Account of the PUBLIC EXPENDITURE of Great Britain for the Year ending on the 5th of January, 1803. Taken from the Accounts presented to Parliament, and ordered to be printed on the 25th of March. This includes the sum of 460,913. 165. 34. for interest paid on Imperial loans. The The first item in the preceding account includes all the expenses of the funded debt of Great Britain, during the year ending on the 5th of January, 1803. These expenses consist of interest upon the different sorts of stock which together constitute the debt, and of the sums which have been applied to aid in the reduction of the debt, during that period, together with all the charges which have arisen for the management of the whole. The civil list expenses are those which have arisen for the support of his Majesty's household. The pensions, salaries, allowances, and bounties which have been charged on the consolidated fund, are those which have been granted by Parliament. There are various others which are payable out of the proceeds of the taxes, before they are received into the treasury, and the amount and nature of which may be seen by referring to the general abstract statement of the public revenue, at pages 1471 and 1472.-The bounties which have been paid in anticipa tion of the exchequer receipts were on corn, on cotton and linen manufactures, on the British, Southern-Whale, Newfoundland and White-Herring fisheries, on slaves, for the encouragement of seamen, and on beer, British spirits, fish and salted provisions exported. Of the sums paid by the ordnance office, £1,246,282 Os. 1 d. were for services at home; and £254,451. 9ś. 6d. for services abroad. The remittance to Ireland was part of the supplies of the year 1802, which was appropriated to that part of the United Kingdom by an act of the 42d of his present Majesty. This account is compiled from the accounts of different offices in the English and Scotch exchequers, and the treasury, and from those of the accomptant general of the post office, the excise office, the office for taxes, and the navy, ordnance and pay offices. An Account of the NUMEER and TONNAGE of VESSELS built and registered in Great Britain, in the three Years ending 5th January, 1793, in the three Years ending 5th January, 1802, and in the last Year; distinguishing each Year, and distinguishing the Ports of London, Liverpool, Hull, Bristol, Newcastle, Sunderland, Glasgow, and Leitb. LONDON 2,030 - 709 40 9,743 58 6,673 51,11,003 32 4,830 56 19,973 50 5,845 41 15,129 LIVERPOOL... 27 4,737 18 2,392 30 3,509 24 5,708 23 BRISTOL..... 12 1,677 18 2,278 13 1,364 12 1,617 6 HULL.......... 20 1,894 36 4,668 27 3,844 38 4,818 59 NEWCASTLE.. 29 6,144 30 6,346 20 4,998 43 10,285 43 SUNDERLAND 18 2,755 71,230 15 2,507 GLASGOW AND 4,430 27 4,584 16 1,266 8 1,744 11 8,301 77 9,922 69 10,207 51 11,068 57 9,728 51 9,311 56 9,294 12,432 36 7,207 48 8,867 20 1,046 27 3,296 34 2,821 16 1,427 27 1,980 18 1,905 19 1,140 GREENOCK TOTAL...... 577 57,137 624 58,760 655 66,951 689 83,658 845415,349918 110,206||967|104,789 6248,760 J. DALLEY, Assistant Register General of Shipping, 8th March, 1803. National Debt since 1st August, 1786; Annuities will fall in; and also the An Account of the Progress made in the Redemption of the PUBLIC FUNDED DEBT of Great Britain, at 1st February, 1803 :-Distinguishing the Capitals of the several Funds, and specifying how much of each bas been redeemed by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the the Average Price of Stock, and the Sums Annually applicable to the Reduction thereof: Likewise, what further Capital of the Debt that has been transferred to the Commissioners on Account of Land Tax Redeemed. On what Funds charged. 28. Aids A° 1806 for extension of Bank charter 3,000,000 An Account of the UNFUNDED DEBT of Great-Britain, and Demands Outstanding on the 5th Day of January, 1803; under the Heads of Exchequer, Treasury, Army, Barracks, Ordnance, Navy, Civil List Advances, and any other Head of Public Service; specifying the Distinguishing under each Head respectively the Particulars of which such Debts or Demands consisted; and also what Part of the said Debt or Demands was then provided for, and in what Manner, and what Part thereof was unprovided for. same: EXCHEQUER BILLS: 39 and 40 Geo. III. cap. Amount Outstanding. £. £. s. d. *2,585,000 **119,000 750,000 5,000,000 cap. 41. Aids..... A° 1802... 42........ cap.111. Supply... A° 1802 (Bank of England).. ........ .cap. 3. Malt Tax A° 1803... 1,940,600 1,500,000 4. Personal A° 1803..... Treasury Bills accepted previous to and on 5th January, An Account of the Progress made in the REDEMPTION of the PUBLIC DEBT of IRELAND, An Account of the Progress made in the Redemption of the Imperial Loan, at 1st Feb. 1803. Exchequer, the 25th Day of March, 1803. Office for Reduction of National Debt, the 25th Day of March 1803. on Capital created... Dividend on f. 375,137 at 3 per cent.. £. 36,693 = 5. d. 11,254 2 2 £47,947 2 JAMES FISHER. .G.T. GOODENOUGH. |