cumbencies, and for making other provisions for the endowment of the said rectories in lieu thereof, and for other purposes connected therewith. 59. Further to amend the law relating to the erection and endowment of churches, chapels, and perpetual curacies in Ireland. 62. To continue certain Acts to prevent the spreading of contagious or infectious diseases among sheep, cattle, and other animals. 63. To continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain. 64. To make further provision for vaccination in Ireland. 65. To amend an Act of the last Session, to render more effectual the Police in counties and burghs in Scotland. 66. To amend the Act of the 9 and 10 Vict. cap. 39, and to abolish foot-passenger tolls on Chelsea Bridge after payment of the sum of 80,000l. and interest. 67. To repeal certain enactments requiring returns to be made to one of the Secretaries of State. 68. To amend the law concerning detached parts of counties. 69. To impose fees on the branding of barrels under the Acts concerning the herring-fisheries in Scotland. 71. To substitute in certain cases the bishop of one diocese for the bishop of another as a trustee of certain trusts. 76. To simplify the forms and diminish the expense of completing titles to land in Scotland. 77. To amend and extend the Settled Estates Act of 1856. 80. To confirm certain provisional orders made under an Act of the 15 Vict., to facilitate arrangements for the relief of turnpike trusts. 81. For confirming a scheme as amended of the Charity Commissioners for Cowley's Charity, at Swineshead, in Lincolnshire. 82. To defray the charge of the pay, clothing, and contingent and other expenses of the disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant allowances in certain cases to subaltern officers, surgeons, assistant surgeons, and surgeons' mates of the Militia; and to authorise the employment of the non-commissioned officers. 84. For enabling the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to acquire certain lands and houses for the site of a new court or courts and other offices and buildings required for the public service, in extension of the Four Courts in the City of Dublin; and for other purposes. 85. To continue an Act to enable her Majesty to accept the services of the Militia out of the United Kingdom. 86. Further to continue an Act to authorise embodying the Militia. 88. To amend an Act of the 14 and 15 Vict., to consolidate and amend the laws relating to civil bills and the courts of quarter sessions in Ireland, and to transfer to the assistant barristers certain jurisdiction as to insolvent debtors. 92. To provide for the conveyance of county property to the clerk of the peace of the county. 96. To amend "The West Indian Incumbered Estates Act, 1854." 100. To regulate the office of clerk of petty sessions in Ireland. 105. An Act to amend an Act of 13 and 14 Vict., to amend the laws concerning judgments in Ireland. 107. To apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund and the surplus of Ways and Means to the service of the year 1858, and to appropriate the supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. 109. To declare and define the respective rights of her Majesty and of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall to the mines and minerals in or under land lying below high-water mark, within and adjacent to the county of Cornwall; and for other purposes. X.-ABSTRACTS OF PARLIAMENTARY DOCUMENTS, &c. Fractional sums are omitted in some instances. I.-Finance. AN ACCOUNT of the GROSS PUBLIC INCOME of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Year ended Dec. 31, 1857, and of the EXPENDITURE for the same period. Produce of Sale of Old Stores, and other extra Receipts Money received from the East India Company. Interest of Exchequer Bills, Supply Interest and Management of the Permanent Debt. Unclaimed Dividends paid. Terminable Annuities Interest of Exchequer Bonds, 1854 and 1855 Redemption of Exchequer Bonds. CHARGES ON CONSOLIDATED FUND. Miscellaneous Charges on the Consolidated Fund Compensation to the King of Denmark for abolition of the Sound Dues 578,420 16 THE REVENUE.-AN ABSTRACT of the GROSS PRODUCE of the REVENUE of the UNITED KINGDOM, in the undermentioned periods, ended September 30, 1858, compared with the corresponding periods of the preceding Year. AN ACCOUNT showing the REVENUE and other RECEIPTS of the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858; the Application of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge. 725,707 345,360 335,970 60.940 531,690 276,940 1,938,727 15,907,162 Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended June 31, 1858, viz. :-Ireland Income received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, as shown t. above 416,054 16,964,052 Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, to redemption of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) for the Quarter ended June 30, 1858. Received in the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c, 427,042 Balance, being the deficiency on Sept. 30, 1858, upon the Charge of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends and other Charges payable in the Quarter to December 31, 1858, and for which Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) will be issued in that Quarter Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Services, in the Surplus Balance beyond the Charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended Sept. 30, 1858, viz. :-Ireland ... GROSS AMOUNT of CUSTOMS DUTIES upon the Principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandise, in the Year 1857. Oats 86,602 From Foreign Countries 277,970 54,612 From Foreign Countries 96,229 Tallow. 74.776 Other kinds of Grain and Meal 4, 101 5,060,048 Eggs 21, 168 Embroidery and Needlework. Fruits:-Currants 10,670 201,737 28,327 Lemons and Oranges 30,596 92,575 32,463 Timber and Wood:-Not sawn Of British Possessions Foreign Deals, Battens, Boards, or other Timber or Wood, sawn or split:-Of British 32,426 189,570 Boot Fronts 4,627 Foreign Gloves 56,116 Firewood. Rice, not in the Husk 28,164 Lathwood Silk Manufactures of Europe : Tobacco :-Stemmed 75.715 278,983 1,936 or Cloves Ginger Mace 1,704 Other Articles 1,776 261,606 8,926 The drawbacks and allowances 95,983 1,009 on quantities over-esti Brandy 1,378,642 REVENUE, IRELAND.-The net produce of the Revenue in Ireland for the year 1857, was 6,895,8471.; of which 2,098,3531. was derived from customs, 2,934,000l. from the excise, 453,2231. from stamps, 1,076,9961. from property and income tax, and the remainder from miscellaneous sources. The Post-office is set down as producing nothing, but it is probably included in the general account of the Post-office. The expenditure for the year was 7,852,6931., but this shows only the payments made from the Irish exchequer, and not the whole expenditure on account of Ireland. TAXES REPEALED OR REDUCED, AND TAXES IMPOSED.-In 1856 there were no new taxes imposed; and there were remitted the estimated amounts of 3471. on the customs duties on spruce-beer, plums, and a few other articles, and 2,200,000l., the estimated excise duty on malt. In 1857 the customs duty on tea was lessened by the estimated amount of 1,054,637., sugar, 418,9887., coffee, 145,816l., window-glass, caoutchoue, and a few other articles, making a total amount of 1,628,582l.; and the property and income tax was lessened by the estimated sum of 9,125,000l., making a total of 10,753,5821. The only tax imposed was a customs duty on rice-dust for feeding cattle, estimated to produce 921. STAMPS.-The total gross amount of duty collected from Stamps in 1857 was 7,643,0927., and the drawbacks, discounts, and allowances for damaged goods only amounted to 118,7841. They include the following items: NATIONAL DEBT.-On March 31, 1857, the total Public Debt of the United Kingdom, funded and unfunded, was 803,733,9581.; of which, in Great Britain, the total permanent debt was 736,009,2727., consisting of New Annuities Consolidated ditto Reduced ditto New ditto Debt to Bank of England New Annuities Ditto. Total Permanent Debt Rate of Amount. Annual Interest. For Terms of Years 2,710,125 867,490 Long Annuities (expire 1860) 3,008,922 1,156,744 Annuities (expire 1867) 4,906,417 585,740 Ditto (expire 1885) 2,059,810 116,000 Tontine and Exchequer Life Annuities English 161,748 15,639 Irish. 195,766 26,084 Total Terminable Debt. 23,445,341 3,810,056 The Irish permanent debt was 43,692,1457.; the terminable debt 587,200l., and the total amount of interest payable was 1,526,7931. The total funded debt of the United Kingdom was 779,701,417., the uufunded debt, 24,032,5417. EAST INDIA REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.-The total revenue for the year 1855-6, was 27,912,2667.; the charges for collection, &c. were 6,472,0271., leaving a net revenue of 21,440,2391.; the estimate for 1856-7, was 28,334,394., but the charge for collecting was increased to 7,137,501l. The items of the net revenue for 1856-7 were land revenue, &c., 14,317,805.; customs, 1,961,124l.; salt, 1,833,4117.; opium, 3,177,2427., (the expenses of collecting this tax were 1,460,2421., or nearly one-third of the whole); stamps |