GENERAL HISTORY. 



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1,160,250/. the one per cent, to 

 the sinking fund 536,999/. To 

 this was to be added for manage- 

 ment, 11,379/.; making a total 

 charge of 1,708,628/. The total 

 debt created by funding in the pre- 

 sent session, was 54,780,4>23/. ; 

 the interest on it was 2,062,066/. 

 185. 4i</. The per centage to the 

 sinking fund amounted to 763,914/. 

 Is. Id. the charge for management 

 was, 17,103/. 2s. 6jd.; and the 

 total charge to the pubHc was 

 2,845,084/. Is. llfrf. The House 

 would understand that he meant 

 to propose to cancel such part of 

 the debt as the sum in the hands of 

 the commissioners was sufficient 

 to cover. On this subject, he 

 however thought it at present un- 

 necessary to trouble the commit- 

 tee, as other opportunities would 

 occur for going into it ; reserving 

 to himself, therefore, the right of 

 giving any explanation that might 

 appear necessary, he should 

 trouble them at present no further. 

 The right hon. gentleman then 

 moved his first resolution, which. 



as well as all the others, passed 

 without any discussion. 



Irish Budget.] Mr. William 

 Fitzgerald said, it was his duty now 

 to address the committee. If ever 

 any man had to solicit the indul- 

 gence of the committee it was for 

 him to do it, being not only for the 

 first time to bring under the view 

 of parliament the financial situa- 

 tion of Ireland, but being called 

 upon to provide for a demand be- 

 yond that of any former year, and 

 to supply not only the means for 

 the coming time, but to make up 

 the deficiencies of that which had 

 been truly staled by his right hon. 

 friend Mr. Vansittart, to have been 

 a year of unexampled expenditure. 

 He would not occupy too much, 

 he hoped, of the time of the com- 

 mittee, yet he feared he could not 

 avoid trespassing at what some 

 would deem too great length upon 

 their attention. 



He would now proceed to state 

 as briefly as he could the different 

 items of the supply. They were 

 as follows : 



SUPPLY. 



Deficiencyof Contribution 1812,exclusiveof £. 



Army Extraordinaries supplied this year 2,226,037 



Estimated quota of this year, including ex- 

 ceedings of Army Extraordinaries suppli- 

 ed this year 8,651,533/. Brit 9,372,594 



Interest and Sinking Fund on present Debt 4,951,501 



Grant to Sinking Fund in respect of Treasury 



Bills 21,604 



Total Supply 16,571,636 



To meet which were, 



WAYS AND MEANS. 



Surplus of Consolidated Fund 3,281,478 



Uevenucs estimated at 4,600,000 



