An ACCOUNT shewing the Total Amount of £3 per Cents transferred and purchased on Account of the Redemption of Land-tax, in each of the Three Years 1822, 1823, and 1824, and the Amount of Dividend on the same. 1822. 1823. 1824. Amount of £3 per Amount of Divi- Amount of £3 per Amount of divi- Amount of £3 per Amount of divi cents transferred) dend on the cents transferred dend on the same. cents transferred, dend on the and purchased. same. The above return includes the £3 per cents purchased from time to time, with the dividends arising from stock provided to answer contracts for the redemption of land-tax, according to the terms of schedules (C) and (D) of the act 53 Geo. III. c. 123; which dividends are directed by the said act to be applied in augmentation of the stock purchased, until the accumulated stock shall yield an annuity exceeding the land-tax redeemed by one-tenth part thereof. AN ACCOUNT of Land-Tax remitted in each Year from 1810 to 1822; stating the Authority for such Remission, the particular Class to which such Remissions were made, and the whole Amount remitted. By authority of the By authority of his The land-tax on of- 86,533 011 86,684 7 2 87,664 9 8 88,167 1 987,946 12 11 87,726 9 6 86,689 18 6992,468 8 3 tain the amount reThe loss to the revenue by the above diminution of duty is only apparent, as in reality it has been attended with a saving to the amount of the poundage, which was previously payable to the clerk to the commissioners, collectors, and receivers general. AN ACCOUNT of the Amount of the Land-tax redeemed in each of the Three Years 1822, 1823, and 1824; distinguishing the Amount redeemed by Transfers of 3 per cent Stock, and by Money, the Total Amount of Stock purchased and transferred, and the Amount of Dividends on the same for each Year. LIFE INSURANCES. AN ACCOUNT of the Number of Stamps issued for policies of Life Insurance, in the Years 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, and 1824; distinguishing the Stamps of £1, £2, £3, £4, and £5;—so far as the same can be made up. Note. The foregoing scale of duties on policies of life insurance was first imposed by the Act of 55 Geo. 3, c. 184, commencing on the 1st September, 1815; the year 1816 is therefore the first complete year for which the account can be furnished. Note. There are not distinct stamps to denote the duties on policies of life insurance in Ireland, and therefore no separate accounts have been kept of their produce in that country; the above account, therefore, relates to Great Britain only. MINT. An ACCOUNT of the Quantity of Gold received into His Majesty's Mint, and of Gold Monies coined in each Year, from 1st January, 1823, to 1st January, 1825. An ACCOUNT of the Amount of Stamps for Newspapers, in the Years 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, and 1824; distinguishing the different Years. RECEIVERS GENERAL. AN ACCOUNT of the Salaries, Allowances, or other Emoluments, in any manner accruing to the several Receivers General of the Taxes, under the Act 3 Geo. IV. c. 88, within the Year ending the 5th January, 1825. The above-stated allowances to the receivers general (except those to the two receivers of London, Westminster, and Middlesex,) have been paid for travelling charges at the rate fixed by the Act 3 Geo. IV. c. 88, of two shillings per mile; and for expenses when absent from home, on the respective receipts, at the rate of one guinea per day. The sums inserted in this account for the two receivers for London, Westminster, and Middlesex, are the annual allowances assigned by the lords of the treasury, for expenses for offices kept open by them, and for clerks and other incidental disbursements. Az Accoman 19 w he Wa December, 1824, of the sums which have been issued and applied mihin ha You 1824, ny Virtue of an Act 55 Gen. 3. c. 115, intituled, → An Act for carrying nto Zifert & Convention between His Majesty and the King of the Netherlands and the <Emperor of all the Russias, for paying and satisfying the Interest on the part of the Loan ** Shemain agreed to ne sore by His Majesty, on all or any of the Securities therein mentioned, ** and “verde paying and satisfying the Principal thereof, in case the Principal of any of the a and Seene'ties thail have been paid; and also for paying the Expenses of carrying the said Art into Ezerntion, and the Sinking Find for the Extinction of the same." December 31. To one year's interest to this date on 22,750,000) florins, remaining due after payment of 250,000 florins sinking fund, on 1st June, 1824 1,137,500 |