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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
Details of Income, Gross and Net. — Public Income. (Gross.)
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Details of Income, Gross and Net.
Public Income. (Gross.)
| Beer, Spruce, Mum, &c. | £9,186 |
| Chicory | 65,662 |
| Cocoa, Husks, and Chocolate | 70,505 |
| Coffee | 207,977 |
| Currants | 307,610 |
| Figs | 29,074 |
| Plate, Gold and Silver | 6,855 |
| Plums and Prunellos | 6,767 |
| Prunes | 7,831 |
| Raisins | 146,879 |
| Spirits, Colonial and Foreign— | |
| Rum | 2,042,347 |
| Brandy | 1,367,270 |
| Geneva | 125,971 |
| Other sorts | 649,287 |
| 4,184,875 | |
| Tea | 4,187,318 |
| Tobacco and Snuff | 9,388,444 |
| Wine | 1,195,849 |
| All other articles | 2,355 |
| Moneys Deposited and not appropriated to Goods | 11,374 |
| Charges on Deliveries from Bond | 32,204 |
| From Duties collected at the Isle of Man | 56,228 |
| Total Gross | £19,916,995 |
| Total Net | 19,722,302 |
| Duties— | |
| Beer | £8,565,892 |
| Chicory | 2,537 |
| Coffee Mixture Labels | 3,989 |
| 6,526 | |
| Railways | 346,463 |
| Spirits | *13,902,953 |
| Licences— | |
| Auctioneers, Appraisers, &c. | 80,372 |
| Beer and Cider, and Beer and Wine | 186,670 |
| Brewers (Surcharges and New Licences) | 36,370 |
| Dog | 343,335 |
| Establishment Licenses— | |
| Armorial Bearings | 76,622 |
| Carriages | 542,438 |
| Male Servants | 137,415 |
| 756,475 | |
| Game | 185,316 |
| Gold and Silver Plate | 48,341 |
| Gun | 86,779 |
| Hawkers and Pedlars | 26,609 |
| Medicine Vendors | 5,070 |
| Pawnbrokers | 35,392 |
| Refreshment Houses | 6,856 |
| Spirits (Distillers, Dealers, Grocers, and Publicans) | 1,604,509 |
| Tobacco | 85,319 |
| Wine and Sweets | 68,014 |
| Other than the foregoing | 9,099 |
| Total Gross | £26,386,361 |
| Total Net | 25,441,922 |
| Bills of Exchange | £658,874 |
| Deeds and other Instruments | 1,812,904 |
| Corporation Duty | 32,648 |
| Legacy Duty | 2,492,658 |
| Succession Duty | 884,061 |
| Probate and Account Duty | 4,136,221 |
| Receipts, Drafts, and other Penny Stamps | 972,238 |
| Miscellaneous Stamps. | |
| Bankers' Notes | 134 |
| Cards | 15,853 |
| Composition for duties on Bank Bills and Notes | 124,010 |
| Gold and Silver Plate | 74,293 |
| Licences and Certificates | 153,287 |
| Life Insurances | 38,528 |
| Marine Insurances | 136,505 |
| Medicine | 179,074 |
| Total Gross | £11,761,287 |
| Total Net | 11,600,614 |
| Tax on Lands and Tenements Gross | £1,047,151 |
| Tax on Lands and Tenements Net | 1,028,196 |
| Inhabited House Duty Gross | £1,868,308 |
| Inhabited House Duty Net | 1,867,377 |
| A, Lands and Tenements | £5,101,442 |
| B, Occupation of ditto | 399,137 |
| C, Annuities, Dividends, &c. | 1,322,274 |
| D, Trades, Professions, &c. | 7,502,109 |
| E, Public Offices, Pensions, &c. | 922,350 |
| Net Produce | £15,247,312 |
| Gross Receipts | 15,572,496! |
| Postage Collected by London and Country Postmasters | £94,584 |
| Postage Stamps sold by Postmasters, &c. | 8,016,041 |
| Ditto sold by Inland Revenue Department | 167,532 |
| Commission on Money and Postal Orders | 280,106 |
| Miscellaneous Receipts | 29,356 |
| £8,587,619 | |
| Difference between Postage collected abroad for Great Britain, and that collected by Great Britain for Colonial and Foreign Offices............... | 118,199 |
| Deduct Payments to Railways and H.M. Customs on account of Parcel Post | 292,453 |
| 410,652 | |
| Total Gross | £8,176,967 |
| Total Net | 8,162,651 |
| Amount Received for Transmission of Telegraphic Messages Gross | £1,974,853 |
| Deduct Payment to Submarine Telegraph Cos., &c., &c. | 229,796 |
| Net | £1,745,057 |
| Amount collected in England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Alderney, and the Isle of Man, to 31st March, 1885 | £417,850 |
| Rents and Casual Revenues, not included in the Receivers' Accounts | 19,784 |
| Sale of Old Materials, &c. | 6,549 |
| Sales of Bark, Timber, &c. | 33,637 |
| Total Gross | £477,820 |
| Total Net | *380,000 |
| Interest on Loans for Public Works | £965,742 |
| Interest on Purchase Money of Suez Canal Shares received from Egyptian Government | 377,776 |
| Interest on Sardinian Loan | 32,561 |
| £1,376,080 |
| Bank of England, Profits of Issue | £153,895 |
| Conscience Money | 6,566 |
| Greek Loan | 7,872 |
| Hereditary Revenue, Small Branches of | 37,655 |
| Indian Revenues, Contributions from | 46,002 |
| Isle of Man | 7,200 |
| Naval Prize Fund | 400 |
| Receipts—Casual and Special | 11,950 |
| Receipts—By Civil Departments | 1,503,247 |
| Receipts—By Revenue Departments, including Packet Service | 439,285 |
| Savings on Grants of Parliament, &c., and Overissues Repaid | 1,171 |
| Savings Banks, net profits on Post Office | 93,041 |
| Treasury Chest | 4,846 |
| War Office | 3,200 |
| £2,316,329 |
* Including the increased duty of 2s. per gallon (amounting in the aggregate to the sum of £126,000,) levied under the Resolution of the House of Commons dated 30th April, 1885, which was subsequently refunded consequent upon the Resolution of 8th June, 1885.
* Deducting £63,385 paid for salaries, &c., as stated at p. 20.
| Fee Stamps.—Finance Accounts, page 40. | |
| Admiralty Court, Ireland | £401 |
| Bankruptcy Court, Ireland | 3,604 |
| Chancery Fund, Ireland | 750 |
| Civil Service Commission | 11,856 |
| Colonial Stock Act | 60 |
| Companies Registration | 28,506 |
| Copyhold, &c., Commission | 5,288 |
| County Courts, Ireland | 29,938 |
| Courts of Survey (Merchant Shipping) | 48 |
| Crown Office (Chancery) | 13,208 |
| District Audit | 28,662 |
| Judgments Registry Fund, Ireland | 3,064 |
| Judicature, England | 868,742 |
| Judicature, Ireland | 38,072 |
| Land Court, Ireland | 1,234 |
| Land Registry, England | 892 |
| Law Courts, Scotland | 5,350 |
| London Gazette | 18,664 |
| Lord Chancellor's Presentation | 614 |
| Newspaper Registration | 406 |
| Police Courts. Metropolis | 8,599 |
| Public Record | 745 |
| Railway Commission | 123 |
| Register House, Scotland | 36,717 |
| Registry of Deeds, Ireland | 11,941 |
| 617,484 | |
| Patents for Inventions | 87,838 |
| †Gross | £705,322 |
| †Net | £703,497 |
† Of the net sum a balance of £33,951 was carried to the next financial year, only £669,546 being paid into the Exchequer. Add to this last figure a sum of £22,347 (the balance of previous year now paid in), and a total of £691,893 is reached, which, with the "Miscellaneous" total of £2,316,329 makes up the net yield of this branch of Revenue to £3,008,221. But this total-arrived at on p. 39 of the accounts—is further added to on p. 14 by a sum of £67,287 for "Miscellaneous receipts of the Revenue Departments only." Only after a bewildering search can anyone thus verify the totals with their details.