THE REVENUE.-An ABSTRACT of the NET PRODUCE of the REVENUE of GREAT BRITAIN, in the Years ended 10th October, 1848,

and 10th October, 1849, and the Quarters of the same, showing the Increase or Decrease thereof.

Total Ordinary Revenue 11,560,696 10,497,768 12,657,036 13,334,468 48,049,968 12,303,311 10,495,277 12,163,186 13,610,561 48,272,335

668,611 446,244

441,903

165,810

30,614 24,852 168,600 168,437 392,103 123,895 204,361 109,875 120,134 558,265 74,048 74,138 86,813 112,605 347,604 140,695 87,648 170,841 166,199 565,383 11,665,358 11,051,379 12,912,449 13,615,510 49,244,696 12,352,185 10,787,286 12,443,902 13,896,894 49,480,267

ments.

RETURN showing the NET AMOUNT of PROPERTY and INCOME TAX received for the Year ending on the 5th day of April, 1848, classed under the several Schedules (A.), (B.), (C.), (D.) and (E.).

Schedule (D.)
(C.) On Income

Occupation On Funded from Pro

of Lands. Property.

7d. in the

3d. in the

7d. in the

fessions, Trades, &c.

£.

£.

RETURN showing the number of persons charged to the INCOME TAX for the year ended the 5th day of April, 1848, under schedule D. and schedule E.; distinguishing the number charged in each of the following

UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS.-Amount of Balances which remained in the hands of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England at the undermentioned dates, being those next before the issue from the Exchequer of Money for the payment of Dividends on account of the National Debt, for each of the Four preceding Quarters respectively.

Advanced to
Government.

£896,983

1,007,825

907,825

959,095

859,095

1,047,207

859,095

AMOUNT of the FUNDED DEBT, ANNUAL INTEREST, and TOTAL CHARGE on the SAME, on Jan. 5 of each year, from 1828 to 1849 inclusive.

ACCOUNT of the ARTICLES now subjected to Excise Duties in Great Britain, with the RATES of DUTY.

Bricks, small, 5s. 10d. per 1000, and 5 per cent.

large, 10s. per 1000, and 5 per cent.

Hops, 2d. per lb., and 5 per cent.

Malt, from barley, in England and Scotland, 2s. 7d. per bushel, and 5 per

cent.

from Bere or Bigg, in Scotland, 2s. per bushel, and 5 per cent. Paper, 14d. per lb., and 5 per cent. on all kinds of paper.

Soap, hard, 1d. per lb., and 5 per cent.-Soft, 1d per lb., and 5 per cent, Spirits, in England, 7s. 10d. per gallon

in Scotland, 3s. 8d. per gallon

A RETURN of the TOTAL AMOUNT of REVENUE received in the UNITED KINGDOM, in the Year ending 5th January, 1849, for STAMP DUTY on LEGACIES, on PROBATES, ADMINISTRATIONS, and TESTAMENTARY IN.

NEWSPAPER STAMPS AND ADVERTISEMENTS.

NUMBER OF NEWSPAPER STAMPS issued in the following years, distinguishing the Stamps at 1d. from those at d.

1d.

¿d.

1d.

d.

ld.

કેd. 1843 50,088,175 1,481,524 5,540,424 440,400 6,063,908 35,750 1844 51,612,195 1,956,832 5,831,671 257,150 6,452,072 142,580 1845 54,084,761 3,724,378 6,050,465 325.620 6,769,067 249,550 1846 59,651,024 10,382,491 6,450,529 508,750 6,921,888 235,178 1847 64,452,379 9,110,430 6,885,306 310,671 6,960,440 131,925 1848 64.138,660 8,197,467 7,421,032 238,175 6,574,607 57,510 1849 67,476,768 8,704,064 7,497,064 176,854 7,028,956 44,702

RETURN for the same years of the NUMBER of ADVERTISEMENTS in, and the AMOUNT of DUTY received from, the Newspapers of the UNITED KINGDOM.

The rate of duty is, in Great Britain, 1s. 6d.—in Ireland, 1s.-on each advertisement.

RETURN of the Total Amount of the UNREDEEMED FUNDED DEBT, and of the UNFUNDED DEBT, for the years ending Jan. 5, 1848 and 1849:

Unredeemed Funded Debt.....
Unfunded Debt-Supplies and Consolidated
Fund

1848.

1849.

772,401,851 774,022,638

17,974,500 17,794,700

The LOANS advanced by the Relief Commissioners under the Act 10 Vict., cap. 7, during the Famine of 1847, to 130 Unions in Ireland, amounted to 953,2777., of which 132,0887. have been repaid, on March 27,

1849.

ABSTRACT of COLONIAL EXPENDITURE by Great Britain in the years 1846-7. The sums given include the Civil, Military, and Naval Expenditure of each Colony, so far as paid by Great Britain. The Civil Expenditure is chiefly for Passage Allowances for Governors and other officers, Convict Establishments and Charges, Ecclesiastical Establishments, &c. (fractions omitted).

Gibraltar.

Malta

MILITARY AND MARITIME STATIONS.

Cape of Good Hope

£

179,073

106,996

685,444

90,591

....

73,628

474,789

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward's Island, and New