4no 
of October last year, and' ending October 
3811, are compared with the cyires-ponding 
quarters of the preceding year."-It is well 
known that that part of the public income 
which is permanent,has at different limes been 
pledged -tor the payment of the dividends, and 
is called thecomolidated fandy and the different 
tastes that compose it are the Customs, Ex- 
*ise, Stamps, Assessed Taxes, &:c.—The pay¬ 
ment of such dividends is called the charge 
•upon the consolidated fund. ABld in addition 
to this great charge there are the incidental 
charges ; such as the civil list, the annuities 
of all the branches of the royal family, the 
judges, the mint, pensions, &e. 
The amount of tlie 
Consolidated fund fof * 
the year ending Jan. 
5, IBU was.,^42,286,152 18 Ilf 
The total charge 
yjpon the same fund for 
the same year was . . 35,2.96,313 10 9f 
Of which the 
charges were 1,533,110 2 7| 
The remainder of the charge, or nearly 
‘THIRTY-FOUR MILI.I0NS, Went in payment 
af dividends I 
[Dec. 1^' 
The annexed statement unhappily shows, 
that, in the four last quarters, the 'income of tbs' 
consolidated fund has uniformly declined,-—or, 
comoared with the income of the four pre¬ 
ceding quarters, has lost in the four taken to-* 
gether, about 2,000,0(X)l;'wh51st, at the same 
time there has uniformly been an increase 
of'charge in the four last quarters compared 
v/ith the four preceding ones, amounting to¬ 
gether to about 1,700,0001.‘.-—the result of 
the year, therefore, is, that the consolidated 
fund affords a surplus less by 3',v 00,0001, 
than it did before. But this is not all: the 
government, knowing the change that 'was 
taking place, has whipped and spurred the 
receivers, collectors, and tax-gatherers, in all 
directions, to swell • out the last quarter’s 
return, with arrears of all kinds, and with 
balances down to the last farthing ! 
■What the real state of the produce of the 
taxes is may be best seen by referring to the 
Customs. In the October returnof the produce 
of the consolidated fund in 1810, the Cus¬ 
toms were 1,900,0001. and in the return of 
this October quarter they are but 1,000,000k 
being nearly on» half less in this most import 
tant branch of public revenue i 
Sfa/e of Fuhlic Affairs in November. 
consolidated fund. 
Quarter ended 5th Jan. 1810. ■ Quarter ended 5th Jan. 1611. 
Income .,Jl3,313,042....10,891,426 
Charge. 10,000,000.10,425,30? 
Surplus ..,CU313,042. 466,11? 
6th April, 1810. 5th April, 1811. 
Income .. 9,672,832. 8,722,710 
Charge . 7,43.9,780. 7,730,782 
Surplus.,^2,233,052...._ 991,928 
5lh July, 1810. I 5th July, 1811, 
Income . 11,022,381.,.10,605,315 
Charge . 10,378,114...-.10,750,000 
Surplus- 644,267 
iOch October 1810. 
Income .10,690,513 
Charge _.... 7,053,109 
Surplus_;^3,646,404 
.. 144,685 Deficiency. 
10th October, 1811. 
..10,227,105 ~ 
.. 7,430,000 
2,797,105 
Deficiency of Surplus In the tw'o years. 
FIRST Q^UAR'IER. 
Surplus in 1810.1,313,042 
Surolus in 1811... . .. 466,117 
- 846,925 
SECOND QUARTER. 
Surplus In 1810_2,233,052 
Surplus in 1811. .. ... 991,928 
- 1,241,124 
THIRD QUARTER. 
Surplus in 1810.. __ 644,267 
Deficiency in 1811_ 144,685 
- 788,752 
FOURTH <>_U A R T E R , 
Surplus in 1810.3,646,404 
Surplus in 1811.3,797,105 
Deficiency in the *1 
Surplus, of loll/ 
- 849,299 
. ^3,729,300 
The following is a comparative ac?ount of 
the War Taxes for the quarters ended the 
10th October, 1810 and 1811, 
Quarters end Oct. 10, 
1810. 1811. 
Customs. 988,917 895,53!^ 
Excise..23l7t),921 2,289,834 
Property Tax ....4,331.344 4,6 66,191 
7^/u,:2;82 ■ 7,3.? 1,363 
Account of the Reduction of the National 
Debt from the 1st of August, 1786, to the 
Ist of November, 1811; — 
Redeemed by the Sinking 
Fund .... .... _ ^184,503,382 
Transferred by Land Tax re¬ 
deemed'....... 23,874,262 
Ditto by Life Annuities pur¬ 
chased. 1,536,682 
On account oF Great Britain/2uy,914x3^^6 
On 
