The Enquirer

NATIONAL FINANCES.

There never was a period in the history of the country, when the subject of Finance was more interesting than at present. The taxes come home to the business and bosom of every man; there is not one class in society to which their ramifications do not extend; and it is probable to the pressure of taxation, and the derangement of our financial system, that our inveterate enemy, Napoleon, chiefly looks forward as his best allies. The income and expenditure of the country are subjects interesting at all times, but particularly at the present; and we therefore propose to lay before our readers a concise view of our Finances for the year ending the 5th January 1809, the full details of which were ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed in March last.

L	S. D.
9,214,131	0 8
19,824,515	9 0
4,821,865	0 0
7,606,192	18 3 3 4
1,493,251	2 8 3 4
125,479	7 4 1 4
42,759	3 11 1 2
43,132,994	4 2 1 2
This forms the whole produce of the ordinary and permanent taxes.
Next comes the War taxes, under the heads of Additional Duties of Customs	2,784,544 4 1
Excise	6,876,798 17 7 1 4
Property Tax	11,393,134 16 4 1 2
Arrears of Income Duty	13,427 7 7 3 4
Total,	21,064,905 5 8 1 2
This is the total produce of the War Taxes.
Besides which, there are other branches of Revenue, among which we observe the produce of
Crown lands	50,721 9 3 1-4
Lotteries	461,250 0 0
Money repaid by public accountants	121,040 13 8 1 2
Money paid for interest on Loans to Ireland	2,955,123 6 1
There are also various other smaller items; and of the whole money raised, the Grand total is	67,054,618 2 1
To which add Loans paid into the Exchequer in 1803	10,102,620 15 6
Grand total of receipts	77,157,238 17 7
Expenditure of Great Britain in the same year ending January 5, 1809.
NATIONAL DEBT
Interest and charges of management	20,982,120 16 3 1 2
Money applied to reduction of National debt	10,188,606 16 6
Interest on Exchequer bills	1,610,562 16 6
Total,	32,781,590 9 3 1
CIVIL LIST.
Under this head are included all the expenses of the civil government of the country, pensions, bounties, &c.
Total of this head,	2,050,409 10 3
Navy expenditure, under all its heads,	17,467,892 8 2
Ordinance,	5,108,900 3 2
THE ARMY.
Ordinaries,	11,353,239 12 11
Extraordinaries,	5,847,762 2 11
Army Total,	17,201,061 15 9
SUBSIDIES
To Sweden,	1,100,000 0 0
To Sicily,	300,000 0 0
Total of Subsidies	1,400,000 0 0
Miscellaneous services,	2,939,166 13 4
Total of expenditure	73,391,345 15 2 1 2
Income,	77,156,238 17 7
Surplus	3,765,893 2 4 1 2
TRANSLATED FOR THE NOR: HERALD