GROSS RECEIPTS FROM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1871.

Rents,

£

s. d. 12,490 8 1

6,644 1 10

CUSTOMS DUTIES.-continued.
Warehouse
&c. .
Proceeds of Goods sold
for the Duties, &c. .
Fees received under
Merchant Shipping
Act, Part 2
Moneys received from
the Board of Trade
in reimbursements
of Charges incurred
under the Merchant
Shipping Act.
Proceeds of Sale of
Premises, Old Stores,
&c., &c. .
Moneys received from
the Merchants in re-
spect of the special
attendance of officers
given on their appli-
cation

413 0 0

13,723 7 7

7,486 15 11

17,277 14 7

£22,575,463 13 5

£2,336,583 18 9

Net Produce. . . . £20,238,879 14 8

501,531 16 8 Chicory 46,564 7 2 Licenses 3,237,545 18 9 Malt 6,663,227 18 8

Race Horses

9,189 19 0 506,422 14 91 11,923,304 14 21

103,359 10 71

£23,521,915 1 7

17,113 11 1

369 17 31 11,112 0 21

GROSS RECEIPTS FROM STAMPS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED THE 31ST MARCH, 1871:

GROSS RECEIPTS FROM TAXES IN
IN THE
THE UNITED
KINGDOM DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED
THE 31ST OF MARCH, 1871-

THE payments into the Exchequer for the financial year 1870-71 were, for Excise £1,128,000, and for Stamps £418,000 in excess of the estimate. The Income Tax realized the exact amount estimated, £6,300,000. An increase of £100,000 in the Probate Duties was chiefly owing to two large payments of £46,500 and £25,500 for properties valued respectively at £3,200,000 and £1,800,000.

NATIONAL DEBT.-The following table shows the annual charge on the total amount of the Unredeemed Funded Debt for the Financial Year ended the 31st of March, 1871:

Annual Charges.
Capital raised and in-
scribed for the pur-
poses of the Tele-
graph Acts, 1868-69,
per 32 & 33 Vict.,
c. 73, ss. 13 & 15
Capital retransferred
from the Commis-
sioners for the Re-
duction of the Na-
tional Debt, the Di-
vidends upon which
had remained un-
claimed 10 years and
upwards, the same
having been re-
claimed by the pro-
prietors thereof 56
Geo. III., c. 60 ..
Annuities for terms of
Years (expiring at
various periods of the
year 1885), granted
per Act 29 Vict., c.
5, in lieu of Stock,
held on account of
Post Office Savings
Banks, cancelled (as
per contra)
Annuities for a limited

£ s. d.

9,000 0 0

1,533 14 101

553,887 0 0

3,799 4 6

13,328 0 0

48,128 7 0

282 18 6

662,246 8 01

£25,947,648 18 9

The following statement gives the summary of the charges on account of the National Debt for the financial year ended the 31st March, 1871 :

:

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.