IRELAND. 



Ue three years ending 5th January 181,. 



Irish. 



British. 



shlpO Tons, j "''" s 



Men. 



Frrrrign 

 Toiw. 



i8ii' unn' 302 ! 91 18 I 8fifm I" 33 - 422 



IH1|7 I.KVWU "917 7782 (iHi,17!) 

 IH17ll93lll39.H27|5M)JS 1781)0 6*1.803 



Hwenw. The revenue of Ireland is principally derived from 

 customs, excise, stamps, and post-office duties ; and al- 

 so from taxes on hearths, windows, houses, carriages, 

 servants, horses, &c. 



The following Table exhibits a view of the produce 

 of the three last taxes, from 1811 to 1814. 



An Account of the Net Produce of the several Taxes upon 

 Hearths, U'indoics, Houses, Carriages, Servants, Hor- 

 xcs, Dogs, andCoachmakers, in Ireland, in the several 

 Years o/'1810, 1811, 1812, and 1813. 



Year ending 5th January, 18U 

 1812 

 1813 

 1814 



435,806 75 $ 

 . 435,116 12 Oj 

 . 427,946 1 10| 

 . 449,287 9 If 



Total 1,748,156 10 5=J 



And the following Table exhibits a view of the net 

 produce of the customs, excise, &c. for the last three 



years. 



The next Tables exhibit a view of the revenue and 

 expenditure for several years ; also for the year ending 

 5th January, 1817: and of the public funded debt of 

 Ireland. On the 5th January, 1817, the treasury of 

 Ireland was consolidated with that of Great Britain. 



/ , 



54,999 ; and horse duty 



Expenditure of Ireland for the year ending. 5th of 

 January, 1817- 



Interest of debt 4,399,46014 2? 



Charge of management .... 30,305 5 8 ' 



Reduction of the national debt . 2,434,42713 1* 



Interest on exchequer bills . . . 126,500 

 Issues for the separate service of 



Ireland 3,836,86*16 3J 



Do. for local purposes .... 43,690 12 2$ 



Civil list, pensions, &c 584,066 15 5| 



Payments in anticipation of exche- 

 quer receipts .' 85,523. 15 7^ 



Ordnance 140,000 



Army 2,368,827 15 4,1 



Miscellaneous services .... 592,626 8 6| 



Vote of credit, arrear of 1815 . . 20,261 9 9i 



Gross receipt, within the year ending 5th January, 

 1817, of the ordinary revenue of Ireland, 6,136,010: 

 of which the customs produced 2,082,043, at a rate 

 for collection of 20, 9s. 4d. per cent. ; the excise pro- 

 duced 3,208,931, ata rate for collection of l2,Ss.2d. 

 per cent. ; the stamps produced 61 1,709, at a rate of 

 Q, 3s. ll^d percent.; and the post-offices produced 

 jC222,747,~uta rate of 59, 19s. lid. per cent. 



The principal custom duties were, sugar, 411,241 ; 

 tea, 443,600 ; and tobacco, 256,321. The principal 

 excise duties were, strong waters, 1,123,617 ; malt, 

 ,t'389,7i)2; tobacco, 55(5,731; licences, 234,077; 



Total 14,612,560 ) 



CHAP. V. 



Population of Ireland Mode of Life and fyate of the 

 Peasantry Ecclesiastical Sttile Education Govern- 

 menl Language Antiquities.. 



That Ireland has increased rapidly in population Populat 

 within the last half century ; and that at present/ consi- 

 dering the large portion of its surface, which is occu- 

 pied by bogs,, loughs, &c. its population is dense com- 

 pared with that of most other countries in Europe, are 

 circumstances the truth of which is generally admitted. 

 But, as no enumeration has recently been made of the 

 actual number of people, we must rest content with the 

 authority, or rather the opinion of those who have ta 

 ken the most care, and possessed the best opportunities, 

 to ascertain it. According to them, the population of Ire- 

 land nearly amounts to, if it does not really exceed, five 

 millions. The first computation respecting the number 

 of the inhabitants of Ireland, was made in the year 

 1695, by Captain Smith. According to him, they were 

 1,034,102. In the year 1731, there was a return to 

 parliament of the number of inhabitants in each parish, 

 and from this it appears, that in that year they amount- 

 ed to 2,010,221. Since that, there has been no official 

 return of the population ; but there have been returns 

 of the number of houses ; and supposing six to each 

 house, (which seems to be the average in Ireland,) 

 there would be in the year 1754, 2,572,634 inhabi. 



