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further loss. I derive the data for this elk' aiation, ai i
great measure, from the actual state of the Revenue of
the Excise during the first month of the present year, *
month certainly of great distress and uneasiness, and one
during which the Officers of Government were directed
Ito abstain from pressing inconveniently upon those whd
were not prepared to pay with their usual readiness.—
let it appears that in the course of that month, com-
paring the gross produce of the Excise Duties of the.
United Kingdom, in all its ramifications,Avith the cor-
resrnding month of last year, the deficiency does not
exceed 23891. The gross produce of the Excise during
the month of January 1825, was. . . ,C 2,4158,86,
During the same month, 1888 . 8,457,221 i
Decrease . . • . ,E2;3Bi
On rhose items in which there has been a reduction of Saari, cid, 11
glass, licenses, sweets, and vinegar, the reduction does ti. ~%
amount to . . £lo2,etlf
The total product in January, 1825, wai . . 299,95 i!
January, 828, . 190.955

Decrease .

xtos,cci

But this decrease does not arise entirely from a
nished consumption of the articles on which the reduc-
tion has taken place. It has principally resulted from
an alteration of an extensive nature in the license sys-
tem in Ireland. The most absurd rates prevailed until
lately in that country. The amount of lictnses varied
in the different towns, as they did or did not semi Mem-
hers to Parliament. Another of the new regulations is,
the assimilation of the periods to those at which the li-
censes become payable in England. Theconsequence,
however, is, that the payment of most of them will be
deferred till after the sth of July. From this, alone,
there will result a loss of 100,0001. It is not unrea-
sonable, I think, in this way to assume that the tolat
loss in Customs and Excise during the preient year,
from diminished consumption,will amount t 01,300,0001.
In Stamps, I estimate the loss for the present year at
47,9431. in the Post-office, 45,4611. in Taxes, 190,1381.-
This year the loss to the Revenue will be more
considerable in this branch, as three-fourths of the
reductions of last year did not come into operation
till the 10th of O:tober last. The Miscellaneous Items
for 1826 will be much larger than usual. This increase
proceeds from three or four extraordinary causes. In the
first place, a sum of 100,0001. was, by Treaty, to be
paid by the Government of Holland to this country is
1825. It was not actually received last year, and, coo-
-1
Isequently, could not form part of the receipts of 1825,
but will of those of 1826. Then there is a sum which
I really did not expect• at this day to fall into the hands
of the Treasury. This sum arises from the apparently
never•ending system of Lotteries. The last was con,
tracted for in 1823. I confess I was not aware that
it was the usual course to protract the existence of the
contract for two or three years. The consequence is,
I that there is a profit of 180,0001. to be derived from
Lotteries—a source of revenue so much and in
justly the object of the reprobation of this House.—
I was glad to avail myself of the opportunity to put an,
end to a system, which, however glossed over by so-
phistry, was totally inconsistent with every principle of
good government, and tended directly to spread the-
evils of gambling among the people at large. Another
of the miscellaneous items of the present year arises-
from the return of the silver coinage called in from
Ireland. The cost of the new coin was 500,0001. The
sum that is now coming back, and which will be appli--
cable to the general service of the present year, amounts
to four hundred thousand pounds. There is another
sum arising from an arrangement between the Admi-
ralty and the East India Company, who in considera-
tion of the increase of the Navy, made with a view to
the state of their affairs in the East, have felt themselves
bound in justice; as it is my duty to say they have,
with the utmost cheerfulness, admitted, to pay sixty
thousand pounds for the benefit they are deriving front
the augmented naval force stationed in the Indian seas,
in defence of their possessions. These sums together,
amounting to 740,9121. account for the increase under
the head of Miscellaneous Items. The general Esti-
mate for the present year therefore stands thus :

REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR 1846.
CUSTOMS AND Ilea&

Produce of 1825 . . . . . . . '€37,546,000
Add—Progreraiye Reduction of 13ountioa X 50,000
Wine Drawback • •. • . 1,050,000
Lou by lapse of Tobacco Duty . 450,000
—..—... 1,580,000

Deduct—Further Lem from Reductions

last Year . . . . 350,000
Farther Loss from diminished
Consumption . . . 1,300,000

1,650,000