,281 274,557 1,063,833 Rep.-of Any.. f:86,120 .. "6 350
Total Income.... -19,285,478. 11,486,107, 1 10,469,477 13,539,2'0 47,78;342 13,8)1,409 1;211,777 1;794511 1;36 ',' 81 - 50,220,678 Total...
,3,709,238 1,218,952 ,9
49424 671, •)23
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Amount applied to Cori- 9,047,560 6,860,054 " 9,760,269 6,442,106 32,110,369 10,123,636 7,859,893 7,625,972 8,994,078 35,013,519
solidated Fund i
)268,952 c Deduet Dc. ' Deduct i
3 . 4949i4
t 0 crease Increase. '' •
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Ditto, as Advances - 173,67 141,378 191,501 506,506 140,000 ::91,501 249,000 177,276 848,777
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Ditto, as Ways & Means .
of the Year • 3,064,291' 4,626,053 567,830 6,90%273 15,163,447 ;187,773 4,06;383 ;91;539 • 4,191,627 14,358,122 „ „,., °on r Increase on Decrease or, 1 ~, 0.,
',1'.2",'•"" 1 - the Year. Quarter j-`4",'"
Total. 12,285.478, 11,486,107 11;469,47i 13,539,280 47,780,342 13,851,409 12,211,777 111,794,511 13,362,9)1 50,220,678 1 ~ - • .

. . No. IL—lncome and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the sth July, 1843, - and the sth July, 1841. • r
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Quarters ended July 5. , .
c 1813 1844 ‘
Quarters ended July 5.
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._...... . .. INCOME. - 1813 1814 . CHARGE. , , ,
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Customs.—Consolidated Duties 3,301.473 3,802,521 Permanent Debt
. 8;258,669 8,214,169 .
Sugar applicable to, the , ' Terminable Annuities ' 618,667 660 0.23
. Consolidated Fund- 1,252,733 1,C66,714 Interest on Exchequer Bills issued-to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund •
26,607 5,370
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Sinking Fund
si-3,857
Total Customs 4,557,206 4,f36'9,225 The Civil List .
' 97,422 97,597 Excise ' 3,013,643 2,130,494 . Other charges on the Consolidated Fund . .........—. ....... 599,031 541,045 Stamps ~. 1.659,010 1,705,0.'33 , For Advances, and to pay off Exchequer Bill's issued for- Advances ... 191,501. 1.7,276 •
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Taxes ' - 1,994,831 1,989,874
Prope, ty Tax - 851,709 752,485 Total Charge 9,791,887 • 10,219,337
Post Office - ..... -
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Miicellaneous 260,5'24 238.187 ,
13,552,810 13,377,693 • Produce of Silver from China .. . t03,000 181,00 • .
Imprest and other Monies 67,181 49,018 The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended April 5, 1843,
Repayment of Advances..„....„ . 138,207 ' 2'74,557 and paid off out of the growing produce of that Fund for the Quarter ended July 5, 1944, after deducting £300,000 .
paid off out of Sinking Fund
. .. •13,552,810 13,3'77,88J The Amount issued in the Quarter ended July 5, 1814, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Consoli- 3'667'317 ;
dated Fund for Supply Services 4,191,627 . ._-
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To Cash brought to this` 'Account to '' ' ' The Surplus,of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended July 5, 1814 ... 3,158,545 1,033,C81
be applied to pay off Deficiency Bills • ' '
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13,55-2,810 13,377,883 July 5, 1814
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MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.

The quotation of Consols has been further advanced
this afternoon, viz., to 981 and 99, the market closing
firmly. Other securities participate in the improvement.
The Three per Cents. Reduced were 99i ;34-, and the
Three-and-a- Half per Cents.' 1021 to 1.
The. Foreign Bonds were about the same as in the
morning. Spanish Actives were 231 ¢ ; and the Three
per Cents. 334. 1 ; Colombian Stock was 131 ; Belgian
Bonds touched 1031.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 341. ; Ditto
Thirds, 31 ; Caledonian, 11 ; Blackwall, 9I• Brighton,
31 ; and North British, 1 discount. Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 121; Birmingham, 124 to 125; South Western,
Eighths, 3 ; Croydon, 31 ; Ditto, Scrip, 71 ; Norwich
and Brandon, 5 ; South Devon, 1 ; South-Eastern, 2 ;
Trent Valley, 81 ; York and North Midland, Scar-
borough Branch, 181 ; Yarmouth and Norwich, 71 1 ;
Paris and Orleans, 19} 1 ; and Paris and Rouen, 19i
premium. Australasia Bank New Shares were 3to f
premium.

COURT CIRCULAR.

On Paris the rate of exchange this afternoon was a
shade better ; and on Hamburgh and Amsterdam again
rather lower. The others were about the same.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool Yesterday was quieter.
Sales, 5,000 bales, at steady rates, Including 500 Surat, at
3d. to 3d. ; 500 Pernam, at 50. to bid ; 200 Bahia, at sd.
to 6d.; and 150 Egyptian, at 6id. to 7d.—Grand unction,
Birmingham and Liverpool, and Manchester Shares were in
good demand, but others quiet. Chester and Birkenhead,
29f ; Eastern Perpetual, 1/. 13s. 4d. ; Grand Junction, 227 ;
Ditto New, 41; Hull and Selby Quarter, 11 ; Liverpool and
Manchester, 231; Ditto, 321. Shares, 34 ; Ditto Quarter
Shares, 26%; Manchester and Bury, 3%; Midland Counties,
95 ; North Midland, 95 ; Ditto Half, 47%; North Union, 971 ;
South Eastern, 35%; York and North Midland Half, 20a
Paris and Lyons, 2/. 15s. ; Paris and Strasburg, 384.
Arrivals from Australia bring news to the 20th March
from Van Diemen's Land, where trade was rather improving,
though for a long time to come the utmost caution will be
necessary in making shipments to the Australian colonies.
Sydney is evidently suffering the most, as up to the latest dates
insolvencies continued there.
We learn from New Zealand, under date of the • 27th of
January, that Governor Fitzroy, was determined to deal
according to law with the natives concerned in the Wairau
massacre.

• The Funds, owing to an anticipated good revenue return,
are again very firm, and there is a steady business doing.
Consols have touched 98i 11. The Three per Cent. Reduced
Annuities 991 to ; the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1021
to f, and South Sea Annuities 98k. Bank Stock has been
firm at the improvement to 198 and 199. Exchequer Bills
realised 745. to 765. premium, supporting the improvement of
yesterday. East India Bonds are 965. premium.
A rally has occurred in the value of Spanish Bonds, which
are marked 23i 1 for the Five per Cents., and 33 for the
Three per Cents. Mexican, are 351 to ; Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents, are firm at 61; and Russian at 112.
The Railway Shares are steady, and a moderate business
is doing. Great Western obtain 504 to 51i ; Birmingham,
1221. to 123 ; Ditto, New Thirds, 35-1 to ; Bristol and Glou-
cester, 16 to *; Norwich and Brandon, 5 ; and South-East-
ern, 1i to 111 premium. Blackwall are 9h discount. London
and Westminster Bank Shares are 6 premium.

MANCHESTEE STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 4.—The business
to-day is by no means extensive, but the market exhibits a
firmer appearance. Eastern Counties, Registered, 13i ; Lon-
don and Birmingham, 221 to 223 ; Manchester and Birming-
ham, Quarters, 3i premium; Manchester and Leeds, Half
Shares, 44; South-Eastern, 341 ; Trent Valley, si

- The Queen and Prince Albert took their, usual early-Walk
yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal
Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horseback,
attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting... _.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales rode .out on-e
pony yesterday, in the royal gardens. .
irheir Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and
Duchess of Meeklenhurgh Strelitz paid a visit to the Queen
yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace., Their Royal
Highnesses arrived from Cambridge House at three o'clock.
Their Royal Highnesses. the Princess Royal . and the
Princess Alice were taken an airing yesterday, in an open
carriage and four. _

•
Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday at.-
. ternoon at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and
encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace Of.
Westminster. The Prince arrived at Gwydyr House, at-
tended by Colonel Bouverie, shortly before three o'clock.
The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Earl of Lincoln,. Viscount Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel,
Sir RObert Harry Inglis, Mr. Henry Gaily Knight; Mr'
Benjamin Hawes, Mr. Samuel Rogers, Mr. George Vivian,
Mrt Thomas Wyse, Lord Mahon, and the Right Hon. T. 13.
'Macaulay. The meeting broke up soon after five o'clock.
Sir Robert and Lady Peel had the honour of dining with
her Majesty at Buckingham Palace yesterday evening..
His iloyal Highness Prince Albert visited the Hereditary
Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz yester-
day forenoon, at Cambridge House. Her Royal Highness'
the Duchess of Gloucester also paid a visit to their Boys,
Highnesses yesterday.
A number of the Nobility called during the day at Cam;
bridge. House, and left their names for the Hereditary Gran('
Duke and Duchess. .

CLOSING- PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Back Stock lt 9 Indian Stock
3 per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. Cons.
3% per Cent. Red 10234 Ditto New Annuities ... —
New 334 per Cent...„ — Ex. Bills, 1,0001. IV ... 74 pm.
New 5 per Cent. Ditto 500/.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small . : ......
Jan 11430 Bank Stock for Acct.... 199
Oct. 1859 Consols for 0pg.......... 1)8%
Jan. 18493......... - 'lndia Stock for Acct....

Yesterday evening their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz, honoured the performance of the
French Plays with their presence. Baroness Ahlefeldt irss
in waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by
Major Stephens, honoured the performance of the oratorio of
St. Paul, by the Sacred Harmonic Society, at Exeter
Hall, last evening, with his presence. -
The Agent for Jamaica had an interview with Lord Stank/
yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The health of Towns Commission.had a meeting ye,sterdaY
at Gwydyr House. The Commissioners • present were the
Duke of Buccleuch, Mr. Robert Aglionby Slaney, Sir Henry
Thomas de la Beche, Dr. David Boswell Reid, Mr. Richard
Owen, Hunterian Professor of the College of Surgeons ;
James Ranald Martin, and Mr. James. Smith, of Deanston.
The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Deb'
had a meeting yesterday, at the Treasnry. The Chancellor
of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England's!,
the Deputy-Governor, were present; Mr. Higham, Secretary
and Comptroller-General, also attended.
Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, transacted bust,
ness yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Goodall had an interview with Lord Stanley Yes*--.
day, at the Colonial-office.
et,
Dispatches from the. Governor of Van Diemen's Land is
received yesterday at the Colonial-office.