A. D. 1800. 



509 



The net revenue paid into the exchequer of Ireland in! _^ ^ 



the year ending 25'^ March 1 794 amounted to | >56 1,007,004 



and, increasing every year, it was in that ending 25"' March 7 o Tq < r 



1800 J 2,084,201 13 



The capital of the funded national debt was . . . 25;,662,04O O 



the annual interest on which^ toge-") 



therwith theterminableannuitieSj >^l,136j563 11 1 

 amounted to J 



the charges of managemeut 6,500 O 



the sum appropriated for the re- 7 



11 O 





 o 



deniption 



254,941 3 4 



1,398,004 14 

 339,863 16 



O 



The commissioners for the reduction of the national debtl 



had now redeemed of the above capital debt j 



the dividends^n which amounted to . . . ^16,993, 3 9 



N. B. The sinking fund of Ireland was not established till the year 1797, when an 

 annual sum of ^100,000 was granted, together with the terminable annuities as 

 they should expire, and a proportional rate of one per cent on the capital of debts to 

 be afterwards created. 



The following accounts, illuflrative of the affairs of the Eaft-India 

 company, are extracted from the papers laid before parliament. 



An Account of the amount of all goods sold at the East-India compaTvys sales, 

 from the 1'' of March 1779 to the P' of March 1800. 



Tea 



Bengal piece goods . . . . 

 Coast and Surat ditto . . . 



Raw silk 



Organzine silk 



Nankeens 



Pepper 



Saltpetre 



Spices 



Drugs, sugar, indigo, &c. 



Coffee 



China ware 



Company's 

 goods. 



*^3, 665,32] 

 1,056,SJ0 



871, op; 



446,268 



14,985 



58,557 



260,299 



407,91] 



370,635 



1 89, 184 



26,630 



Total. 



e£'455,903 

 2,336,960 



7,367,727 



^'10,160,610 



Before September 1799 the accounts of the company's sales included many articles of the ciiJStom 

 duties, which are now, in consequence of the warehousing act [3g Geo. Ill, c. 5i)] paid by the buy- 

 ers. Therefor die amount of this year's sales is not so much less, as it appears, if at all less, than tliLit 

 of the preceding year. 



An Account of the stock, by computation, of the East-India company (exclusive 

 of their capital stock) from the \" of March 1799 i<^ ^^'^ V of March 1800. 



Bonds bearing interest ^1,515,712 



Bonds not bearing interest 16,067 



Bills of exchange from China 641,900 



Ditto from India 370,500 



Ditto on account of India debt .... 725,900 



Customs on goods 182,915 



Bank for a loan on annuitiei 700,000 



Due by government .^ J, 207,560 



Cash for balance l'' March ISOO . . 403,322 



Goods sold and not paid for 1,478,000 



Boardof ordnance for saltpetre .. . 60,00O 



Goods in England unsold 5,788,57 1 



Balance of quick stock at Mad-l 

 ras in favour of the company . J 



2,321,55a 



