The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
[introduction]
The ancient Hereditary Revenue? of the Crown are derived from the following sources :—
- Hereditary Excise
- Hereditary Post Office Duties
- First Fruits and Tenths of the Clergy
- Fines for Writs of Covenant and Entry
- Post Fines
- Duchy of Cornwall
- Land Rents and Fines of Leases
- Rents and Quit Rents in the Colonies
- Revenue of Wine Licenses
- Process and Composition Monies in Exchequer
- Seizures of Contraband and Illicit Goods
- The 4½ per cent. Duties
- Receipts from Hanaper
- Criminal Fines and Forfeitures
- Droits of the Crown and Admiralty
- Casual Revenues
The Crown Land Rents, &c., have been elsewhere alluded to. We shall here glance briefly over some of the remaining items on the list.