New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-20
RRIrIAH REVENUE.

The revenue returns of Great Britain, made up
for the qusrter ending on the 3lst OF March, are
accepted in England as indicative of prosperity
considering the circumstances under which the
finances of the country at present l,bor. Some OF
the items figuring in these revenue tables p)ssess
more II sn psssDg interest Take, Tor example
the Briti-h excise revenue for last year, which
gives a nourishng total Of 81 ,902, OOO-sn in-
crease of 81 900 on the previous year. This IN
crease is accounted for BY the augmentation OF
paper and license duties, and it i, less than had
been estimated by nearly 10000, owing to a
great fall Dg off in the hop receipts. There Is IN
this item decrease on the quarters returns, as
compared with the corresponding quarter of last
year, which spproxlmates to Ebo,VOo, and tn's Is
traced TO the dimlnution of whisky consumption,
especially in ireland. The year lo3S contributed
10 the excise returns of Great Britain Eli75O 52l,
far the large,t proportion of which came from the
very source that now shows q marked deficiency,
less in the revenue than in the quantity OF the
taxed article consumed. Tea in ISIS afforded an
income of 1882 O35, being million LEI" than in
1S36, AID lot much out Of proportion with the
present returns. Tobacco and snuff appear to hold
increasing ground in the tax-list from 1876, when
they yielded f3 397, los, to this time, when they
afford principal means of revenue Increase.
The customs returns of the pastyear do notmake,
n round numbers, f2i 600 600, while they nearly
welded e23 600 coo in 1888. But as the total for
the past year represents an increase of 100000
over the previous year, and as the total for l735
represents decrease of t i, 900, 600 when comPar
ed With the total of 1886 there is little in the way
of improvement to note uLder this head. Corn.
currsnts, and six, which made small returns TWEEN
~ years sgo figure probably in the present tables
Spirits Foreign and British malt hops, and wine,
ran the Customs and Excise Returns to the swell
ing aversse figure Of 81 100000 in the years
lc36-7-6, and subsequently; but these commodities
are Low the CREST drawbacks upon the revenue, to
meet whose deficits .undry expedients, under the
Miscellaneous" head, are had recourse to, and, as
the tables show, with success.
TIE Post.ofhce Revenue for the year ending the
last day of last March, shows an increase OF t2oO
600 over the former year; the total revenue from
that department now being E3,2OO 600. Twenty
years sgo On 1881 it figured in the revenue lists
for the United Kingdom, at f2,346H5. The In
crease of revenue from this source has been most
steady, and marks improvement at almost every
quarter.
In connection with this subject, We observe tina:
the Briti,h exports to India for the past financial
YEAR exceeded for the rst time, the British exports
to this country. To the former country, British pro
duce was exported last year TO the value Of 49,
5l5 while to this country the value Of the goods
shipped was considerably less, being only fl4,Ol3,-
933 In 1888, the value Of British produce imported
by the United States WAS not much above hall that
credited to the impOrtations hither from the same
country last year.