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Irish Parliament.
IRISH PARLIAMENT .
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
THURSDAY , fHE . I . nPHE House in a Committee of Supply , Mr . Secretary Pelham rose , for the ¦ " purpose of moving the military supplies of the nation for the year ending March 31 , 1799 . After some prefatory observations , he proceeded to move the items of the public force , of which the following is the gross number and expenditure : —Ordinary force , augmentation , and militia , would amount to 59 , 558 elective men , including officers—Expenditure for the same , 1 , 936 , 044 ! . besides 444 , 962 . for the Ordnance service .
THE BUDGET . Thursday , 8 . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , after an introductory preface , in which he lamented the necessity , in which he officially stood , of calling on the country for any new taxes , stated , that the amount of the supply voted _ to his Majesty by the House for the expences of the ensuing year , as specified in the different estimates laid before them , was 4 , 194 , 000 ! . Upona comparison of this amount with that of the estimate of the former year \_ would appear less b 432000 Ibut this seeming diminution of
y . expenditure arose merel y from the transferring of some charges in the public accounts to other heads than those under which they formerly stood ; for , in reality , there was an exceeding of expence in the latter year over the former of 400 , 000 ! . partly from the increased pay of the army , and partly from the increase of the public force . Of the amount of" the estimate now brought forward , the ordinary revenue would produce one million ; and for another million he should look to the sale of the quit-rents , of which he to
proposed dispose—a measure by which he trusted to be able to . raise money for the public service , at an interest of four or five per cent ; and , besides this saving , so much of stock would betaken out of the market as very much to enhance the price of the funds . For the two millions two hundred thousand remaining to be raised , he should propose a loan , limited at no less than ten per cent , as he was not sure of being able , at the present rate of money , to obtain it at a less price . The interest of this loan then would amount to 300 , 000 ! . There was , beside , a deficiency of the last loan duties to provide lor , or 6 o , oool . —In all , 3 60 , 000 ! . ino tne lie
^ source which proposed for raising this sum was new and additional taxes , viz . An additional duty on carriages , equal to the presentduty , which is six guineas , 3 6 , 000 ! . A tax of one guinea each on male servants , above a icertain number and description , 20 , 000 ! . An addition of fid . per gallon on home-made spirits ; the quantity last year being 3 , 700 , 000 gallons , 94 , 000 ! . The like additional duty on imported spirits , 20 , 000 ! . An addition of pdper pound on tobacco imported , 66 , 6661 . Lotterv , 25 , 221 ! . Duty on homemade i 8
paper , , oool . Additional duty on imported iron , us . 4 CU . per ton , 5 , 6 5 ' - Licence on breweries , iol . each , io , oool . Additional stamp-duty on newspapers , ioool . Duty on live cattle exported , 3 s . per head , 8 , 400 ! . By regulation in the Post-office , in limitation of franks , 30 , 000 ! . —Which , together with some additional duties on spices , and other small articles , would amount to 401 , 977 ! . —After a few observations , the resolutions for these taxes were agreed to .
Friday , 16 . The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward the measure of a fund for receiving voluntary . subscriptions in aid of the present pub-He exigencies of the country . He did not think of bringing forward the proposition at this time , as a measure of finance ; but from what had already Oeen urged on tlie subject in tliis House , and from the increasing number of
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Irish Parliament.
IRISH PARLIAMENT .
HOUSE OF COMMONS .
THURSDAY , fHE . I . nPHE House in a Committee of Supply , Mr . Secretary Pelham rose , for the ¦ " purpose of moving the military supplies of the nation for the year ending March 31 , 1799 . After some prefatory observations , he proceeded to move the items of the public force , of which the following is the gross number and expenditure : —Ordinary force , augmentation , and militia , would amount to 59 , 558 elective men , including officers—Expenditure for the same , 1 , 936 , 044 ! . besides 444 , 962 . for the Ordnance service .
THE BUDGET . Thursday , 8 . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , after an introductory preface , in which he lamented the necessity , in which he officially stood , of calling on the country for any new taxes , stated , that the amount of the supply voted _ to his Majesty by the House for the expences of the ensuing year , as specified in the different estimates laid before them , was 4 , 194 , 000 ! . Upona comparison of this amount with that of the estimate of the former year \_ would appear less b 432000 Ibut this seeming diminution of
y . expenditure arose merel y from the transferring of some charges in the public accounts to other heads than those under which they formerly stood ; for , in reality , there was an exceeding of expence in the latter year over the former of 400 , 000 ! . partly from the increased pay of the army , and partly from the increase of the public force . Of the amount of" the estimate now brought forward , the ordinary revenue would produce one million ; and for another million he should look to the sale of the quit-rents , of which he to
proposed dispose—a measure by which he trusted to be able to . raise money for the public service , at an interest of four or five per cent ; and , besides this saving , so much of stock would betaken out of the market as very much to enhance the price of the funds . For the two millions two hundred thousand remaining to be raised , he should propose a loan , limited at no less than ten per cent , as he was not sure of being able , at the present rate of money , to obtain it at a less price . The interest of this loan then would amount to 300 , 000 ! . There was , beside , a deficiency of the last loan duties to provide lor , or 6 o , oool . —In all , 3 60 , 000 ! . ino tne lie
^ source which proposed for raising this sum was new and additional taxes , viz . An additional duty on carriages , equal to the presentduty , which is six guineas , 3 6 , 000 ! . A tax of one guinea each on male servants , above a icertain number and description , 20 , 000 ! . An addition of fid . per gallon on home-made spirits ; the quantity last year being 3 , 700 , 000 gallons , 94 , 000 ! . The like additional duty on imported spirits , 20 , 000 ! . An addition of pdper pound on tobacco imported , 66 , 6661 . Lotterv , 25 , 221 ! . Duty on homemade i 8
paper , , oool . Additional duty on imported iron , us . 4 CU . per ton , 5 , 6 5 ' - Licence on breweries , iol . each , io , oool . Additional stamp-duty on newspapers , ioool . Duty on live cattle exported , 3 s . per head , 8 , 400 ! . By regulation in the Post-office , in limitation of franks , 30 , 000 ! . —Which , together with some additional duties on spices , and other small articles , would amount to 401 , 977 ! . —After a few observations , the resolutions for these taxes were agreed to .
Friday , 16 . The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward the measure of a fund for receiving voluntary . subscriptions in aid of the present pub-He exigencies of the country . He did not think of bringing forward the proposition at this time , as a measure of finance ; but from what had already Oeen urged on tlie subject in tliis House , and from the increasing number of