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clufion of the war, if the produce in future years should amount to 7,000,000l. the total annual expenditure may be eftimated at about 33,000,000l. including therein the faid fum of 7,000,000l. applicable annually (over and above all other fums in the hands of the commiffioners) to the reduction of debt.

21. That the amount of 3 per cent. ftock, created in the years 1798, 1799, and 1800, and of which

the intereft is to be defrayed, and the principal to be redeemed by the tax on income, is 56,445,000l.

22. That, fuppofing the war to end with the year 1800, the 3 per cent. ftock to remain on an average of three years after peace at 801. and the tax on income to produce 7,000,000l. per annum, the capital ftock of 56,445,000l. together with the intereft payable thereon, would be redeemed in the year 1808.

An Account of the total Produce of the Tax upon Income, for the Year ending the 5th of April, 1800, as far as the fame can be made up and eftimated; diftinguishing the Amount, in confequence of Assessments by the Commercial Commiffioners.

Amount of Affeffments as far as the fame can be made up from complete Returns received, viz.

By commiffioners for general purposes, and commiffioners of appeal

By commercial commiffioners

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s. d. 4,426,047 4 10

1,175,577 14 6

5,601,624 19 4

The Amount of Affeffiments in Districts, from which complete Returns have not been received, may be estimated as follows, viz.

By commiffioners for general purposes, and commiffioners of appeal, from 140,000l. to 150,000l.

By commercial commiffioners, from 40,000l. to 50,000l.

* By amount of voluntary contributions received between the 1ft of January, 1799, and the 1ft of January, 1800, about 255,000l.

Office for Taxes,

By order of the board,

H. Parker.

20th February, 1800.

An Account of the total nett Produce of the permanent Taxes for the Year ending the 5th of April, 1800.

Totals of customs, excile, ftamps, and incidents, prior to the year 1793

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165,042

s. d. 13,465,042 8 4

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1,286,119 8 24

Proportionate part of duties on fugar now annually granted

*This is the amount of fums actually received within the year; but there is reason to believe it does not include the whole of the amount subscribed.

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Dedu&

Deficiency of the revenues from the territories, &c.

Amount fales of imports

Amount in which the charges incurred and the interest paid on the debts have exceeded the resources from the territorial revenues and from the fales of imports

1,149,311

542,951

606,400

Amount advanced for purchase of investments, payment of commercial charges, and in aid of China investments:

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Total of difference of charges and intereft, and of advances for investment

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2,113,524

1,224,591

£6,196,733

2,507,594

368,366

9,072,693

4,157,553

2,739,230

1,450,476

8,347,259

725,432

100,920

624,514

915,687

Nett

Nett deficiency from the territorial revenues

£291,173

Deduct

Eftimated amount, fales of imports, &c.

624,727

The difference is the amount eftimated to be applicable in the year 1799-1800 to the purchase of investments, payment of commercial charges, &c.

333,554

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Amount of interest payable by the accounts of last year
Amount of intereft payable by the accounts of this year

758,135

915,687

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Increase of affets from increase of debts, the state of the

company's affairs in India is worse by

1,626,677

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Receipts on the fales of the Company's goods, eftimated at 7,840,528

Actually amounted to

7,209,849

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The balance was expected to be against the company at the
close of the year 1799-1800, to the amount of
Whereas, notwithstanding the deficient receipt from the
fale of the goods, and notwithstanding the aid afforded
to India and China exceeded the estimate, by a small
iffue of bonds, by a lefs payment on cuftoms and freight,
and by the protraction of the intended payments to the
bank, the actual balance proved to be in favour is

Making the balance of cafh better than estimated

Receipt for fales of company's goods

ESTIMATES, 1800-1801.

RESULT.

In confequence of large payments on account of India and China, and of the intention of liquidating the whole of the debts due to the bank, reckoning only on the produce of fales, on a receipt from government in part of claims, and on the fale of the loyalty loan, the balance is expected to be against the company on the 1ft of March, 1801,

DEBTS AT HOME.

On the 1ft of March, 1799
On the 1ft of March, 1800

565,983

403,322

969,310

6,201,000

368,013

7,103,762

5,830,222

Decrease

1,273,540

Affets at home and afloat on the 1ft of March, 1799
Ditto on the Ift of March, 1800

17,119,628

16,185,950

Decrease

933,678

Deducting

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