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agree to the proposition or the Dalin kiwur....y,
glancing a loan of three million& on the condition,
that they might extend their capital.
Mr. VREi' FITZG.gRALI3 shOuld not trespas4
long on the patience of- the House, as he had, on
It former occasion, entered at large into the
finances off Ireland. He should confine himself
To a statement of the Supplies` and Ways and
Means for the. present year and in doing so it
would be necessary for him .to advert to thOse
principles which he- proposed in his resolittiona on
*preceding evening. -The treasures which he had
then proposed had not, it was true, received the
sanction of .Parliament, but the view
Which that House had been disposed to take of
she state of the finances of Ireland would, he
Loped, be a sufficient exeuse for him in not pro-
posing any new taxes in aid of the supply of the
year. The quota which Ireland was to furnish to the
general contribution, was estimated at 3;115,675/.
English currency, as had been stated by his
Right non. Friend, (Mr. Vansittart)' which
amountea in Irish currency to 3,407,7941. The
sum necessary to pity the interest and 'Sinking
Fund on the present debt, amounted to 6,526,730 l
making,altogether as the whole of the Supply,
10,234,5241.—T0 meet this charge, he should first
athert to the surplus of the Consolidated FUnd ;
the halanct, in the Exchequer on the sth January-
last, was 1,448,0861. and there remained of the
loan of last year,
.st sum of 2,841,1941., making
altogether 4,289,2801. But it would he neces-
sary to"deduct Iron, that the arrears which was
due of the Contribution of last year, they amount-
ed,to 3,187,4701. The Treasury Bills which still
remained ontstandiing
.were 28,8761.,, and there
remained to be paid for inland navigation, and
for the expellees of the office for Public Records,
81,3631: These different sums made together
.3,297,7101.'which, if deducted front the sum tie
bad before' mentioned of 4,289,2801. would leave
a balance of '991,5701. These sums the Com-
mittee would observe were stated in Irish cur-
rency. • The 'revenue of 'lreland he conceived
himself only warranted' in estimating at six Mil—
lions.--The next sum which he should mention,
teas the proportion which Ireland was entitled
to as her share of
.the profits of the' lotteries, viz.
100,0001. The next was the re-payment of the

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sums paid by Jreland for N3vAl aod Military ser-
vices; 'it amounted to i 11,9001. His Right Hon.
Friend had thought the loan on the Treasury; for
utile!) an Act had already pas.,ed 184,6661. and a

furil►er issue cif Treasjiry. Bills, amounting to
12,000,0001. would be- necessary.' These several-
slims would make the whole of the Ways and

Means 10,245,1961.• to cover the supply which
he had befOrt stated at 10,234,524/. ak redttc;.
tiou, the Committee ,would be aware, had
taken place in the revenue of Ireland, in con-
sequence of .the taking off a' part of the Malt
Ditty, corrrspondiog with the repeal of the late
War Doty is Great Britain upon that article,
a measure the advantaO of %loch would, he
was *Sure, be fr k quite as strongly in Ireland.
as they' were in this country. He lout always
felt A great' septignaoce to the increase of toe
Itlalt Duty, nut he had in tact only a choice of
This deditetitin front .the revenue,
including the t e:payiueut of duty on the stock in
the iio:,s'kssioo of the maltsters and distiller,. would;
Le was very lllllar atraiti, amount to 200,000L—
There were so.oe of hcr small ltities repealed, that
would, ill • the above snake a total- of
350,0001: The net payment into the Exchequer.
Litt year anitniW etl t0'5,845,.8451.;
should not he-accused.of estimating the revenue
too high.. He was rather afraid he should he
liable to. the charge of.taking it too high at
6,000,000 L • He' trusted, however, that he should
ultiutatelY be justified in estimating the revenue'
at that stun, because he anticipated an increase of
above half a Million, frotri the improved mode of
collecting the revenue which had taken place,
and for whichthe heads of the different depart-
ments were emitted to the greatest praise.—(Hear,
bear 11—Ntithing,he was sure, could tend More
powerfully to stimulate the exertions of the dif-
ferent Boards, than, to impress upon their minds
that Parliament looked to them, to prevent try their
exertions the Oecessityof fresh taxation,and he was.
sure that he did not reckon upon those exertions
in vain.. It 'was essential, always to hear it) mind,
particularly in Ireland, that it was more important
to collect the old taxes well,
,than to delude the
public by suggest iog new and'oppressive burthenS,
Ile wished it, however, not to be supposed that lie
formed his estimate of the revenue upon a vague
expectation of its produce. The assessment of t Ire
inland taxes had been formed upon a moreeorrect
system, and uti branch of the Irish revenue had been
more impfuved. yrom these ditties he aut icipated
in the present year a considerable increase,Withoet
adverting to the distilleries, which he intentionally
avoided tiow, to being a subject in dispte, and as
a more Conbrrnient time would occur for discussing
it. The Committee must be aware that •if :the
practice of illicit distillation could be materially
checked '(lie Was shit sanguine enough to suppose
it could be immediately suppressed), the Reve-,
nue of Excise would form the principal source
of the Irish contribution. He-trusted also, that
the internal difficulties of Ireland would not press
so heavily as they did last year, a year of sudden
anti uttexatepled distress. The cause of that
distress wasteasily to he found, in the diminished
consumption of SgIllt• of I Ile most productive arti-
cles, not only-ni the Excise, but its the Cestoms.
llChoped, however, that the horizon was bright-
ening, and that he•sitould be found not too sitn-
genie in estimating the revenue at 6,000,00 W.
lie had the satisfaCtion .of stating, that the pro-
duce. of the revoitte for the quarter ending the
sth of April, considerably exceeded the amount of
the corresponding quarter last year. He had.
omitted to mention 'the stamps, which_ he ought
lint to have done, as the increase in that branch
sif the revenue had been considerable. r With re-
spect to Treasury Bills, stwo Acts had already.
passed, authorizing different issue's, one was to
supply 2,470,0001.'in Bills, payable this year, anti
the‘charge for which was included' in. the annual
charge of the Irish Debt ; indeed, that sure made
almOst the whole of tin' unfuirded debt of Ireland.
11 was -not necessary for bins now to make any
further provision fur that issue.' By the other Act
there was a grant of 1;700,0001. and shoukl,
• bt'fnre lie bat down, propose a-resointion for
1129°A91 nking alto ether 3,041 j6Ol.