m] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



the principal of which would be 

 discharged in the course of the 

 present year. This item, though 

 large, the committee would look 

 upon with satisfaction, when they 

 considered how much the im- 

 proved state of public credit less- 

 ened the charge thus incurred in 

 provijUng for the ways and means 

 of the year. A proper idea of this 

 might be formed, when it was 

 considered, that what cost the 

 country almost 2,200,000/. for 

 the service of 1816, would in the 

 present year create but a charge 

 of 1,900.000/. upon an amount of 

 principal considerably increased ; 

 and when it was further borne in 

 mind, that a few years ago the 

 same operation would have occa- 

 sioned an expense of 2,500,000/. 

 The sinking fund on the money 

 thus kept floating as unfunded 

 debt would amount to 330,000/. 

 making a total charge on amount 



of exchequer bills of 2,230,000/. 

 On winding up the accounts be- 

 tween the English and Irish ex- 

 chequers an advance had been 

 found necessary in order to clear 

 up all demands on the consolidated 

 fund of Ireland to the 5th of Ja- 

 nuary last, from which period they 

 had started on a new account. This 

 had caused a grant to be called 

 for (in order to make good the 

 permanent charges of Ireland up 

 to that time), of 246,508/. To- 

 wards the reduction of the navy 

 and transport debt, a supply was 

 demanded of 1,660,000/. There 

 was thus, it would be seen, a new 

 total of 4,136,508/. to provide for 

 the charges of unfunded debt, or 

 to make good previously existing 

 deficiencies, which formed no part 

 of the supply necessary for the 

 service of the year. The different 

 items and the grand total were as 

 follows : 



SUPPLIES. 



Army (including 1,500,000/. for extra- 

 oidinaries, and exclusive of troojis in 

 France £9,080,000 



Navy (exclusive of gi ant for the reduc- 

 tion of navy debt) 6,000,000- 



Ordnance , 1,221,300 



Miscellaneous 1,700,000 



Total supply for the service of the year 



1817 £18,001,500 



Interest on excliequer bills. . . 1,900,000 



Sinking fund on ditto 330,000 



To make good the permanent 



charges of Ireland to Jan. 5, 



1817 246,508 



Towards reduction of navy and 



transport debt 1,660,000 



: , 4,136,508 



£22,137,808 



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