GENERAL HISTORY, 
in the last year, he had explained 
on a previous occasion, It had 
not arisen on any of those articles 
upon which the increased duties 
had been imposed. The internal 
duties, namely, the excise and as- 
sessed taxes, for which he might 
be deemed in some degree respon- 
sible (the produce depending so 
much on their management and 
collection), had never been so 
productive as last year—the sum 
of nearly 900,000/. having been 
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paid into the exchequer above the 
payment of the foregoing year. 
Since the union, the increase of 
the revenues in Ireland had been 
41,633,000/.: the total produce 
having been in the fourteen years 
to 1801, 28,612,000/.; in fours 
teen years to 1815, 70,245,000, 
He concluded hisspeech amidst 
the general cheers of the House, 
and the resolutions were agreed 
to without opposition. 
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